Boosted by a variety of key research programs from Natural Science Foundation of China, our mother company SGCC, as well as international joint programs, C-EPRI takes a leading step in the research of HVDC technologies, and has made significant progress in various areas like key technologies of building large power grid, high-power VSC-HVDC and application, multi-terminal VSC-HVDC, hybrid HVDC transmission, etc.

Research Area

• UHVDC converter valve
• Key VSC-HVDC equipment
• Fundamental study on DC Grid
• Fundamental theories of VSC-HVDC for large-scale renewable energy integration
• Coordinated control and protection strategy for multi-terminal VSC-HVDC systems
• DC grid modeling and simulation technology
• High-voltage DC circuit breaker
• High-voltage DC/DC converter

Programs and Funders