Grid Integration

Description

Offshore renewable energy power converter modeling and design, and high power converters control.

Projects / PhD Thesis

• COLAB19/02-Contactless Submarine Power Transfer Station Demonstrator
• ENERGIGUNE’12 – I+D+i en Almacenamiento de Energía Electroquímica y Térmica, y en Energía Marina. IE12-335
• ENE2010-19187-C03-01/ALTArquitecturas de sistemas de transmisión en corriente continua de parques de generación marinos
• SETEMAR: Sistema electrónico de transmisión de energía en media y alta tensión para recursos renovables marinos
• EMERGE: Investigación y desarrollo de un sistema para generación eólica offshore en aguas profundas. PSE-120000-2009-2

Publications

• Estefania Planas, Jon Andreu, José Ignacio Gárate, Iñigo Martínez de Alegría, Edorta Ibarra | AC and DC technology in microgrids: a review | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015
• Angel Pérez-Basante, Salvador Ceballos, Georgios Konstantinou, Josep Pou, Iñigo Kortabarria and Iñigo Martínez de Alegría | A Universal Formulation for Multilevel Selective Harmonic Elimination – PWM with Half-Wave Symmetry | IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2019
• E. Trancho, E. Ibarra, A. Arias, I. Kortabarria, P. Prieto, I. Martínez de Alegría, J. Andreu, I. López | Sensorless Control Strategy for Light-duty EVs and Efficiency Loss Evaluation of High Frequency Injection under Standardized Urban Driving Cycles | Applied Energy, 2018
• Angel Pérez-Basante, Salvador Ceballos, Georgios Konstantinou, Josep Pou, Jon Andreu, and Iñigo Martínez de Alegría | (2N+1) Selective Harmonic Elimination-PWM for Modular Multilevel Converters: A Generalized Formulation and A Circulating Current Control Method | IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
• Iñigo Kortabarria, Jon Andreu, Iñigo Martínez de alegría, José Ignacio Garate, Jaime Jiménez, Eider Robles | A Novel Adaptative Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithm for Small Wind Turbines | Renewable Energy, 2014
• Iraide López, Jon Andreu, Salvador Ceballos, Iñigo Martínez de Alegría, Iñigo Kortabarria | Review of wave energy technologies and the necessary power-equipment | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013
• A. Madariaga, I. Martínez de Alegría, J. L. Martín, P. Eguía, S. Ceballos | Current Facts about Offshore Wind Farms | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review, 2012
• I. Martínez de Alegría, J. L. Martín, I. Kortabarria, J. Andreu, P. Ibáñez | Transmission Alternatives for Offshore Electrical Power | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review, 2009
• I. Martínez de Alegría, J. Andreu, J.L. Martín, P. Ibañez, J. L. Villate, H. Camblong | Connection requirements for Wind Farms: A Survey on Technical Requirements and Regulation | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review, 2007
• H. Camblong, I. Martínez de Alegría, M. Rodríguez, G. Abad | Experimental evaluation of wind turbines maximum power point tracking controllers | Energy Conversion and Management, 2006

Resources

• Fully equipped laboratory for the design, assembly and measurement of power
• Rapid prototyping equipment and real-time simulation
• EMC test equipment
• Electronic and microelectronic design programs

Description

• Generation and reactive compensation equipment model development service (inverters, offshore turbines, etc.).
• Development of plant models and PPC controllers for electrical system simulation platforms used by grid operators.

Projects / PhD Thesis

• Desarrollo y validación de un modelo BESS en PSSE para la empresa Ingteam
• Asesoría técnica de caracterización de inversores fotovoltaicos INGECON SUN en plataformas de simulación
• User defined model of SUNHS2000-90KTL in PSS/E para DNV-GL
• Validación de modelo de inversor en PowerFactory según norma BDEW
• Estudio de armónicos del PE Las Cumbres
• Estudio de Cortocircuito y Estudio de Coordinación de Protecciones de la planta Pollux
• Estudio de dimensionamiento de STATCOM para los parques eólicos de Espinal y Juchitan

Publications

• GARCIA VILLALOBOS, JAVIER; ZAMORA BELVER, INMACULADA; MATTIA MARINELLI ; EGUIA LOPEZ, PABLO; SAN MARTIN DIAZ, JOSE IGNACIO | Co-simulation with DIgSILENT PowerFactory and Matlab: Optimal Integration of Plug-in Electric Vehicles in Distribution Networks | Advanced Smart Grid Functionalities based on PowerFactory, Springer International Publishing, 2017
• Eneko Olea Oregi; EGUIA LOPEZ, PABLO; Juan Carlos Perez Champion; Alain Sanchez Ruiz; Markel Zubiaga Lazkano | Dimensioning of STATCOM for Grid Code Compliance of Renewable Energy Plants | CIGRE General Session, 2020
• EGUIA LOPEZ, PABLO; ETXEGARAI MADINA, AGURTZANE; TORRES IGLESIAS, ESTHER; SAN MARTIN DIAZ, JOSE IGNACIO; ALBIZU FLOREZ, IGOR | Modeling and Validation of Photovoltaic Plants using Generic Dynamic Models | 5th International Conference on Clean Electrical Power, 2015

Resources

• Power system simulation software packages. Real-time PHIL laboratory (2 kVA 400 VAc)
• Software for the design, simulation and synthesis of programmable logic devices

Description

Offshore energy grid integration studies to comply with grid codes. Power converters, model generation, grid integration, stability analysis, HVDC, HVAC, storage.

Projects / PhD Thesis

• Análisis y Desarrollo de Nuevas Estrategias de Protección para las Futuras Superredes HVDC (MINECOR16/P67)
• Contactless Submarine Power Transfer Station Demonstrator “Proyectos colaborativos 2019 (COLAB1902)

Publications

• Performance of a Superconducting Breaker for the Protection of HVDC Grid (DOI: 10.1049/iet-gtd.2019.1109)
• HVDC Circuit Breakers for HVDC Grids (DOI: 10.17577/IJERTV8IS110236 )
• Impact of Proportional-Resonant control parameters of VSC and AC grid topology on the AC-VSC system small-signal stability (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2019.105746)
• Analysis of local measurement based algorithms for fault detection in a multi-terminal HVDC grid (DOI: 10.3390/en12244808 )
• Challenges for protection of future HVDC grids (DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2020.00033)
• Interruptores automáticos para redes HVDC (DOI: 10.23800/10365 )
• Methodology for tuning MTDC Supervisor and Outer Loop Control Systems under over-frequency events (DOI: 10.3390/en13112807)
• Comparative Analysis of European Grid Codes Relevant to Offshore Renewable Energy Installations (DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.12.002)
• Amaia Gonzalez Garrido; Haizea Gaztañaga ; Andoni Saez de Ibarra; Aitor Milo ; Pablo Eguia | Electricity and reserve market bidding strategy including sizing evaluation and a novel renewable complementarity based centralized control for storage lifetime enhancement | Applied Energy 2020 (DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.114591)
• ETXEGARAI MADINA, AGURTZANE; EGUIA LOPEZ, PABLO; TORRES IGLESIAS, ESTHER; BUIGUES BERAZA, GARIKOITZ; ITURREGI AIO, ARAITZ | Current procedures and practices on grid code compliance verification of renewable power generation | RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, 71, No 5, pp 191-2020, 2017 (DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.12.051)