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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Solid State Power Substation
Roadmap
Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
AGENCY:
The Department of Energy
(DOE), Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability (OE), is seeking
comments and information from
interested parties to inform its
development of a Solid State Power
Substation (SSPS) Roadmap. An SSPS is
defined as the strategic integration of
high voltage power electronic converters
in substations to provide enhanced
capabilities and support the evolution of
the grid. SSPS technology can overcome
some of the current limitations within
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substations by enabling control of real
and reactive power flows, management
of voltage transients and harmonic
content, and the ability to increase the
flexibility, resiliency, and security of the
electric power system.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 7, 2018. An informational
webinar will be held on Thursday,
March 29th, 2018 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00
p.m. ET to discuss the draft SSPS
Roadmap in more detail and provide
information on this RFI.
ADDRESSES: Comments can be submitted
by any of the following methods.
Email: DOE.SSPS.Roadmap@
hq.doe.gov, whereas the subject line of
the message is ‘‘SSPS Roadmap
Comment.’’ Please provide your full
name, title, and organization, along with
your comments in the Excel spreadsheet
provided and name the file ‘‘Your first
and last name—SSPS Roadmap
Comment.’’
Mail: Kerry Cheung, Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy,
Forrestal Building, Room 6E–092, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585. Note: Delivery of the U.S.
Postal Service mail to DOE may be
delayed by several weeks due to
security screening. DOE, therefore,
encourages those wishing to comment to
submit comments electronically by
email.
Web page: The draft SSPS Roadmap,
Excel spreadsheet for comments, and
information on the upcoming webinar
can be found on the following web page:
https://energy.gov/oe/articles/solidstate-power-substation-roadmaprequest-information
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Kerry Cheung,
Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585 at kerry.cheung@
hq.doe.gov, 202–586–4819.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Substations are critical points within
the vast U.S. power grid, serving a
number of functions important to the
safe, reliable, and cost-effective delivery
of electricity. Substations serve as the
entry point to the grid for electric power
generators as well as the exit point for
large industrial customers. Substations
also form the boundaries between the
high voltage transmission network and
the distribution system, enabling the
network to reconfigure to ensure
stability and reliability, and to regulate
power quality for down-stream
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electricity customers. As the electric
power system continues to evolve, with
stakeholders integrating higher amounts
of variable renewable generation,
deploying electric vehicles and
associated charging infrastructure, and
connecting more dynamic end-use
devices and subsystems, substations
will need to evolve as well. These
critical nodes will need to continue
providing their traditional functions as
well as new functions and capabilities
required in a future grid.
The SSPS Roadmap will present a
path for the strategic integration of high
voltage power electronic converters in
substations to provide enhanced
capabilities and support the evolution of
the grid. Ultimately envisioned as a
modular, scalable, flexible, and
adaptable power block that can be used
within all substations, SSPS converters
will serve as power routers or hubs that
have the capability to electrically isolate
system components and provide
bidirectional alternating current or
direct current power flow control from
one or more sources to one or more
loads—indifferent to magnitude and
frequency. Deployment of SSPS
technology within substations can
facilitate evolution of the grid by
enabling better asset utilization,
increasing system efficiency, enhancing
security and resilience, and easing the
integration of distributed energy
resources and microgrids.
II. Request for Information
The draft SSPS Roadmap was
developed by the OE Transformer
Resilience and Advanced Components
program with support from the
Savannah River National Laboratory.
The roadmap is structured to provide
the context, rationale, and potential
benefits of utilizing SSPS technology,
and articulates a research and
development pathway to accelerate
maturation of SSPS. It aims to capture
the state-of-the-art in critical enabling
technologies, highlight research gaps
and opportunities, and align disparate
activities across the stakeholder
communities to realize the SSPS vision.
This RFI provides the public,
industry, and interested stakeholders,
the opportunity to play an important
role in defining and refining the SSPS
vision and the potential technology
development pathway. The intent of
this RFI is to solicit input concerning
the benefits offered by SSPS technology,
the application areas where SSPS
technology can provide a value
proposition, the current state-of-the-art,
and the gaps that are most critical to fill.
The information obtained will be public
and is meant to be used by DOE to guide
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and inform research and development
activities. Please provide your
comments next to the relevant questions
in the Excel spreadsheet and supporting
information if noted, including studies,
reports, references, data, and examples
relevant to SSPS.
