HVDC and its potential in building the European Super-Grid

High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) technology it’s been commonly used for the long-distance bulk power transfer in modern power systems. With the new advancements in technology HVDC is ready to change its conventional position on the periphery of alternating current (AC) grids to a central role. This technology have potential to facilitate the European Super-Grid aims to assist the integration of large-scale renewable energy and assure a reliable interconnection between national grids. This paper investigates HVDC links development in correlation with renewable energy integration and the need of increasing security of supply by joining local grids into a Pan-European network. The research focus on collecting data that indicates the main technology used in the future structure of European Super-Grid and therefore being able to answer the question: Will HVDC transmission become the backbone of European Super-Grid?