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This research aims to design a general FPGA-based solver for simulating renewable energy power plants effectively.

May 8, 2026

FPGA-based solver architecture design for real-time simulation of renewable energy power plant

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This research aims to design a general FPGA-based solver for simulating renewable energy power plants effectively.
Designed an FPGA-based solver for variable topologies using EMTP principles.
Utilized parallel computing for high-speed processing and low latency.
Implemented a modular architecture with key designs including matrix preprocessing and a 2-level voltage source converter.
Validation with a photovoltaic power plant showed well-fitted AC waveforms.
Post-short fluctuations demonstrated stable DC voltage.
Results confirm the high accuracy and efficiency of the proposed FPGA-based solver.

Abstract

High share of renewable energy and power electronics integration cause wide frequency domain stability issues and micro/nanosecond simulation demands of power systems. To address this issue, a general FPGA-based solver is designed in this paper for variable topologies based on Electro-Magnetic Transient Program (EMTP) principles, utilizing parallel computing, high bandwidth and low latency characteristics of FPGA. It splits EMTP solution into four steps and builds a modular architecture. Key designs include matrix preprocessing split transmission, 2-level voltage source converter (2L-VSC) decoupling model via switching function, and combined parallel-multiplexing for efficiency. A validation with photovoltaic power plant case on PSCAD v46, RTDS and FPGA platforms shows well-fitted AC waveforms and stable DC voltage post-short fluctuations and prove the high accuracy of proposed FPGA-based solver.

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FPGA-based solver architecture design for real-time simulation of renewable energy power plant

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