Submarine power cable between Europe and North America: A techno-economic analysis

Purviņš, Artūrs; Sereno, Luigi; Ardelean, Mircea; Covrig, Catalin-Felix; Efthimiadis, Tilemahos; Minnebo, Philip

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.03.095

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“…A recent work investigated a potential 3,300 km link by 2030 between Europe (UK) and North America (Canada) with a carrying capacity of 4,000 MW at ±640 kV. The authors concluded that the cost of such ambitious investment could be justified by the associated social benefits and the project high energy exchange potential [223].…”

Section: Res Interconnection Horizonmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Interconnecting both regions is additionally discussed in various recent research articles, highlighting the vast energy utilization prospects that could be realized through an operational DC grid [223,227]. Relevant to this, the authors of [228] present a potential roadmap for such African-European interconnection using HVDC to transmit dispatchable Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) power to Europe through Italy and Spain on the medium-term as the main connection points from Africa to support a future supergrid implementation.…”

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confidence: 99%

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HVDC Transmission: Technology Review, Market Trends and Future Outlook

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HVDC systems are playing an increasingly significant role in energy transmission due to their technical and economic superiority over HVAC systems for long distance transmission. HVDC is preferable beyond 300-800 km for overhead point-to-point transmission projects and for the cable based interconnection or the grid integration of remote offshore wind farms beyond 50-100 km. Several HVDC review papers exist in literature but often focus on specific geographic locations or system components. In contrast, this paper presents a detailed, up-to-date, analysis and assessment of HVDC transmission systems on a global scale, targeting expert and general audience alike. The paper covers the following aspects: technical and economic comparison of HVAC and HVDC systems; investigation of international HVDC market size, conditions, geographic sparsity of the technology adoption, as well as the main suppliers landscape; and high-level comparisons and analysis of HVDC system components such as Voltage Source Converters (VSCs) and Line Commutated Converters (LCCs), etc. The presented analysis are supported by practical case studies from existing projects in an effort to reveal the complex technical and economic considerations, factors and rationale involved in the evaluation and selection of transmission system technology for a given project. The contemporary operational challenges such as the ownership of Multi-Terminal DC (MTDC) networks are also discussed. Subsequently, the required development factors, both technically and regulatory, for proper MTDC networks operation are highlighted, including a future outlook of different HVDC system components. Collectively, the role of HVDC transmission in achieving national renewable energy targets in light of the Paris agreement commitments is highlighted with relevant examples of potential HVDC corridors.

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Section: Res Interconnection Horizonmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Res Interconnection Horizonmentioning

confidence: 99%

HVDC Transmission: Technology Review, Market Trends and Future Outlook

Alassi

Bañales

Ellabban

et al. 2019

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…The generation technologies considered include wind, solar, hydro, biomass, combined heatpower, nuclear, hard coal, lignite, gas, and oil power plants (In TYNDP 2016, some technologies are aggregated under the names "others-RES" and "others non-RES". According to [51,52] others-RES is mainly biomass while others non-RES is combined heat power plants. CHP is considered as nondispatchable at our study.).…”

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Considering Local Air Pollution in the Benefit Assessment and Cost Allocation of Cross Border Transmission Projects

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Developing a regional power system to achieve a high level of integration of national systems requires sufficient development of the regional transmission grid. This is possible only with appropriate schemes for the complete cost-benefit analyses, and cost allocation of these transmission investments, which plays a critical role in the selection of the most efficient network investment and the proper assignment of their cost to the national systems. Network reinforcements affect the operation of power systems and, therefore, the externalities of power generation. This paper examines the impacts of integrating local air pollution damage from power production within the benefit assessment and cost allocation of transmission investments. The paper describes the methodology followed and illustrates its application in a real-life case study where a simplified version of a European network is considered. Within this case study, we have assessed the impact of considering the reduction in air pollution damage achieved through a particular HVDC project between France and Spain on the benefits, and benefit-driven cost allocation, computed for this project. In this case study, local pollution related benefits are a relevant fraction of the overall benefits of the considered transmission project. However, considering the local air pollution benefits of the project does not affect the net positive benefits of each country significantly, resulting in a limited change in the cost allocation of the project.Energies 2020, 13, 1426 2 of 20 increases and cost decreases in the last decade. The total wind capacity reached 591 GW with the additional 51.3 GW installed at a global level at the end of 2018 [4]. RES-based generation capacity is expected to grow steadily in the future. However, renewable generation investments are not expected to take place close to large demand locations. These investments are typically located in remote areas where the wind or solar radiation potential is higher. The power generation in those areas will be needed to be transferred across borders, over long distances. Then, the current network will be insufficient to transfer this cheap, excess energy from those areas to the main load centers. This will create the need to undertake large investments in the power grid along with the generation expansion. European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) expects approximately €114 billion of transmission and storage investments by 2030 [5].

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“…The model is developed for 2020 and 2025 scenarios following the European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E) Mid-term Adequacy Forecast (MAF) 2016 [21]. The model [22] comprises of (i) 32 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, United Kingdom (which is modelled as two different regions: Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland, modelled as 33 nodes), and (ii) the cross-border transmission connections between these nodes. The modelled nodes and their cross-border connections are shown in Figure 1.…”

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Pan-European Analysis on Power System Flexibility

2018

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Ongoing deployments of intermittent non-synchronous power generators (i.e., wind turbines and photovoltaics) challenge power (electricity) system security in terms of matching power generation and demand. Higher flexibility in the future generation fleet and power demand are likely to play an essential role in maintaining secure operation of the power system. This paper proposes a stepwise methodology based on a set of indicators for future power system flexibility analysis through assessing (i) flexibility requirements, (ii) available flexibility resources, and (iii) power system adequacy. The proposed methodology is applied to a European case for 2020 and 2025 scenarios. The insights gained from this study can be used as input in distributing power balancing resources and to introduce new balancing products in a power market. Benefits of the integrated energy market are presented.

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Submarine power cable between Europe and North America: A techno-economic analysis

Cited by 61 publications

References 16 publications

HVDC Transmission: Technology Review, Market Trends and Future Outlook

HVDC Transmission: Technology Review, Market Trends and Future Outlook

Considering Local Air Pollution in the Benefit Assessment and Cost Allocation of Cross Border Transmission Projects

Pan-European Analysis on Power System Flexibility

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