#HVDC

Dutch-German TSO TenneT and Petrofac have announced early works agreements in support of TenneT’s 2 GW Program.

Pakistan, Islamabad: The first China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project in the power evacuation and transmission sector started commercial operations.

UK, Shetland, Lerwick: Shetland-based civil and marine engineering firm Tulloch Developments has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract.

Transmission system operators Amprion and Elia Group commissioned the ALEGrO interconnector.

Matiari to Lahore ±660 kV HVDC Transmission Line Project has almost been completed as its Lahore converter station DC bipolar finished open line test.

The HVDC transmissions system market, valued at $7.5 B in 2019, is expected to surge past valuation of $17 B by 2028 progressing at a CAGR of 8.7 %.

Northern Ireland: Siemens Gas and Power (Siemens Energy) has been awarded the project to refurbish the Moyle Interconnector.

Siemens has been awarded a contract to deliver two converter stations for the first HVDC link between Great Britain and Denmark.

Germany: The most powerful high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transformer began its journey from the transformer factory in Nuremberg, Germany, to China.

Siemens has won a high three-digit million euro order from TenneT TSO for a grid connection for offshore wind power plants in the German waters of the North Sea, the company announced in a press release.

Germany: GE has completed its first offshore HVDC project, DolWin gamma converter platform, for the transmission system operator TenneT.

France, Paris: GE has successfully commissioned back-to-back high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter facilities for the Brazil-Uruguay interconnection project, as well as extended and equipped existing substations for Interconexiones del Sur (ISUR).

Siemens will supply National Grid UK with a replacement HVDC transformer for the CrossChannel link between the United Kingdom and France.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has completed the upgrade of the Celilo HVDC (high-voltage direct current) converter station in Oregon, part of Pacific Intertie, the first major HVDC link in U.S. transmission history, originally commissioned by ABB in 1970.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has received an order worth around $130 million from a U.S. electric cooperative Great River Energy to upgrade an existing ± 400 kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) connection between Underwood, North Dakota and Buffalo, Minnesota in the U.S.

Siemens has been awarded a $185 million (€170 million) order to supply an HVDC link between the Dutch and Danish power grids from the power grid service provider Danish Energinet.dk and its Dutch counterpart TenneT TSO, according to the company press release.

Germany: Via Siemens AG, Siemens Transformers, has received an order for the Nemo Link, a 140-kilometer HVDC link between Richborough, UK and Zeebrugge, Belgium from National Grid in the U.K. and Elia Group in Belgium.

Siemens wins $985M HVDC converter station contract

Isolux Corsan and its consortium partner Siemens have received a contract to design, build and install high voltage direct current (HVDC) equipment between Ethiopia and Kenya.

Japan, Tokyo: Hitachi, Ltd. and ABB have announced the completion of the process to establish a joint venture company, Hitachi ABB HVDC Technologies, Ltd., for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission in Japan.

Alstom has manufactured and delivered India’s first 800 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transformer for the Champa-Kurukshetra Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) Phase 1 link.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has commissioned the converter stations to the 3,150 MW Rio Madeira HVDC link in Brazil which is at approximately 2,400 km, the longest transmission link in the world, according to ABB.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB announced it will soon demonstrate how smart technologies are being used more frequently to energise the digital grid.

France, Levallois-Perret: Alstom Grid has won three major HVDC contracts with a total value of €800 million ($105.6 million). The HVDC projects will build energy highways for bulk power transmission in India, bring power into the heart of a South Korean city, and integrate renewable energy resources in Atlantic Canada.