2011
Paper presented at ISGT, Manchester, UK, December 5-7, 2011
Feasibility of DC transmission networks
Paper presented at EWEA European Offshore Wind conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Nov 29th - Dec 1st, 2011
HVDC grids for offshore and onshore transmission
Papers presented at the electric power system of the future - Integrating supergrids and microgrids International Symposium in Bologna, Italy 13-19 September 2011.
Stability Enhancement and Blackout Prevention by VSC Based HVDC (Article, pdf, 0,27 MB)
Proactive Hybrid HVDC Breakers - A key innovation for reliable HVDC grids (pdf, 1,19 MB)
Article published in Electric Light & Power Jan 2011:
The Transmission Imperative for Renewables
2010
Paper presented at the ACDC Power Transmission Conference 2010, London, UK, 2010-10-20--21:
HVDC – ENABLING THE TRANSITION TO AN ENERGY SYSTEM BASED ON RENEWABLES (pdf, 0,53 MB)
Paper presented at the World Energy Congress - WEC 2010, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2010-09-12--16:
HVDC – A key solution in future transmission systems (pdf, 0,38 MB)
Paper presented at the Cigré Conference, Paris, France, 2010-08-22--27:
Reliability study methodology for HVDC grids (pdf, 0,10 MB)
Continental Overlay HVDC-Grid (pdf, 0,95 MB)
VSC-HVDC Transmission with Cascaded Two-level converters (pdf, 0,42 MB)
HVDC VSC (HVDC light) transmission – operating experiences (pdf, 0,38 MB)
Caprivi Link HVDC Interconnector: Site selection, geophysical investigations, interference impacts and design of the earth electrodes (pdf, 0,65 MB)
Paper presented at PCIC Europe, Oslo, Norway, 2010-06-15--17:
VALHALL RE-DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, POWER FROM SHORE (pdf, 0,52 MB)
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS, VOL. 25, NO. 2, MAY 2010:
Power-Synchronization Control of Grid-Connected Voltage-Source Converters (pdf, 0,58 MB)
ABB Review 1/10
Sustainable links - HVDC is a key player in the evolution of a smarter grid
2009
Paper presented at the EPRI's High-Voltage Direct Current & Flexible AC Transmission Systems Conference , Westminster,USA, Nov., 2009:
Feasibility study for converting 380 kV AC lines to hybrid AC / DC lines
Paper presented at the conference on "Large-scale integration of wind power into power systems" held in Bremen, Germany, Oct 14-15, 2009:
HVDC with Voltage Source Converters – A Desirable Solution for Connecting Renewable Energies
Paper presented at the European Offshore Wind Conference 2009, in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 14-16, 2009
HVDC Light Cables for long distance grid connection (Pdf, 1,34 MB)
Paper presented at the Nordic Wind Power Conference 2009, on Bornholm, Denmark, Sept. 10-11, 2009
Challenges on the road to an offshore HVDC grid (Pdf, 0,35 MB)
Paper presented at PowerTech 2009, 28 June - 2 July 2009, Bucharest, Romania:
Multivariable Feedback Design of VSC-HVDC Connected to Weak AC Systems (pdf, 0,64 MB)
Paper presented at Cigré, SC B4 2009 Colloquium in Bergen, Norway, June 6 th - 11th, 2009
Valhall re-development project, Power from shore. (Pdf, 0,37 MB)
Paper presented at the IPST conference in Kyoto, Japan, June 2-6, 2009
Testing firing pulse controls for a VSC based HVDC scheme with a real time timestep < 3 μs. (Pdf, 0,20 MB)
2008
ABB Review 4/2008: The future is now (pdf, 0,48 MB) (On the offshore HVDC Light link BorWin1, Germany)
Paper presented at: IEEE Energy 2030, Atlanta, GA , USA, 17-18 November, 2008:
AC Grid with Embedded VSC-HVDC for Secure and Efficient Power Delivery (pdf, 0,40 MB)
Paper presented at: 2008 IEEE-PES General meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, July 20-24, 2008:
VSC-HVDC Control and Application in Meshed AC Networks (pdf, 0,21 MB)
Paper presented at PSCC 2008, Glasgow, Scotland, July 14-18, 2008