SSPS Roadmap Questions
Chapter 1–2: Introduction and
Conventional Substations
What issues and concerns not
captured in the roadmap most deeply
impact the ability of substations to meet
the demands of an evolving grid? What
are additional challenges faced by
utilities that would necessitate power
electronic converters in substations?
Are there any other issues or
comments regarding these Chapters?
Chapter 3–4: Solid State Power
Substations and SSPS Technology
Development Pathway
Is there evidence of a growing need
for power electronic converters in
substations? If so, in what capacity?
What specific challenges would the use
of power electronic converters address?
Comments are requested on the SSPS
vision and the three classification of
SSPS converters articulated in the
roadmap, as well as on the defining
feature and functions and the voltage
and power ratings.
Comments are requested on the SSPS
technology development pathway
presented in the roadmap. For each
classification of SSPS converters, are
there other potential applications that
have not been captured?
What are additional benefits of using
SSPS converters that should be
captured?
Are there any other issues or
comments regarding these Chapters?
Chapter 5: SSPS Technology Challenges,
Gaps, and Goals
Comments are requested on the R&D
challenges identified in the roadmap
and their associated goals. Are they
sufficiently aggressive and appropriate
to realize the defining feature and
functions for each classification of SSPS
converter? What R&D challenges not yet
identified would prevent SSPS
technologies from being realized, as
envisioned? For these additional R&D
challenges, what would be the
associated goals for each classification
of SSPS converter?
Comments are requested on the stateof-the-art and the research gaps
identified in the roadmap for each of the
R&D challenges. What on-going work,
that can be publicly shared, should be
reflected in the state-of-the-art? What
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additional gaps needs to be highlighted
to address the R&D challenges
identified? What specific actions will
need to be taken in the near-, mid-, and
long-term to sufficiently address the
gaps identified?
What additional non-technical
challenges are there that would prevent
SSPS converters from being accepted by
industry? What additional standards
would be relevant to SSPS technology,
as envisioned? What are potential
market or regulatory barriers that will
need to be addressed?
Are there any other issues or
comments regarding this Chapter?
General Comments
Comments are requested on the
technology topic described in the
roadmap. What is the appropriate
Federal role in advancing this
technology area? What are some
organizational roles in helping to
advance this technology concept? What
amount of resources would be required
to fully implement the roadmap?
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Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Solid State Power Substation Roadmap
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability (OE), is seeking comments and information from
interested parties to inform its development of a Solid State Power
Substation (SSPS) Roadmap. An SSPS is defined as the strategic
integration of high voltage power electronic converters in substations
to provide enhanced capabilities and support the evolution of the grid.
SSPS technology can overcome some of the current limitations within
substations by enabling control of real and reactive power flows,
management of voltage transients and harmonic content, and the ability
to increase the flexibility, resiliency, and security of the electric
power system.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 7, 2018. An
informational webinar will be held on Thursday, March 29th, 2018 from
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET to discuss the draft SSPS Roadmap in more
detail and provide information on this RFI.
ADDRESSES: Comments can be submitted by any of the following methods.
Email: [email protected], whereas the subject line of the
message is ``SSPS Roadmap Comment.'' Please provide your full name,
title, and organization, along with your comments in the Excel
spreadsheet provided and name the file ``Your first and last name--SSPS
Roadmap Comment.''
Mail: Kerry Cheung, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6E-
092, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585. Note: Delivery
of the U.S. Postal Service mail to DOE may be delayed by several weeks
due to security screening. DOE, therefore, encourages those wishing to
comment to submit comments electronically by email.
Web page: The draft SSPS Roadmap, Excel spreadsheet for comments,
and information on the upcoming webinar can be found on the following
web page: https://energy.gov/oe/articles/solid-state-power-substation-roadmap-request-information
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Kerry Cheung, Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20585 at [email protected], 202-586-4819.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Substations are critical points within the vast U.S. power grid,
serving a number of functions important to the safe, reliable, and
cost-effective delivery of electricity. Substations serve as the entry
point to the grid for electric power generators as well as the exit
point for large industrial customers. Substations also form the
boundaries between the high voltage transmission network and the
distribution system, enabling the network to reconfigure to ensure
stability and reliability, and to regulate power quality for down-
stream
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electricity customers. As the electric power system continues to
evolve, with stakeholders integrating higher amounts of variable
renewable generation, deploying electric vehicles and associated
charging infrastructure, and connecting more dynamic end-use devices
and subsystems, substations will need to evolve as well. These critical
nodes will need to continue providing their traditional functions as
well as new functions and capabilities required in a future grid.
