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teknoCEA and CITCEA-UPC finishing up DTU grid test lab

4C Offshore | Tom Russell
By: Tom Russell 24/03/2020 4C Offshore

teknoCEA, in collaboration with the research centre CITCEA-UPC, recently completed the construction of the Alternating Direct/Direct Current (AC/DC) wind integration laboratory for DTU Wind Energy (part of Technical University of Denmark). The system is equipped with with Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC) and 2-level converters. It will be used in offshore wind transmission system analysis.


CITCEA-UPC is currently performing functionality and operability of the converters. With this platform, DTU Wind Energy will be able to emulate multiple typical high voltage DC and AC grid configurations in offshore wind farms and develop control algorithms to solve stability issues in different scenarios.


DTU Wind Energy is one of the largest university departments for wind energy in the world, with 250 employees. It has a number of test facilities that support wind energy development. It currently operates three wind turbine test sites in Denmark.


The test sites are situated at DTU Risø Campus in Roskilde, Test Centre Høvsøre in Lemvig and the Test Centre Østerild close to Thisted. At Høvsøre and Østerild, DTU Wind Energy has a total 12 test stands. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy recently installed and commissioned its
SG 11.0-193 DD wind turbine at its test centre in Østerild. The turbine prototype is capable of producing 11 MW of power.

GE Renewable Energy is currently erecting a wind turbine at the site. This is taking place on the new test stand number nine. The wind turbine is expected to be installed by late summer 2020.


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