Holistic Grid-Forming Control for HVDC-Connected Offshore Wind Power Plants to Provide Frequency Response

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Main Authors: Xu, Zhenghua, Gross, Dominic, Raducu, George Alin, Khazraj, Hesam, Cutululis, Nicolaos A.
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Published: 2025
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author Xu, Zhenghua
Gross, Dominic
Raducu, George Alin
Khazraj, Hesam
Cutululis, Nicolaos A.
author_facet Xu, Zhenghua
Gross, Dominic
Raducu, George Alin
Khazraj, Hesam
Cutululis, Nicolaos A.
contents HVDC-connected offshore wind power plants (OWPPs) are expected to provide inertial response and frequency containment reserve (FCR) to help address the frequency control challenges caused by the growing penetration of power electronics in power systems. Initially dominated by communication-based and grid-following (GFL) control, recent efforts have shifted towards incorporating communication-free and grid-forming (GFM) control into HVDC-OWPP systems to enhance their frequency response capability. This paper proposes a holistic GFM control based on dual-port GFM control to improve the coordination across the entire AC-DC-AC dynamics. A frequency response model of a typical HVDC-OWPP system is developed for GFM control design. Then, dual-port GFM control and virtual synchronous generator control are implemented respectively on the HVDC system and OWPP of the typical system, where the asynchronism of onshore and offshore frequencies is revealed. Next, holistic GFM control is proposed to improve the synchronization and DC voltage regulation. Finally, simulations on the delivery of FCR and inertial response are carried out to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed control.
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spellingShingle Holistic Grid-Forming Control for HVDC-Connected Offshore Wind Power Plants to Provide Frequency Response
Xu, Zhenghua
Gross, Dominic
Raducu, George Alin
Khazraj, Hesam
Cutululis, Nicolaos A.
Systems and Control
HVDC-connected offshore wind power plants (OWPPs) are expected to provide inertial response and frequency containment reserve (FCR) to help address the frequency control challenges caused by the growing penetration of power electronics in power systems. Initially dominated by communication-based and grid-following (GFL) control, recent efforts have shifted towards incorporating communication-free and grid-forming (GFM) control into HVDC-OWPP systems to enhance their frequency response capability. This paper proposes a holistic GFM control based on dual-port GFM control to improve the coordination across the entire AC-DC-AC dynamics. A frequency response model of a typical HVDC-OWPP system is developed for GFM control design. Then, dual-port GFM control and virtual synchronous generator control are implemented respectively on the HVDC system and OWPP of the typical system, where the asynchronism of onshore and offshore frequencies is revealed. Next, holistic GFM control is proposed to improve the synchronization and DC voltage regulation. Finally, simulations on the delivery of FCR and inertial response are carried out to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed control.
title Holistic Grid-Forming Control for HVDC-Connected Offshore Wind Power Plants to Provide Frequency Response
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17672