525 kV voltage sets world record for extruded HVDC cable technology, doubling power flow and extending range to enable greater integration of distant renewables and interconnections. For more information : http://www.abb.com/cawp/seitp202/0cea859b5b6e1776c1257d3b002af564.aspx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkoHonVODuk http://www.abb-conversations.com/2014/08/from-genuine-challenge-to-world-record/
A new release of a special report celebrating HVDC 60 yrs (ABB Review magazine) is available at http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/738db268#/738db268/1
In Autumn 2014, the Renewables-Grid-Initiative will award a prize for the “Good Practice of the Year” for the first time. This award is meant to honour an outstanding practice in grid development, one that is innovative and most importantly, an improvement to existing practices in the field – be it environmental protection, stakeholder participation
Latest industry assessment shows significant development in long-distance transmission. Technology advances either on par or ahead of predicted curve. Releasing the 3rd update of their Roadmap to the Supergrid Technologies the Friends of the Supergrid, a European industrial initiative employing more than 1.100.000 people globally, has confirmed that regulatory and not technical barriers are blocking
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