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Gerus substation in the central part of Namibia. Click for larger image
The HVDC Light system is part of a greater scheme that includes a 950 km long DC overhead line, an upgrade of an existing AC overhead line from Gerus to Auas to 400 kV, the extension of the Gerus and Auas substations, and a new AC substation in Zambezi. The Caprivi Link Interconnector, connecting electricity grids in Namibia and Zambia, ensures reliable power transfer capability between the east and west of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP). It is also the first electrical connection between the Caprivi region of Namibia and the rest of the country, and is able to supply power to the region if normal supplies from Zambia are disrupted. Even larger islanded parts of the Namibian and Zambian grids can be supplied by the DC link, which maintains frequency control and thereby avoids power outages.
ABB was responsible for system engineering including design, supply and installation of the two converter stations and earth electrodes. This project extends the voltage rating for HVDC Light to 350 kV and marks the first time the technology is used for overhead transmission. Main data Commissioning year: Power rating: No. of poles: AC voltage: DC voltage: Length of overhead DC line: Main reason for choosing HVDC: 2010 300 MW 1 Gerus: 400 kV Zambezi: 330 kV 350 kV 950 km Long distance, weak networks
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The world's most remote offshore wind farm cluster is connected to the German grid by a 400 MW HVDC Light transmission system. The German utility TenneT Offshore GmbH , formerly known as transpower strombertragungs gmbh and E.ON Netz GmbH, awarded a contract to ABB to supply the power transmission that deliver power from the worlds most remote offshore wind farm into the German grid. The BARD Offshore 1 wind farm is developed by BARD Engineering GmbH. It will consist of 80 wind generators of 5 MW located about 130 km from the coast in the North Sea. The generators feeds power into a 36 kV AC cable system which is transformed to 154 kV for the HVDC Lightoffshore station. The receiving station is located at Diele, 75 km from the coast, where the power is injected into the German 380 kV grid. ABB was responsible for system engineering including design, supply and installation of the offshore converter, sea and land cable systems and the onshore converter. The cables were laid underwater and underground, thus minimizing environmental impact. The HVDC Light converter on the BorWin alpha platform with some wind turbines. Photo taken in July 2010. The BARD Offshore wind farm is scheduled to
be in operation in 2012. Main data Commissioning year: Power rating: No of circuits: AC Voltage: DC Voltage: Length of DC underground cable: Length of DC submarine cable: Main reason for choosing HVDC Light: 2011 400 MW 1 170 kV (Platform BorWin alpha), 380 kV (Diele) 150 kV 2 x 75 km 2 x 125 km Length of land and sea cables.
Eemshaven converter station, the Netherlands. Click for larger image. Feda converter station, Norway.
The contract was originally awarded to ABB in 2000, but restructuring in the power utility sector caused the project to be delayed. The contract is with the two state-owned power grid companies TenneT in The Netherlands and in Statnett, Norway. The interconnection, which is based on market coupling, has lead to power trading between the two countries and increase the reliability of electricity supply.
