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unusual facts about HVDC



Center, North Dakota

West of Nelson Lake there is the static inverter plant of HVDC Square Butte.

Eagle Pass, Texas

In 2000, as part of the power exchange between Texas and Mexico, a HVDC facility equipped with IGBTs was built.

Etzenricht

A HVDC back-to-back facility called GKK Etzenricht was installed there from 1991 to 1993, which made the name of the municipality Etzenricht supraregionally popular.

Highgate, Vermont

Highgate has had an HVDC back-to-back station since 1985, which was built by Asea in the record time of eight months.

HVDC Cross-Channel

Because the first installation did not meet increasing requirements, it was replaced in 1975–1986 by a new HVDC system with a maximum transmission rating of 2,000 MW between France and Great Britain, for which two new converter stations were built in Sellindge (UK) and in Bonningues-lès-Calais (Les Mandarins station), near Calais, (France).

HVDC Hellsjön–Grängesberg

The HVDC Hellsjön–Grängesberg is a test range from ABB between Hellsjön and Grängesberg to the testing of new components for HVDC.

Oklaunion, Texas

Since 1984 there has been a back-to-back HVDC station at Oklaunion which was built by General Electric.

Uno Lamm

Lamm was appointed by ASEA in 1961 to work with General Electric on the Pacific DC Intertie project, which combined long AC and HVDC transmission systems to move electrical energy from the hydroelectric generators of the Pacific Northwest to consumers in southern California.

Wing, North Dakota

Southwest of Wing, at 47°2'48"N 100°5'49"W, there is the only point in the Western hemisphere, where two HVDC overhead powerlines, CU and Square Butte cross each other.


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