2022
FARCROSS Project Consortium, Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), SmartWires
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.
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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.