The SSPS Roadmap will present a path for the strategic integration
of high voltage power electronic converters in substations to provide
enhanced capabilities and support the evolution of the grid. Ultimately
envisioned as a modular, scalable, flexible, and adaptable power block
that can be used within all substations, SSPS converters will serve as
power routers or hubs that have the capability to electrically isolate
system components and provide bidirectional alternating current or
direct current power flow control from one or more sources to one or
more loads--indifferent to magnitude and frequency. Deployment of SSPS
technology within substations can facilitate evolution of the grid by
enabling better asset utilization, increasing system efficiency,
enhancing security and resilience, and easing the integration of
distributed energy resources and microgrids.
II. Request for Information
The draft SSPS Roadmap was developed by the OE Transformer
Resilience and Advanced Components program with support from the
Savannah River National Laboratory. The roadmap is structured to
provide the context, rationale, and potential benefits of utilizing
SSPS technology, and articulates a research and development pathway to
accelerate maturation of SSPS. It aims to capture the state-of-the-art
in critical enabling technologies, highlight research gaps and
opportunities, and align disparate activities across the stakeholder
communities to realize the SSPS vision.
This RFI provides the public, industry, and interested
stakeholders, the opportunity to play an important role in defining and
refining the SSPS vision and the potential technology development
pathway. The intent of this RFI is to solicit input concerning the
benefits offered by SSPS technology, the application areas where SSPS
technology can provide a value proposition, the current state-of-the-
art, and the gaps that are most critical to fill. The information
obtained will be public and is meant to be used by DOE to guide and
inform research and development activities. Please provide your
comments next to the relevant questions in the Excel spreadsheet and
supporting information if noted, including studies, reports,
references, data, and examples relevant to SSPS.
SSPS Roadmap Questions
Chapter 1-2: Introduction and Conventional Substations
What issues and concerns not captured in the roadmap most deeply
impact the ability of substations to meet the demands of an evolving
grid? What are additional challenges faced by utilities that would
necessitate power electronic converters in substations?
Are there any other issues or comments regarding these Chapters?
Chapter 3-4: Solid State Power Substations and SSPS Technology
Development Pathway
Is there evidence of a growing need for power electronic converters
in substations? If so, in what capacity? What specific challenges would
the use of power electronic converters address?
Comments are requested on the SSPS vision and the three
classification of SSPS converters articulated in the roadmap, as well
as on the defining feature and functions and the voltage and power
ratings.
Comments are requested on the SSPS technology development pathway
presented in the roadmap. For each classification of SSPS converters,
are there other potential applications that have not been captured?
What are additional benefits of using SSPS converters that should
be captured?
Are there any other issues or comments regarding these Chapters?
Chapter 5: SSPS Technology Challenges, Gaps, and Goals
Comments are requested on the R&D challenges identified in the
roadmap and their associated goals. Are they sufficiently aggressive
and appropriate to realize the defining feature and functions for each
classification of SSPS converter? What R&D challenges not yet
identified would prevent SSPS technologies from being realized, as
envisioned? For these additional R&D challenges, what would be the
associated goals for each classification of SSPS converter?
Comments are requested on the state-of-the-art and the research
gaps identified in the roadmap for each of the R&D challenges. What on-
going work, that can be publicly shared, should be reflected in the
state-of-the-art? What additional gaps needs to be highlighted to
address the R&D challenges identified? What specific actions will need
to be taken in the near-, mid-, and long-term to sufficiently address
the gaps identified?
What additional non-technical challenges are there that would
prevent SSPS converters from being accepted by industry? What
additional standards would be relevant to SSPS technology, as
envisioned? What are potential market or regulatory barriers that will
need to be addressed?
Are there any other issues or comments regarding this Chapter?
General Comments
Comments are requested on the technology topic described in the
roadmap. What is the appropriate Federal role in advancing this
technology area? What are some organizational roles in helping to
advance this technology concept? What amount of resources would be
required to fully implement the roadmap?
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2018.
Bruce Walker,
Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity
Delivery and Energy Reliability.
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