A new Approach for Modeling Complex Power System Components in Different Simulation Tools (pdf, 0,19 MB)
Key notes at the IEEE - PESC 2008 conference on Rhodes, Greece, June 15th, 2008
Electric transmission system in change (pdf, 0,36 MB)
Paper presented at the EWEC conference in Brussels, Belgium, March 1st, 2008
Large scale Offshore Wind Power Energy evacuation by HVDC Light (pdf, 0,21 MB)
Paper presented at the IEEE PES T&D conference in Chicago, USA, April 21-24, 2008
HVDC with Voltage Source Converters - a powerful standby black start facility (pdf, 0,19 MB)
Paper presented at the DRPT 2008 conference in Nannjing, China, April 6-9, 2008
Economic Assessment of HVDC Project in Deregulated Energy Markets (pdf, 0,38 MB)
2007
Papers presented at the Cigré Regional Meeting, in Tallinn, Estonia, on June 18 - 20, 2007
Estlink HVDC Light Transmission System (pdf, 0.28 MB)
Power system reliability and transfer capability improvement by VSC - HVDC (HVDC Light) (pdf, 0.21 MB)
Article published in IEEE Power & Energy Magazine March/April 2007 Vol. 5 No. 2: The ABCs of HVDC Transmission Technology (pdf, 1.02 MB)
2006
Paper presented at CEPSI 2006, Mumbai, India, Nov. 6-10, 2006:
City Infeed with HVDC Light and Extruded Cables (pdf, 0.46 MB)
Paper presented at the National Power Electronics Conference of China, Xian, China, September 23 - 26, 2006: Recent Advances in High-Voltage Direct-Current Power Transmission Systems (pdf, 0.19 MB)
Paper Presented at the 2nd CICED Conference, Beijing, China,Sept. 17 - 20, 2006: Investigation for new solutions for mega city power grid issues (pdf, 0.11 MB)
Paper Presented at CIGRE 2006, Paris, France, Aug. 27 - Sept. 1, 2006: HVDC with Voltage Source Converters and Extruded Cables for up to 300 kV and 1000 MW (pdf, 0.83 MB)
Papers Presented at ENERGEX 2006, Stavanger, Norway, June 12 - 15, 2006: Operating Experiences with a Voltage Source Converter (HVDC Light) on the Gas Platform Troll A(pdf, 0.36 MB)
Valhall Re-development Project, Power from Shore (pdf, 0.48 MB)
Paper presented at EWEC 2006 European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition, Athens, Greece, Feb. 27 - March 3, 2006: The Challenges of Offshore Power System Construction Troll A, Electrical Power Delivered Successfully to an Oil and Gas Platform in the North Sea (pdf, 0.25 MB)
2005
ABB Review 4/2005: Light and invisible: Underground transmission with HVDC Light (pdf, 0.77 MB)
Paper presented at: Copenhagen Offshore Wind 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 26 - 28 2005: Advanced power electronics for cable connection of offshore wind (pdf, 0.10 MB)
Paper presented at The 5th International Conference on Power Transmission & Distribution Technology, Beijing, China, October 12 - 14, 2005: City centre in-feed feasible by HVDC Light (pdf, 0.53 MB)
Paper presented at: Fifty-Second Annual Technical Conference of the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee (PCIC-2005), Denver, CO, USA, Sept. 12 - 14, 2005:
Paper (pdf, 0.72 MB)
Presentation (pdf, 1.61 MB)
ABB Review 3/2005: HVDC - A firewall against disturbances in high-voltage grids (pdf, 0.61 MB)
Paper presented at the 40th Meeting of Study Committee B4 and Colloquium on Role of HVDC, FACTS and Emerging Technologies in Evolving Power Systems, Bangalore, India, Sept. 17 - 24, 2005:
500 MW City Center Infeed with Voltage Source Converter Based HVDC (pdf, 0.27 MB)
Paper presented at ETG-Kongress 2005, Dresden, Germany, Sept. 14 - 16, 2005:
Selbstgefhrte Umrichter im elektrischen Versorgungsnetz (pdf, 0.76 MB)
ABB publication: An 80-page technical description of HVDC Light® technology:
It's time to connect (pdf, 2.0 MB)
Paper presented at "Power Systems with dispersed generation", Athens, Greece, April 13 - 15, 2005:
Interconnection of Greek islands with dispersed generation via HVDC Light technology (pdf, 0.26 MB)
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