Risø Hybrid Power Plant Facility

The Risø Hybrid Power Plant (Risø HPP) is a test facility that combines wind turbines, PV panels and electricity storage, supplying renewable power to the electricity grid. The facility allows testing of grid interaction, control and energy management of a hybrid power plant, and testing of new units e.g. for energy conversion integrated with a hybrid power plant.

The Risø HPP is a national and European test facility. It contributes to research and development of renewable energy systems through DTEC - DTU-TotalEnergies Centre of Excellence for Clean Energy, NEST - National Energy System Transition Facilities, and the European RISEnergy Project - Research Infrastructure Services for Renewable Energy.

Risø HPP is currently equipped with a SCADA system and measurement systems. A grid simulator will also be added soon, allowing researchers and companies to test how a hybrid power plant will work in different electricity grids.

Data for Risø HPP:

  • Grid connection capacity: 1000kVA
  • Wind plant: 2x225kW wind turbines retrofitted to variable speed and grid compliance
  • One of the wind turbines hybridised with a 60kW / 0.7kWh supercapacitor bank (high power storage) and a 79kWh / 30kW Li-ion battery
  • Solar plant: 160kWp South oriented + 175kWp East-West oriented
  • SAFT battery: 1155kWh / 250kW
  • HESS battery (expected 2027): 180kW hybrid storage
  • Open real-time environment for development and test of HPP controllers
  • Grid simulator (expected end 2026): 750kVA (extendable) 

Head of Facility: Poul Sørensen

Facility Manager: Kasper W. Martens

Contact

Poul Ejnar Sommer Sørensen

Poul Ejnar Sommer Sørensen Professor Department of Wind and Energy Systems Mobile: +45 21362766

Kasper Wartenberg Martens

Kasper Wartenberg Martens Senior Development Engineer Department of Wind and Energy Systems Mobile: +4522376233