Light and robust cable design for long distance power transmission
HVDC Light Cables with HVDC Light Converters feature:
- Power transmission from 10 to 1100 MW over long distances
- Reactive power control and stability in both connected networks
- Power reversal without interruption
- Can start black networks
The HVDC Light Cables are light, strong and robust and therefore particularly well suited for adverse laying conditions, such as very deep waters.
We made the HVDC Light cable for the Cross Sound Cable Project, which is a transmission link from Connecticut to Long Island, NY, buried 6 feet under the sea floor. ABB has also designed and built two 68-kilometre submarine high-voltage power feeders to the Troll A Gas production platform in the North Sea. In 2006 we installed 2x75 km 150 kV HVDC Light cable between Estonia and Finland. And the cables to the world's largest offshore wind farm, BorWin 1, are 150 kV HVDC Light power cables from ABB.
ABB has manufacturing and project management capacity to handle the biggest HVDC projects.