To reduce cable costs and cable losses NorNed has two fully insulated DC cables in spite that it is a monopolar link. This makes the current small and the cable losses low but requires a higher converter voltage (see simplified single line diagram). Main data Commissioning year: Power rating: No of poles: AC Voltage: DC Voltage: Length of DC submarine cables: Main reason for choosing HVDC:
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2008 700 MW 1 ( midpoint grounded in Eemshaven) 300 kV (Feda), 400 kV (Eemshaven) 450 kV 2 x 580 km Length of sea cable and non-synchronous AC systems
Helsingin Energia and Pohjolan Voima. The link crosses the Gulf of Finland and connect to substations near Tallinn and Helsinki. The whole link is underground or underwater by high-tech extruded (oil-free) HVDC Light cables; there are no overhead lines. Estlink is the latest part of the Baltic ring. It allows for power exchange between the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and the Nordel grid. Harku station ABB received the contract for the entire HVDC Light link: converter stations and DC cables. The whole project was completed in 19 months. Main data Commissioning year: Power rating: No of circuits: AC Voltage: DC Voltage: Length of DC underground cable: Length of DC submarine cable: Main reason for choosing HVDC Light:
2006 350 MW 1 330 kV (Estonia), 400 kV (Finland) 150 kV 2 x 31 km 2 x 74 km Length of land cable, sea crossing and nonsynchronous AC systems
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The Three Gorges HVDC link more than triples the amount of power currently delivered from central China to the coast, from 1,200 megawatts (MW) to 4,200 MW. In 2004 ABB was awarded the converter stations for the second 3,000 MW HVDC transmission to Shanghai. ABB's HVDC technology promotes more efficient use of energy resources by transmitting large power loads over long distances with low losses. The link helps to meet the growing demand for power in fast developing Shanghai, China's leading industrial and commercial center. One HVDC converter station is located at Longquan, approximately 50 kilometers from the Three Gorges power plant, and the other, Zhengping, in the city of Changzhou, approximately 80 kilometers northwest of Shanghai. Main data Commissioning year: Power rating: No. of poles: AC voltage: DC voltage: Length of overhead DC line: Main reason for choosing HVDC:
2002 Pole 1, 2003 Bipole 3 000 MW 2 500 kV (both ends) 500 kV 890 km Long distance, network stability, low losses, environmental concerns
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The AC side of the inverter is connected to the VHV Motor via a breaker and AC cables. The VHV Motor's outgoing shaft is directly coupled to a gearbox that deliver the right number of revolutions. The VHV Motor is governed by the HVDC Light control system MACH 2TM. Compared to conventional systems, HVDC Light saves weight and reduces the space the system takes up on the platform.
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2005 84 MW 2 132 kV (Kollsnes), 56 kV (Troll) 60 kV 4 x 70 km Environment, long submarine cable distance, compactness of converter on platform
High seismic requirements has led to flexible connections in the valve hall
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Murraylink benefits both South Australia and Victoria by enabling electricity trading in Australias deregulating power market. From its near tri-state border site, it can deliver power from South Australia, Victoria, NSW and the Snowy River generation in either South Australia or Victoria. Murraylink has used existing corridors and required no private easements, nor use of private land. Main data Commissioning year:
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220 MW 1 132 kV (Berri), 220 kV (Red Cliffs) 150 kV 2 x 180 km Controlled connection for trading. Easy to get permission for underground cables.
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ABB has provided a complete 330 MW, 40-kilometer HVDC Light transmission system. The system is made up of high-tech extruded (oil-free) cables buried under the seabed, with a converter station at New Haven, Connecticut and Shoreham on Long Island. The Cross-Sound link improves the reliability of power supply in the Connecticut and New England power grids, while providing urgently needed electricity to Long Island. The HVDC Light connection is also designed to promote competition in the New York and New England electricity markets by enabling electricity to be traded among power generators and customers in both regions. Main data Commissioning year: Power rating: No of circuits: AC Voltage:
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ABB introduced the concept of Capacitor Commutated Converters (CCC) to the market in 1995. This was, in fact, the first fundamental change to have been made to the classic HVDC system technology since 1954! The first CCC-station, the Garabi 2 200 MW station in Brazil, is operating since June 1999! CCC offers the following advantages:
Improved dynamic performance Significantly better stability, in particular when connected to AC networks with low short circuit capacity and in transmissions with long DC cables Dependable performance in the event of AC system disturbances, with reduced risk of commutation failures Lower load rejection overvoltages No need to switch AC filters or shunt capacitor banks to compensate for converter reactive power consumption
CCC has proven particularly suitable in back-to-back projects where the converter station lies in the periphery of the AC networks or is connected via long lines to strong substations. Both these situations can result in a low short circuit ratio at the converter station.
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A fundamental change to the classic HVDC system technology. ABB introduced the concept of Capacitor Commutated Converters (CCC) to the market in 1995. This was, in fact, the first fundamental change to have been made to the classic HVDC system technology since 1954! The first CCC-station, the Garabi 2 200 MW station in Brazil, is operating since June 1999! CCC offers the following advantages:
Improved dynamic performance Significantly better stability, in particular when connected to AC networks with low short circuit capacity and in transmissions with long DC cables Dependable performance in the event of AC system disturbances, with reduced risk of commutation failures Lower load rejection overvoltages No need to switch AC filters or shunt capacitor banks to compensate for converter reactive power consumption
CCC has proven particularly suitable in back-to-back projects where the converter station lies in the periphery of the AC networks or is connected via long lines to strong substations. Both these situations can result in a low short circuit ratio at the converter station.
