The goal the BREAKERS program see
new circuit breakers developed that meet the
performance goals shown Table 6-1.
6.1 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].8 United States
Key examples MVDC deployment projects the
US include:
§ The Eagle Pass installation,
commissioned 2000, connects transmission
grids Texas and Mexico [65]. BREAKERS acronym
for Building Reliable Electronics Achieve Kilovolt
Effective Ratings Safely.
A list US-based MVDC grid research and
development projects available [67].58
MVDC projects around the world
6. These
goals were set after ARPA-e conducted broad
survey potential MVDC circuit breaker users,
intended identify critical technology gaps.8.
Figure 6-5 Topology the Zhuhai MVDC distribution network
.
§ The 200 Mackinac project, commissioned
in 2014, power flow controller the state
of Michigan [66]. Announced 2018,
projects the initial round funding have made
significant progress.
§ The Department Energy BREAKERS
program, outlined the case study below
