ALSTOM Grid HVDC

Tres Amigas and VSC Technology

Neil Kirby

July 2011

GRID

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The Tres Amigas Superstation

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Tres Amigas Overview

TAs transmission capacity creates market opportunities where none exist today
Tres Amigas (TA) is a three-way AC/ DC merchant transmission project, located in Clovis, New Mexico,
interconnecting the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), the Electric Reliability Council of Texas
(ERCOT), and the Eastern Interconnection (through the Southwest Power Pool (SPP))

TA is designed to be expanded as economic and transmission opportunities develop

Phase 1 will be a two-node (WECC
SPP) intertie, at 750 MW scale in order to take advantage of existing pricing
and takeaway capacity
Phase 2 will be an ERCOT
SPP intertie at 750 MW scale which will also provide ERCOT WECC transfer
capabilities
Phase 3 will be a direct 750 MW ERCOT
WECC intertie
Phase 4 will add a 2 GW SPP
ERCOT interconnection
TA can be scaled to 30 GW

TA received FERC authorization in March 2010 to sell transmission service at negotiated rates

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 First Phase Scope of Construction

CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 4

 Folded Back-to-Back Convertor Layout

Provides for AC and DC/ HTS bus

interconnections

CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY 5

Tres Amigas Ultimate Build Out- Detail

Approx. 2 km

Expansion >5GW

Full 5GW build out allows for high current DC bus

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Site Location in New Mexico
 Tres Amigas Back to Back Layout

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 What is VSC Transmission
VSC = Voltage Source Converter
Capacitor is normally used as energy storage
VSC uses a self-commutated switching device such as
GTO (Gate Turn Off Thyristor) - as used on ALSTOM STATCOM
IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor)
VSC generates its own AC voltage with controlled amplitude and phase angle

Q1 P Q2
IC1

UC1 UC2 Network

Network VSC VSC
1 2

Station 1 DC transmission Station 2

line

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 Equivalent Converter Circuit for a
MaxSine Half-Bridge Converter

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 MaxSine Modular Multi-Level Converter
with series-connected half-chain links
P

D1 IGBT1

+
A

D2 IGBT2

N
N

Equivalent to: Valve Output Voltage

Cannot electronically suppress faults on the DC side.

Need to open the AC circuit breaker to clear DC fault.
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 MaxSine Modular Multi-Level (Half-Bridge)
Response to fault on DC side

AC circuit breaker
needs to be opened
to clear fault

O
C

Cannot electronically suppress faults on the DC side.

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 Equivalent Converter Circuit for a
MaxSine Full-Bridge Converter
+ Vdc
+ Vdc

DC Voltage
DC Voltage AC
AC
Voltage
Voltage

- Vdc - Vdc

Simplified Representation Actual Circuit

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 MaxSine Modular Multi-Level Converter
with series-connected full-chain links
IGBT1 IGBT3

P
D1 D3

+
IGBT2 IGBT4
A Vdc B

D2 D4
N

Equivalent to: Valve Output Voltage

Or

Can suppress faults on the DC side

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 VSC Valves - Sub-module Components

Inter Sub-module
Connector

VSC Sub-Module
IGBT
IGBT1
D1
R1
C1
Bypass Switch
T1
IGBT2
SW1 D2

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 Power Module Tier Assembly

Fibre Optic
cable routing

Fibre optic

1380mm
Splitter box

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 25MW Demonstrator Single Line Diagram

DC
AC Reactor AC Reactor
Reactor
AC AC

DC DC

11kV


11/3 : 11kV
11/3 : 11kV
Y Y

X X

11kV Supply Point

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 HVDC - VSC Development Centre Stafford, UK

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 VSC Valve Hall

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 VSC Controls

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 VSC Station Layout

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 VSC Station Layout

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 Tres Amigas Super-Station

Project in Development
Multi-directional facility for renewable energy
exchange between regions
Stage 1
Interconnection between WECC and Eastern
Interconnected System
750 MW VSC BTB
Future Stages
Future link with ERCOT to be added
Additional capacity for all directions
2 x 750 MW VSC BTB
3 x 920 MW LCC BTB
Exposed DC Busbar for future creation of multi-
terminal with superconductor bus
Battery Storage included
Auxiliary power from renewable generation

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 IFA 2000 : Valve + Controls replacement
Cross-Channel 2000MW Les Mandarins
submarine inter-connector
RTE/NGrid will replace
Air cooled thyristor valves
Valve cooling plant
Control and protection
system
Order placed June 2008
Bipole 1 replacement 2011
Bipole 2 replacement 2012
Sellindge
7 week outage for each
replacement
Alstom supplied original project
in 1985/86

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 MELO : Back to Back Project

Melo Uruguay
Rivera
Interconnection between :
500kV 50Hz Uruguay
525kV 60Hz Brazil URUGUAY
500MW Pole Rating
80kV DC Voltage Buenos
Aires Montevideo Melo
3125A DC Current
Turn-key project
31 months
Rivera 80MW BtB project supplied by
ALSTOM in 2001

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 China HVDC Projects

Back-to-Back Transmission HVDC Overhead Line Transmission

Lingbao II 4 Contracts Signed with CEPRI in 2009
Interconnection between Henan and Ningdong-Shandong HVDC Project
Shannxi provinces (NW & N grids) Bipole 660 kV, 4000 MW, 3030 A, 1335
Contract signed : February 2008 km
China-Russia 3Gorges-Shanghai II HVDC Project
Interconnection China - Russia Bipole 500 kV, 3000 MW, 3000 A, 970
km
Contract signed : July 2007
Topology :
750 MW Back-to-Back
China-Russia
earthed neutral to reduce insulation
stresses in converter transformers
DC voltage : +/- 125 kV DC Ningdong-Shandong

500 kV for both AC systems Lingbao II

Worlds highest rated BTB
+125kV 3Gorges-Shanghai II

~
500kV AC
~
500kV AC
Henan Shannxi
-125kV
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 660kV Thyristor Valve

12m tall

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 South Korea - Jeju Island
Second HVDC Submarine Cable Link for KEPCO
400 MW, 250 kVdc, 800 Adc

122 km submarine cable link Seoul

105km submarine cable

S. KOREA
17km underground cable
Metallic Return
Cheju-Haenam HVDC Link
Contract Award April 2009 Existing 300 MW @ +/-180 kV

Cheju-Jindo HVDC Link

Commissioning Feb 2012 New 400 MW @ +/-250 kV

Scope
Jeju Island
Converter Design, Supply &
Supervision of Installation of New
Jeju-Jindo Link
Replacement and extension of
Existing Jeju-Haenam Control
System in 2013/2014
Turn-key project (excluding cables)
First 300MW bi-pole scheme supplied by
ALSTOM in 1997

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 Rio Madeira HVDC Project

Location: BRAZIL
Purpose:
Interconnect Rio Madeira Hydro-plants (Santo
Antonio and Jirau) in NW Brazil to major load
centres in South / Southeast Brazil
Project:
3150 MW / 600 kV Bipole HVDC
2375 km Worlds Longest HVDC Link
Contract Value
300 MEuro ( $ 480 MUSD )
Date:
Contract Signed September 2009
End Customer:
ANEEL Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica
Consortium
Consrcio Madeira Transmisso
Furnas (ALSTOM)
CHESF
CTEEP

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