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The transmission link between the southern part of Gotland and the city of Visby is rated 50 MW and was put into operation in June 1999. Two 70 km long extruded 80 kV HVDC Light underground cables, ploughed into ground close to each other, connect the terminal stations. All equipment was mounted in enclosed modules in the factory and were fully factory tested, so that civil works, installation and commissioning was kept to a minimum.
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1999 50 MW 1 80 kV (both ends) 80 kV 2 x 70 km Wind power (voltage support). Easy to get permission for underground cables.
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significant challenge for a project of this magnitude. This has required considerable innovation in manufacturing and construction techniques for both the transmission lines and converter station. Each line to from Garabi to It has a length of 354 km, quite challenging for operation of a converter station where there is guaranteed delivery of 1000 MW into a rather weak point. For the chosen transmission line parameters, the short circuit capacity at the Garabi 60 Hz side is about 1500 MVA, dropping even lower under contingency conditions. This challenge was met by using the CCC concept and with minimum sized ConTune harmonic filters. In this way fixed line reactors are used and the CCC means that the converter has characteristics to absorb or supply reactive power as required by the system. The converter acts like a static compensator, giving smooth continuos control of voltage and power flow. The minimum size of the ConTune filters helps to keep load rejection overvoltages within limits.
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The HVDC converter valves are in modular housings, factory assembled and tested and shipped to site ready for operation. The control equipment and auxiliaries are similarly factory assembled and tested, reducing the installation and commissioning time. With this type of arrangement a considerable area reduction could also be achieved. All converter bus breakers are of the modular Compact type with breaker, disconnects, and optical current transformer (OCT) integrated in one unit. The Compact breaker can be quickly installed or removed, allowing efficient maintenance as well as facilitating future changes in substation layout due to planned expansion. Main data Commissioning year:
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Operational Tests of Garabi II HVDC Thyristor Valves The Garabi 2000 MW Interconnection back-to-back HVDC to connect weak AC systems
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The 3 MW Hellsjn transmission During the first years a number of tests have been performed to verify the HVDC Light concept, and between the tests, the stations have been in operation on a 24-hour schedule either in transmission mode or in SVC mode to gather experience. Hellsjn is also a test bench for new components and equipment. Main data Commissioning year: Power rating: No. of poles: AC voltage: DC voltage: Length of DC overhead line: Main reason for choosing HVDC Light: Search
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1994 600 MW 1 400 kV (both ends) 450 kV 250 km 12 km Length of sea crossing
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Vester Hassing station in Denmark with pole 2 (thyristor valves) in the foreground and old pole 1 (mercury-arc valves) in the background.
The first interconnection between Sweden and the western grid in Denmark was established in 1965 with the 250 MW Konti-Skan HVDC link across the Kattegatt from Gothenburg to Aalborg. The converter stations were based on mercury-arc valve technology and situated in Stenkullen and Vester Hassing respectively. In 2006 the mercury-arc converters were replaced by thyrisor converters. A second Konti-Skan cable rated 300 MW was added in 1988 from Lindome on the Swedish side to Vester Hassing. Both poles of Konti-Skan have been testing ground for new ABB HVDC developments: Pole 1: 1973: Second generation thyristor test valve (photo), 135 kV, 1,050 A (air cooled) in Vester Hassing. 1988: Light triggered thyristor (LTT) test valve (photo), 135 kV, 1050 A in Vester Hassing. 1992: The world's first air insulated outdoor thyristor valve (photo), 135 kV, 1,050 A, in Stenkullen. Pole 2: 1991: The world's first active DC filter (photo) in Lindome. 1993: The world's first electronically controlled AC filter ,Contune, (photo) in Lindome. Main data Pole 1 (decommissioned) Commissioning year: 1965 Power rating: 250 MW No. of poles: 1 AC voltage: 130/150 kV DC voltage: 250 kV Length of DC submarine cables: 87 km Length of DC overhead line: 86 km Main reason for choosing Length of sea crossing HVDC: Search
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Pole 2 1988 300 MW 1 400 kV (both ends) 300 kV 88 km 61 km Length of sea crossing
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ABB has an air-insulated outdoor prototype valve in service since 1992 in the Swedish station of the Konti-Skan 1 HVDC transmission link. The operation has been very successful, and has proven the adequacy of the concept. The prototype valve has also proved to be important for the development of HVDC Light.
