UHVDC transformers enable world record transmission link in China

The windswept steppes and arid desert of Inner Mongolia seem unlikely places to address China’s energy challenges.



This is set to change now, and facilitating this is ABB’s advanced transformer technology that enables a UHVDC transmission links to transmit up to 10,000 mega-watts (MW) of electricity, setting a new world record in terms of capacity at the 800 kilovolt (kV) voltage level.

More at HVDC Belt and Road 2019 China Conference

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