Metrology for efficient grid-forming converters to stabilize future power grids

Hällström, Jari (Manager)

SU1202 Electrical metrology

Project: EU project

Description

Improving the stability and inertia of electricity grids

The expansion of renewable electricity generation has decreased grid inertia and frequency instability. Grid-forming converters that connect renewable generation or energy storage solutions to the grid can compensate for this reduced inertia and improve frequency stability, if they function as intended.

Project aims to improve stability and inertia of electricity grids by developing metrological infrastructure for traceable testing and evaluation of grid-forming converters and their efficiency.

VTT MIKES develops methodologies to evaluate the response of grid-forming converters during their operation and traceable methods, equipment & algorithms for on-site testing of grid-forming converters.

Call 2024: Metrology Support for Green deal

The project (24GRD08) has received funding from the European Partnership on Metrology, co-financed from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme and by the Participating States.

Acronym	GridForm
Status	Active
Effective start/end date	1/06/25 → 31/05/28

Collaborative partners

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden (lead)
National Metrological Institute (INRIM) (Project partner)
Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d’Essais (LNE) (Project partner)
National Physics Laboratory (NPL) (Project partner)
German National Metrology Institute (PTB) (Project partner)
Dutch Metrology Institute (VSL) (Project partner)
Center for Research Resources and Energy Consumption (CIRCE) (Project partner)
Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences (Project partner)
Łukasiewicz Research Network - Tele and Radio Research Institute (Project partner)
University of Strathclyde (Project partner)
Technische Universität Dresden (TUD) (Project partner)
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) (Project partner)
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (Project partner)
University of the Basque Country (Project partner)
University of Twente (Project partner)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):