The outdoor HVDC valves at Garabi are placed on top of each other to save space.
The Garabi back-to-back station in the Brazil - Argentina interconnection was the first commercial plant that has been equipped with ABB's air-insulated outdoor HVDC valve.
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the 2250 MW Radisson terminal, located within the La Grande hydroelectric generating complex. Furthermore, the line was also extended over a distance of 214 km south from Comerford to a new 1800 MW converter terminal at Sandy Pond, Massachusetts. This extension was taken into full commercial operation in 1990. In 1992 another terminal was placed in service on the multi-terminal HVDC system. This terminal is rated 2138 MW and located at Nicolet in the Montreal area.
The Comerford and Des Cantons converter stations were originally to have been integrated into the multi-terminal scheme to enable even more operating flexibility, allowing five stations to operate simultaneously. After reassessing the benefits of this additional flexibility, the owners, however, elected to suspend the commercial multi-terminal integration of Des Cantons and Comerford. Main data Commissioning year: Power rating: No. of poles: AC voltage: DC voltage: Length of overhead DC line: Main reason for choosing HVDC:
1990 - 1992 2 000 MW (multiterminal) 2 315 kV (Radisson), 230 kV (Nicolet), 345 kV (Sandy Pond) 450 kV 1 480 km Long distance, asynchronous networks
Fenno-Skan
Fenno-Skan reduces the electrical distance between major generation and load areas in Finland and Sweden from 1500 km to 200 km. The Fenno-Skan link is owned by Fingrid and Svenska Kraftnt (Swedish Power Grid). The 500 MW Fenno-Skan 1 link was commissioned in 1989 and the Fenno-Skan 2 link will add another 800 MW, thus strengthening the Nordic power grid, enhancing the capacity for power trading and improving the security of supply in the region. In parallel with the delivery of Fenno-Skan 2, the control system of the original Fenno-Skan link will be upgraded to the fully digital MACH2 system. Fenno-Skan 1 was originally built as a monopolar link using sea return for the current, but will now become a bipole. The stations were built in such a way that a future addition of a second pole easily could be accomplished.
The 200 km long cable reaches the shore in Finland south of the town of Rauma, which is situated about 90 km north of Turku. A 33 km long overhead line connects the cable with the Rauma converter station. Dannebo, the Swedish converter station for Fenno-Skan 1, is located near the Forsmark nuclear power station on the Swedish east coast, about 150 km north of Stockholm. The DC cable comes in to the converter station area, since the station lies only about 1 km from the coast. For Fenno-Skan 2, the Swedish converter station is located further inland - in Finnble - and a 70
Main data Commissioning year: Power rating: No. of poles: AC voltage: DC voltage: Length of DC submarine cables: Length of DC overhead line: Main reason for choosing HVDC:
Pole 1: 1989 Pole 2: 2011 Upgrade Fenno-Skan 1: 2012 Pole 1: 500 MW Pole 2: 800 MW 2 400 kV (both ends) Pole 1: 400 kV Pole 2: 500 kV 200 km 33 km (Finnish side) Pole 2: 70 km (Swedish side) Length of sea crossing
With the active DC-filter, ABB can fulfil the toughest HVDC interference level requirements with a minimum of equipment. Demands on the HVDC converter stations regarding permitted interference levels from DC lines have become increasingly stringent in recent years. ABB has therefore developed an active DC filter that enables efficient filtering using a small-size filter. The active DC-filter is now installed in a number of HVDC projects. Operating principles The principle of the active DC filter is to inject a current generated by a power amplifier into the DC circuit cancelling the DC side harmonics coming from the HVDC converter. The amplifier is controlled by a high speed digital signal processor controller.
Circuit diagram of active DC filter Performance These measurements were taken in a prototype active DC filter that was installed in 1991 in the Konti-Skan 2 HVDC transmission.
Active DC-filter in the Swedish station in the Baltic Cable HVDC inter-connection. The high voltage DC-filter capacitor can be seen in the right. The small house to the left contains the DCfilter control, the amplifiers and associated equipment.
