Latest HVDC News

New UK HVDC Cable Factory To Get £20m Boost

The Scottish National Investment Bank announces a new £20m investment in HVDC cable manufacturer XLCC.
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January 16, 2025

Full Notice to Proceed for Norfolk Vanguard East and West

Consortium of Aker Solutions and Siemens Energy has received full notice to proceed from RWE for the Norfolk Vanguard West and East offshore wind farms.
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January 15, 2025

China's State Grid to Pivot to VSC Technology

Following on from the first ±800kV 8GW VSC-HVDC project in the world; the Gansu-Zhejiang Project, China will focus on the promotion of VSC HVDC for future bulk power transmission projects
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January 9, 2025

TenneT Gives LionLink the Green Light

The Offshore Hybrid Asset (OHA) will be the first of it's kind in the world
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January 3, 2025

Spotlight

Iberian Blackout May Drive Stronger EU Cooperation on Interconnectors

The major European blackout, one of the biggest in history, could push for more grid resilience in the form of higher levels of interconnection in southwest Europe
HVDC World
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May 20, 2025

Podcast: The Transatlantic Power Cable - From Concept to Reality

This podcast discusses the technical, commercial and legal feasibility of the project, with contributions from respected experts in the industry
HVDC World
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May 1, 2025

European Project Releases Open Library of Standardized HVDC Models

HVDC-WISE have released an open GitHub library of standardized HVDC models, designed to aid interoperability across various platforms
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April 21, 2025

Could Trump tariffs drive a trans-Canada HVDC backbone?

U.S. annexation threats have revived talk of a coast-to-coast electricity 'backbone' – and it could be built in five years.
Canada's National Observer
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April 5, 2025

Z-tool: Open-Source Frequency-Domain Analysis Toolbox for EMT Models

A Python-based implementation for the stability analysis of converters
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January 30, 2025

Why don’t more countries import their electricity?

The economics make sense, but the geopolitics are nerve-racking
The Economist
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January 27, 2025

The Impedance Margin Ratio: An Alternative Method for Evaluating Small-Signal System Strength

The Impedance Margin Ratio (IMR) is introduced in [1] as a new metric for evaluating small-signal system strength.
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January 23, 2025

Video: Australia's Basslink Interconnector - Context and Construction

The context and considerations for building Australia's Basslink submarine power cable
International Cable Protection Committee
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January 17, 2025

The Ethiopia-Kenya Project: HVDC vs AC Transmission

HVDC vs AC Technology in Power Transmission: Justification for the Ethiopia - Kenya HVDC Project
Eng. Daisy Karimi Muthamia
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January 10, 2025

'A bullet train for power': China's ultra-high-voltage electricity grid

China produces more clean energy than any other country. Now it's rolling out an ultra-high-voltage grid to match – will its strategy of going big pay off?
BBC
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November 15, 2024

Creating a US National HVDC Transmission Network

A plan to revolutionize America's power grid with a national HVDC network
Federation of American Scientists
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November 12, 2024

Video: The World Needs Supergrids, But There's a Problem

The technology is here, but politics may stand in the way.
Bloomberg
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July 28, 2022