HVDC by S.Arunachalam Asst Prof/St.

Josephs, Chennai

Long distance HVDC lines carrying hydroelectricity from Canada's Nelson river to this station where it is converted to AC for use in Winnipeg's local grid

HVDC by S.Arunachalam Asst Prof/St.Josephs, Chennai

The Baltic Cable is a HVDC power line running beneath the Baltic Sea that interconnects the electric power grids of Germany and Sweden. The Baltic Cable uses a transmission voltage of 450 kV the highest operating voltage for energy transmission in Germany. The total project cost was US$280 million, and the link was put into operation in December 1994. With length of 250 kilometres (160 mi), it was the second longest high voltage cable on earth, until Basslink came into service in 2006. It is a monopolar HVDC system with a maximum transmission power of 600 megawatts (MW).

HVDC by S.Arunachalam Asst Prof/St.Josephs, Chennai

NorNed is a 580kilometre (360 mi) long HVDC submarine power cable between Feda in Norway and the seaport of Eemshaven in the Netherlands, which interconnects both countries' electricity grids. monopolar HVDC link with a voltage of 450 kV and a capacity of 700 MW.

HVDC by S.Arunachalam Asst Prof/St.Josephs, Chennai

Basslink is a HVDC link crossing Bass Strait, connecting the Loy Yang Power Station, Victoria on the Australian mainland to the George Town substation in northern Tasmania. Basslink is a monopolar HVDC operating at a nominal voltage of 400 kV DC. The nominal rating of the link is 500 MW although it is capable of transmitting 630 MW from George Town to Loy Yang for up to 4 hours.

HVDC by S.Arunachalam Asst Prof/St.Josephs, Chennai

The modern form of HVDC transmission uses technology developed extensively in the 1930s in Sweden at ASEA. Early commercial installations included one in the Soviet Union in 1951 between Moscow and Kashira, and a 10-20 MW system between Gotland and mainland Sweden in 1954. The longest HVDC link in the world is currently the Inga-Shaba 1,700 km (1,100 mi) 600 MW link connecting the Inga Dam to the Shaba copper mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

HVDC by S.Arunachalam Asst Prof/St.Josephs, Chennai

Undersea cables, where high capacitance causes additional AC losses. (e.g., 250 km Baltic Cable between Sweden and Germany, the 600 km NorNed cable between Norway and the Netherlands, and 290 km Basslink between the Australian Mainland and Tasmania) Endpoint-to-endpoint long-haul bulk power transmission without intermediate 'taps', for example, in remote areas Power transmission and stabilization between unsynchronised AC distribution systems

HVDC by S.Arunachalam Asst Prof/St.Josephs, Chennai

Connecting a remote generating plant to the distribution grid, for example Nelson River Bipole Increasing the capacity of an existing power grid in situations where additional wires are difficult or expensive to install Power transmission and stabilization between unsynchronized AC distribution systems Connecting a remote generating plant to the distribution grid, for example Nelson River Bipole Stabilizing a predominantly AC power-grid, without increasing prospective short circuit current
HVDC by S.Arunachalam Asst Prof/St.Josephs, Chennai

Reducing line cost. HVDC needs fewer conductors as there is no need to support multiple phases. Also, thinner conductors can be used since HVDC does not suffer from the skin effect Facilitate power transmission between different countries that use AC at differing voltages and/or frequencies Synchronize AC produced by renewable energy sources

HVDC by S.Arunachalam Asst Prof/St.Josephs, Chennai