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The first HVDC project in India. The Indian power system is demarcated into five independent regional grids namely: Northern, Eastern, Western, Southern, and North-eastern Regions. The 500 MW Vindhyachal back-to-back HVDC station interconnects the Northern and Western Regions. The HVDC station was built by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC ) but after the reorganisation of the Indian power sector the transmission now belongs to the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd..
Vindhyachal exterior with the world's first HVDC transformers with extended delta windings. Inside one of the valve halls
The remote Vindhyachal region hosts three super-thermal projects of NTPC within a radius of 40 km: Singrauli, Rihand (supplying power to the Nortern grid) and Vindhyachal. Vindhyachal is the largest project of NTPC with a total capacity of 2,260 MW supplying power to the Western grid. Main data Commissioning year: Power rating: No. of poles:
1989 500 MW 2
In 2011, ABB received the order for a refurbishment of the Highgate station. The refurbishment permits the station to run with full overload capacity at 40 degrees ambient temperature. The delivery includes new control and protection system MACH2 and valve cooling.
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1985 Refurbishment: 2012 200 MW 1 120 kV (north side), 115 kV (south side) 57 kV Back-to-back station Asynchronous networks
The receiving station in Adelanto is located in a seismically active area. Suspended thyristor valves are therefore used to achieve maximum security. Extremely stringent requirements were imposed on reliability. ABBs redundant converter control system was developed to meet these performance requirements. It has become ABBs standard for HVDC in every project since Intermountain. ABB had complete turnkey responsibility for the converter stations, which were commissioned
in April 1986. In 2010, ABB made an additional upgrade, which includes delivery of the MACH2 control and protection system, additional AC filters and cooling system in order for the link to reach a transmission capacity of 2 400 MW.
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1986, 2010 1 920 MW => 2 400 MW 2 345 kV (Intermountain), 500 kV (Adelanto) 500 kV 785 km Long distance
Power transmission started on bipole 1 in October 1984 with 300 kV and in July 1985 with 600 kV, and on bipole 2 in July 1987. The converter stations were commissioned stepwise in order to match the generating capacity built up at the Itaipu hydropower plant. HVDC was chosen basically for two reasons: partly to be able to supply power from the 50 Hz generators to the 60 Hz system, and partly because an HVDC link was economically preferable for the long distance involved. The converter stations Foz do Iguau and Ibiuna represented a considerable step forward in HVDC technology compared to the HVDC stations of the 1970s. The two stations are still unique in their combination of size and advanced technology. 2004 Press releases: (2004 marks the 20th year since the first stage of the Itaipu HVDC tranmission was commissioned.) Itaipu: the singing stone with a powerful song and Visitors experience 20 years of ABB pioneering spirit at Itaipu, Brazil . Main data Commissioning year: Power rating: No. of poles: AC voltage: DC voltage: Length of overhead DC line: Main reason for choosing HVDC:
1984 -1987 6 300 MW 4 500 kV (Foz do Iguau), 245 kV (Ibiuna) 600 kV 785 km + 805 km Long distance, 50/60 Hz conversion
Dynamically suspended valves were used in PIU for the first time due to the severe seismic requirements.
The 20 MW, 100 kV Gotland 1 HVDC transmission from 1954 was the first commercial HVDC transmission in the world. The converters valves were mercury-arc valves. In 1970 the stations were supple-mented with thyristor valves which were connected in series with the mercury-arc valves. The voltage was raised to 150 kV and the transmission capacity to 30 MW.
Gotland 1 with thyristor valve group (click to view larger photo)
It was the first time thyristor valves were used in a commercial HVDC transmission in the world. Read more in about Gotland 1 in: The early HVDC development (pdf, 0,21 MB) Gotland 2 and 3 In 1983 a new cable was laid between Vstervik and Ygne. The rated voltage was 150 kV and transmission capacity 130 MW and the converters were built up of thyristor valves. In order to meet the greater demand and also to increase the safety of supply to the island, a decision was taken in 1985 to invest in yet another HVDC link, Gotland 3. The original cable and terminal equipment for Gotland 1 was taken out of service and dismantled in 1986 when Gotland 3 was built.
