FARCROSS Modular Power Flow Control Solution

The 31-member FARCROSS Project Consortium has begun installing a Modular Power Flow Control (MPFC) solution between Greece and Bulgaria to unlock cross-border capacity on congested lines between the countries without building new overhead lines. The continued expansion of project should increase the utilisation of the electricity network and unlock spare capacity.

 

Highlights

• Able to accurately assess the success of the installation over a one-year period using well-defined KPIs, which allows the performance in different network conditions to be seen
• The modular, re-deployable SmartVale power control system can be easily moved to a new location and expanded in scale

 

About the practice

To address the challenge of improving cross-border electricity interconnections in order to boost the EU's security of supply and enable the integration of large amounts of renewable energy generation, the FARCROSS Project Consortium has created a large-scale demonstration aiming to develop and deploy a novel Modular Power Flow Control (MPFC) solution.

This MPFC solution was built in collaboration with SmartWires and aims to increase cross-border network capacity in the South-Eastern-European (SEE) region, aiming to deploy the technology at an optimal location on the network to reduce congestion and unlock more capacity on the existing network – without needing to build additional power lines.