cross-border power exchange: vision, some examples and

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Cross-BorderPowerExchange:Vision,SomeExamplesandTechnicalIssues

ProfessorSaifur RahmanVirginiaTech,USA02February2021

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IntermittencyCausedbyWeatherEvents

Solar PV Project in UAE

SandStorminAbuDhabi

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IntermittencyCausedbyWeatherEvents

DesertStormApproachingRiyadh

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InterconnectionsmakeRenewablesmoreUseful

DanishWindPoweratNight

NorwegianHydropowerduringtheday

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GulfCooperationCouncilElectricPowerInterconnection

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NorthAfricaPowerGrid

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EuropetoMiddleEastandNorthAfrica

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Europe-AfricaPowerInterconnection

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Cross-borderPowerExchangeinEurope

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US-MexicoInterconnection

Source:CajemeVillarreal,SENER

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IndiatoBangladeshPowerTransfer

Back-to-BackHVDC400KVStationinBangladeshhas800MWoftransfercapability

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• TechnologiestofacilitateInterconnectionOperation• HVDCterminals(voltage/frequencyissues)

• StabilityandMarketissues• Securityoftransmissionnetworkacrossnational

boundaries

IssuesofInterest

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ThankYou

ProfessorSaifur Rahmanwww.ari.vt.edu

www.srahman.org

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