Gotland 2 valve hall interior
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Pole 2: 1983, Pole 3: 1987 260 MW 2 130 kV (Vstervik), 70 kV (Ygne) 150 kV 2 x 96 km 7 km Length of sea crossing
Inga-Kolwezi
In spite of the difficult situation in central Africa, this HVDC transmission continues to deliver power. The second to longest electric power transmission in the world, 1700 km, transmits power from the Inga falls in the Congo river to the copper mining district of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Inga-Kolwezi link was formerly known as the Inga-Shaba link. The Inga-Kolwezi is a 500 kV, 560 MW transmission. Because of the extreme line length and the difficult logistics along the route, it was decided to build two monopolar lines with four switching stations. The converter stations were built so that the two converter poles can be operated in parallel with ground return, in case of a monopolar line outage.
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The ABB contract for the converter stations was signed in 1973, but due to civil unrest in the country (then called Zaire), the transmission could not be taken into service until 1982. The link is owned by DRC's national electricity utility, Socit Nationale d'Electricit (Snel).
Kolwezi station
Each valve hall in Inga-Kolwezi is equipped with six double-valves of air-cooled design. At the time, it was the highest valve voltage in the world, and each single valve has 258 series connected thyristors.
In 2009, ABB was awarded the upgrade of this link. The refurbishment, which includes delivery of new thyristor valves, high-voltage apparatus and the MACH2 control and protection system, will extend the life span of the link, enhance the reliability of the grid and ensure efficient transmission of hydro electricity across the region. It is scheduled for delivery in 2013. Main data Commissioning year: Power rating: No. of poles: AC voltage: DC voltage: Length of overhead DC line: Main reason for choosing HVDC:
1982 Upgrade: 2013 560 MW 2 220 kV (both ends) 500 kV 1 700 km Long distance
ABBs undertakings for the Pacific Intertie contract in 1965 included system studies and system responsibility, the manufacturing and supply of the converter (mercury-arc) valves plus special apparatus and the control equipment, and also the commissioning. The transmission scheme entered into operation in 1970, but shortly after this (in 1971)
the San Fernando earthquake devastated the Sylmar converter station. The station building was severely damaged, as was much of the equipment, and it was not until 1973 that the station was rebuilt and operation could be restored. After a few years of operation, the owners decided to make use of the inherent capacity of the equipment and raise the transmission rating to 2000 A and 1600 MW.
Aerial overview of Tjele converter station with the converters for Pole 1&2 to the left and Pole 3 to the right.
The converter stations for Skagerrak 1&2 (1976-77) were the first stations to employ the modern circuitry and station design that is employed even today. The first stations with thyristor valves were designed according to the principles adopted for mercury arc valve stations. But ABB adopted new design principles for the converter stations of the Skagerrak 1&2 link:
twelve pulse converters quadruple thyristor valves no 5th or 7th harmonic filters on the AC-side converter transformers close to the valve-hall with the valve-side bushings in the valve-hall
The Skagerrak 1&2 link was the first one to employ ABB s second generation of air-cooled valves (which also were used in the CU and Inga-Shaba transmissions). Valve hall in the first Skagerrak link The Skagerrak 1&2 link went through a control and protection system upgrade in 2007, when the advanced MACH2 control system was installed.
When Skagerrak 3 (1993) was built it was decided to reconfigure the existing bipole so that Pole 1 and Pole 2 operate with the same current direction. Thereby achieving a better current balance, since the Pole 3 has a higher current than Pole 1 and 2.
Simplified single line diagram of the Skagerrak 1-3 scheme. The converter stations of Pole 3 was the first in the series of ABB cable projects during the
1990's that also includes Baltic Cable, Kontek and SwePol. In 2011, ABB was awarded the Skagerrak 4 link - read more about it here. Main data Commissioning year: Power rating: No. of poles: AC voltage: Pole 1&2: 1976-77 Pole 3: 1993 Pole 4: 2014 Pole 1+2: 500 MW Pole 3: 440 MW Pole 4: 700 MW 4 (2 bipoles) Pole 1&2: 300 kV (Kristiansand), 150 kV (Tjele) Pole 3: 300 kV (Kristiansand), 400 kV (Tjele) Pole 4: 400 kV (Kristiansand), 400 kV (Tjele) Pole 1&2: 250 kV (HVDC Classic) Pole 3: 350 kV (HVDC CLassic) Pole 4: 500 kV (HVDC Light) Skagerrak 1-3: 127 km Skagerrak 4: 140 km Skagerrak 4: 104 km Skagerrak 1-3: 113 km Length of sea crossing, asynchronous link. For pole 4, HVDC Light was chosen for its premier power quality features.
