Information Sharing and Distribution Via Study Committee Website

Cigre Study Committee B4

Information sharing and distribution via study committee website Proposal for comments

Information Definition Availability Author Accessibility Comment

1 SC Strategic plan, Well defined Info is available. Strategic Plan and High Strategic Action plan, Action Plan – and AG01 and regular Action SC meeting minutes members Plans, WG WG progress reports Minutes of Meeting – Progress Secretary Reports - WG progress reports - Public convenors Minutes, which include contributi ons from manufact urers etc. may be restricted to SC members

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2 Proceedings of SC Well defined Proceedings of National committees to High Public Need to check with Colloquia, Past and Colloquia and past provide web links for may have Cigre on what we can planned publications in Electra the colloquia to the web access make available for Electra publications are master. The Electra only to public available. links are available on e- abstracts. CIGRE site Links to e- CIGRE for download s. A separate members only page for other info such as proceedin gs of Colloquia etc. 3 Completed WGs, their Well defined The info is Webmaster to add links High TORs – TORs and publications available Public Links to e- CIGRE for technical brochures

4 Active WGs, TORs, their Well defined Info is available. AG01, B4 Chairman and High Public. In progress, intended WG convener relation publications and time to the WG schedule for publication progress the info will be limited to that is reported via SC minutes. 5 SCB4 event calendar and Well defined Only SCB4 SCB4 Chairman, B4 HIgh Public Also links to other Cigre event information schedule is Regular members and events featured on available National Committees, main Cigre site Other events can HVDC User's Group be linked automatically

6 List of SC B4 membership Well defined Yes SCB4 secretary High Public – Contact details will and contact information may be a require permission from link to a all. member list published by Cigre. More informati on may be made available to members only 7 List of WG membership Well defined Yes WG conveners High Public: and contact information names only Members only: names and contact details 8 Reference lists and links, To be defined No WGs Medium Private - May also be possibly Draft contributions, Draft in more details only to be available to the SC publications shared by officers. the WG 4 | P a g e Information Definition Availability Author Accessibility Comment

9 Technology and To be defined No A new TF ? Medium Public Functional/performance equipment capability – in more details Characteristics (power state of the art losses, dynamic performance etc)) Application Guides – some may be an extract from TBs, with a link to TB We can have links to manufacturers’ web sites and listings of UBs. We might also provide a link to the IEEE bibliography site (T&D Committee) if IEEE agrees. There is also a list of FACTS related papers. Populating this page could be a challenge.

10 Technology and To be defined No A new TF (?) Medium Public Ratings – what is in equipment limitations in more details service – what is under construction – from press releases IEEE T&D Committee maintains a list of DC projects. Also a partial list of FACTS systems might exist. 11 Recent Also some No TF Medium Public Links to manufacturers applications/projects duplication websites. with item 20 May combine with compendium

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12 Equipment / project costs Emphasis is on Available in the Possibly the convenors Medium Public Could also think about the current brochures on: WG of WGs 14-20, B4-46 providing links to press costs of HVDC 14-20, B4-46 and and JWG B2/B4/C1-17. releases with cost and FACTS JWG B2/B4/C1-17. information. equipment and Developing cost models projects. would be interesting, Acceptably but much more tricky defined. and sensitive.

Info for FACTS systems was collated in 1995 but it is now out of date. It can be done but cost and price are different and the scope for different projects varies so much so apples and apples comparisons can be difficult.

13 Equipment / project Project data as Needs to be AG04? Medium Public Would be interesting if reliability published in extracted from this could be developed the biannual biannual report into a TB on guidelines AG 04 report for specification of Reliability and Availability We may also do something similar for FACTS. 14 Good industry practice in Emphasis is on Several technical Possibly the convenors High Public – We may establish WGs HVDC and power the brochures on of WGs B4-46 and JWG summary for this but there is a electronic related augmentation planning technical B2/B4/C1-17. only risk of no coherent view network augmentation planning. requirements (e.g. Planners of recent Full could be achieved. planning Acceptably connecting to low projects informati defined. ESCR, planning on multiple infeeds Probably a new working Members etc.) But limited group is required. only coherent Link to information on eCigre for economic back up justifications (e.g. reports transferring low cost generation, asynchronous links, trading between different markets etc)

