High Voltage Cable Systems
We provide a wide range of services and solutions for HVDC grids, MVDC grids and offshore wind farm grid connections.
Thanks to our understanding of the behaviour of insulating materials under high dielectric and thermal stress, we drive the development of high-performance materials for HVDC cables and accessories.
Because reliability is a key concern for transmission systems, we develop innovative methods and devices for HV cable monitoring based on analyses of the physical phenomena that cause ageing in insulation materials.
We design and operate various test platforms to reproduce the real-life conditions of high voltage cable systems and subsea equipment, including standard testing conditions, new types HVDC system transients, and combined high voltage and hyperbaric conditions.
![Monitoring and diagnostics of HVDC cable systems.](https://www.supergrid-institute.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/hvdc-cable-systems-research-programme-monitoring.jpg)
![Precise modelling of HVDC cables, taking into account the physical phenomena of direct current.](https://www.supergrid-institute.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/hvdc-cable-systems-research-programme-testing.jpg)
Our projects cover:
Recent publications
[Communiqué de presse] Développement des énergies marines renouvelables : les Instituts b<>com, France Energies Marines, IRT Jules Verne et SuperGrid Institute créent l’Alliance Eolien
France Energies Marines, IRT Jules Verne et SuperGrid Institute annoncent la création de l'Alliance Eolien
Impact of renewable energy generation on power reserve energy demand
This work focuses on analysing the relationship between reserve energy demand and load, wind, and solar generation.
Superconducting Cable Modelling into Electro-Magnetic Transient Simulation
The European project SCARLET aims to study and realize a demonstrator of a MVDC high-power superconducting cable.