DC voltage: Length of DC submarine cable routes: Lenth of DC land cable route: Length of DC overhead line: Main reason for choosing HVDC:
The AC systems on the South and North Islands of New Zealand were interconnected in 1965 by a 250 kV, 600 MW HVDC Interisland Link. In 1992 the grid owner Transpower upgraded the HVDC link to 1240 MW. The existing link, with its mercury arc valves, was modified to operate in a bipolar "hybrid" scheme together with a new thyristor converter. The first stage of the upgrade was to add the 700 MW thyristor converter, and the second step was to operate the old and new equipment as a hybrid bipole rated 1240 MW. The two mercury arc valve poles were connected in parallel to form an upgraded pole 1.
Bird's eye view of Benmore converter station. Pole 1 in the front and Pole 2 in the background.
On average 80 per cent of New Zealand's electric energy production is from hydroelectric sources, most of which is produced on the South Island. However, the North Island accounts for almost two thirds of the total electric energy demand, and has a peak load almost twice that of the South Island. After the upgrade of the HVDC transmission as much as 25 per cent of the North Island's electricity demand is met by South Island hydro capacity. Main data Pole 1 and 2 1965-91 Commissioning year: Power rating: No. of poles: DC voltage: Pole 2 after 1991 Commissioning year: Power rating: DC voltage: Pole 1A+1B after 1992 Commissioning year: Power rating: DC voltage:
1965 (mercury arc valves) 600 MW 2 250 kV 1991 (thyristor valves) Nominal 560 MW, Continuous overload: 700 MW -350 kV 1992 (hybrid sceme) 1240 MW +270 and -350 kV
Complete transmission Length of DC submarine cables: Length of DC overhead line: Main reason for choosing HVDC:
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Special glass chemistry Ionic migration imparting high resistance, reducing Ionic accumulation ion flow and localised thermal stress Protection of the metal end fittings Metal part Pure zinc collar bonded to the cap corrosion Pure zinc sleeve bonded to the pin Electrostatic Adapted glass shell design attraction of with wide spacing between ribs and the dust on increased leakage distance insulator surface 1. USA, Vancouver Islands 42km 260 kV DC, 1967 2. USA, Pacific Inertie 1360 km 500 kV DC, 1969 3. USA, Dickin s on - Coal Creek 687km 500 kV DC, 1967 4. Canada, Kettle Winnipeg Nelson River 450 kV DC, 1972 5. Canada, 6th James Bay 450 kV DC, 1988 6. Canada, New England 1480 km 450 kV DC, 1984/86 7. Brazil, Rio Madeira, 2500 km 600 kV DC, 2012 8-9. Brazil, Itaipu I - II 2 x 800 km 600 kV DC, 1984/87 10. Mozambic, Cahora Bassa 1420 km 500 kV DC, 1977
11. Sweden, Fenno-Skan 2 Project 500 kV DC, 2009 12. Finland, Fenno Skan / Rihtnie Rauma 23 km 400 kV DC, 1988 & 1998 13. India,Chandrapur Padghe 752 km 500 kV DC, 1997 14. India, Rihand Dadri 814 k 500 kV DC, 1987 15. India, Biswanath Agra 1825 km 800 kV DC, 2010/11 16. India, Ballia Bhiwadi 780 km 500 kV kV DC, 2008/2009 17. China, Deyang Baoji 534 km 500 kV DC, 2009 18. China, Yunnan - Guangdong 1440 km 500 kV DC, 2008 19. China, Ge Hu 930 km 500 kV DC, 2009 20. China, Tianshengqiao Guangzhou 1050 km 500 kV DC, 2001 21. China, Guizhou - Guangong 1100 km 500 kV DC, 2003 22. New Zealand, North South Island 535 km 350 kV DC, 2010/11