DocumentCode :
1589949
Title :
Medgrid — An industrial initiative for the development of interconnections between the Mediterranean power grids
Author :
Adam, Philippe ; Kowal, Janusz
Author_Institution :
MEDGRID, France
fYear :
2013
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
10
Abstract :
This paper gives first a brief history of the development studies of the Mediterranean transmission grid, and a brief summary of the conclusions of the most recent project studies in the region. Then the paper introduces the Medgrid industrial initiative which aims to promote and facilitate the development of the Mediterranean transmission system to support the implementation of the Mediterranean Solar Plan and to contribute to the recent objectives of the European Commission regarding renewable energies. In connection with other initiatives interested in the development of power exchanges between the countries of the South and East of the Mediterranean and Europe, Medgrid proposes a global approach to coordinate the future transmission infrastructure projects around and through the Mediterranean. This global approach adds value to the bilateral initiatives to build new transmission facilities across the sea, by assessing and comparing the feasibility and profitability of all the possible transmission infrastructure corridors and projects in the Mediterranean region. Medgrid aims to elaborate a Mediterranean grid development plan for the 2020-2025 time horizon which is the horizon set up by the Mediterranean Solar Plan to reach 5 GW exports from the countries of the South and East of the Mediterranean to Europe, out of 20 GW of renewable energy to be generated in these countries. To achieve this Mediterranean grid development plan, Medgrid is considering the national demand profiles and power generation mixes of all the countries, and the potential benefits resulting from power exchanges between these countries, should the appropriate transmission infrastructures exist. The gains on the global generation mix are compared with the cost of investment and operation of new transmission infrastructures which are necessary to make those gains possible. As a result, Medgrid will propose a list of infrastructures whose expected gains justify their development costs. Severa- scenarios of evolution of the costs of conventional and renewable energy generation are considered, and an original approach is followed to consider grid corridors rather than individual transmission infrastructure projects.
Keywords :
power grids; power system interconnection; power transmission; Europe; European Commission; Medgrid industrial initiative; Mediterranean power grids; Mediterranean solar plan; Mediterranean transmission grid system; global generation mix; investment cost; national demand profiles; power 20 GW; power generation; renewable energy generation; transmission facilities; transmission infrastructure corridors; Economics; Electricity; Europe; HVDC transmission; Investment; Power grids; Renewable energy sources; HVDC; MEDGRID; Mediterranean Solar Plan; electrical corridor; grid master plan;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Applications (EPE), 2013 15th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lille
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/EPE.2013.6634741
Filename :
6634741
Link To Document :
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