Project Description

THEUS project aims to showcase advanced methodologies and tools supporting hybrid grids implementation across High Voltage (HV), Medium Voltage (MV), and Low Voltage (LV) levels. To successfully achieve its objectives, THEUS will develop a set of six planning and six operation solutions, that will be validated in five use cases addressing the most representative challenges faced by European grids. These use cases will rely on accurate models and will be fed with data from five real grids representing different project stages and voltage levels. Focusing on Greece, the use cases regard the planned transnational HVAC/HVDC transmission interconnector connecting Crete-Cyprus-Israel (Great Sea Interconnector) and the existing HVAC/HVDC link between Attica-Crete. THEUS assembles a competitive consortium of 15 partners from 8 EU countries, including research organizations, technology manufacturers, electric system operators, a wind farm operator, a SME to guarantee the exploitation of the project solutions, and a European Association to ensure the successful dissemination of the project outcomes. THEUS will directly impact in the electricity system orchestration of future pan-European AC/DC hybrid architecture by performing a validation campaign in which 2 under-planning networks will be designed, and 3 existing networks will be improved in terms of management and operation. In the context of the project, IPTO serves as a key data provider for i) planning tools and methodologies for AC/DC hybrid networks, ii) operational tools specifically designed for such hybrid networks, and iii) modeling of smart substations, while also leading efforts to facilitate international cooperation for HVDC interconnections in the Mediterranean region.

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