1 Case study: Department of
Energy BREAKERS program
The Department Energy funding the
development new MVDC circuit breaker
technologies part the BREAKERS program
within the Advanced Projects Research Agency-
Energy (ARPA-e) [68].
§ The Department Energy BREAKERS
program, outlined the case study below.58
MVDC projects around the world
6.
The goal the BREAKERS program see
new circuit breakers developed that meet the
performance goals shown Table 6-1.
Figure 6-5 Topology the Zhuhai MVDC distribution network
.
A list US-based MVDC grid research and
development projects available [67].
6. BREAKERS acronym
for Building Reliable Electronics Achieve Kilovolt
Effective Ratings Safely. These
goals were set after ARPA-e conducted broad
survey potential MVDC circuit breaker users,
intended identify critical technology gaps. Announced 2018,
projects the initial round funding have made
significant progress.8 United States
Key examples MVDC deployment projects the
US include:
§ The Eagle Pass installation,
commissioned 2000, connects transmission
grids Texas and Mexico [65].
§ The 200 Mackinac project, commissioned
in 2014, power flow controller the state
of Michigan [66].8
