Concerns about protection schemes in interconnected operation of the island of Crete

Author

Tsikalakis, A.G. ; Karapidakis, E.S. ; Thalassinakis, Em D. ; Siderakis, K. ; Katsigiannis, Y.A.

Author_Institution

Technol. Educ. Inst. of Crete, Iraklion, Greece

fYear

2014

fDate

March 31 2014-April 3 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Crete is the largest autonomous power system in Greece with significant RES penetration and expensive oil-fired units. There are concrete plans for interconnecting Crete with the Hellenic Transmission System via High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) submarine cables. Interconnection plans of Crete with Cyprus and Israel also have been announced. These interconnection plans will inevitably change the operation of the Cretan power system. This paper, additional to technical details presents the major concerns from the operator´s perspective for the protection schemes required.

Keywords

HVDC power transmission; power system interconnection; power transmission planning; power transmission protection; submarine cables; Cretan power system; Crete island; Cyprus; Greece; HVDC submarine cables; Hellenic transmission system; Israel; RES penetration; autonomous power system; expensive oil-fired units; high voltage direct current submarine cables; interconnected operation; Autonomous Power System; Crete; HVDC grids; Protection relays; Renewable Energy Sources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Developments in Power System Protection (DPSP 2014), 12th IET International Conference on

Conference_Location

Copenhagen

Print_ISBN

978-1-84919-834-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp.2014.0108

Filename

6822916