15 Environmental /EMF Adequately Available in Possibly the convenors High Public – There are a lot of impacts defined B4/C3/B2.50 of WGs B4/C3/B2.50 Summary dimensions on this but (HVDC Ion and B4-44 - only our recent TB should be Environment) and Links to our primary source. in B4-44 - eCigre for Environmental backup Planning report Guidelines 16 Asset performance / Redefined to Available as AG-04 Possibly the convenors High Public - Need to consider item reliability of HVDC and add more reporting of WGs AG04 and B4-49 (A significant summary 13 as well power electronic systems clarity. (updated every interest by SCB4 two years) and in members) B4-49 brochure 17 Maintenance and Adequately Available as Possibly the convenors Nice to have Public - Value may also be replacement needs and defined session papers of WGB4.54 Summary added from AG 04? issues and from B4.54 Contributors to the Life of systems should compendium or could be addressed. We have a WG on this.

18 Good industry practice in Adequately There are some TB Possibly the convenors Nice to have Brief summary of TBs HVDC and power defined e.g. on SVCs and of the TBs and paper in the public electronic asset converter May also be via a new area, with links to maintenance transformers. SCB4 survey? eCIGRE for details There may not much of a difference from ac systems except for the dc insulation system stresses.

19 Technology and cost Emphasis is on Available in the Convenors of WGs B4- Medium to low Public This cannot be done trends the “Trends”. brochures on: B4- 46 and JWG C4/C1/B4- (within 1 year). before item 12 Acceptably 46 and JWG 604. Need to be We may have a WG or defined. C4/C1/B4-604. updated two (one for FACTS) regularly to looking at trends. maintain the currency.

20 Information on design, Defined. Not available as a Project owners and High. Public, This can in principle be engineering and Emphasis is on coherent suppliers to jointly but links linked to the procurement of recent “Recent” document. provide info and to papers compendium (see 22) projects Level of info update. SCB4-AG may to be to Links to manufacturers’ reported could Presentations are identify the projects eCigre. web sites may also be similar to made at SCB4 and authors. provide the required that is in the meetings by information. compendium. project owners and suppliers. Also include links to session papers and Colloquium papers 21 Operational issues / Definition Not available as a Possibly a new WG? Low Public This is very useful, but limitations expanded to coherent resources are likely to (a) Operation of the provide more document. dictate that this is HVDC assets clarity developed later, unless we can get users to (b) Operation of provide material. HVDC system Similar info for FACTS within the ac may also be useful. system

22 Record of HVDC links in Defined Compendium Convenor of AG 04 / High/Medium Public The compendium could the world Compendium be improved, and made more accessible. We may also wrap it into a graphical user interface. IEEE Does this, a link to IEEE may be a possibility. 23 Record of FACTS in the Defined May be available Convenor of B4-49 with Medium/Low Public There are only a few world Level of info in: help from suppliers/ TCSCs, STATCOMs, reported could JWG C4/C1/B4- project owners. UPFC etc, but a large be similar to 604, B4-49, B4.40, Need a TF. number of SVCs. IEEE that is in the B4.28, B4-61, B4- collates some of this compendium. 53, B4-44, B4-47 information and a link to IEEE may be possible. 2 Other Power Electronics: To be defined None New TF or WG low Public This will be challenging, 4 Wind generator PE but we need to start Battery Storage PE honouring the total Static AC Breakers scope of SC B4.

 B4-46 Voltage Source Converter (VSC) HVDC for power transmission - Economic Aspects and comparison with other AC and DC technologies. Chapter 2 “Technology overview” includes the different VSC topologies.

12 | P a g e  JWG C4/C1/B4-604 Influence of Embedded HVDC Transmission on System Security and AC Network Performance. Chapter 2 “State of the art” describes the different technologies and the new trends in VSC-HVDC

 2001 SC 14 WG 14.20 Economic assessment of HVDC

 2009 JWG B2/B4/C1.17 IMPACTS OF HVDC LINES ON THE ECONOMICS OF HVDC PROJECTS

 B4-49 Performance Evaluation and Application Review of Existing Thyristor Control Series Compensation Devices

 WG B4.40 Static Synchronous Series Compensator (SSSC)

 2003 SC B4 WG B4.28 Active filters in HVDC applications

 B4-61 General Guidlines for HVDC Electrode Design

 B4-53 Guidelines for Procurement and Testing of STATCOMs

 B4-44 Planning Guidelines Dealing with HVDC Environmental Issues

 B4-47 Special Issues in AC Filter Specification for HVDC

 B4-60 - Designing HVDC Grids for Optimal Reliability and Availability Performance

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