Latest HVDC News

Italy Unveils 2025-2034 Grid Development Plan

HVDC projects are a key element of Terna's grid development plan
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March 22, 2025

UK & France Explore Extra 1GW of Interconnection Capacity

Ofgem & CRE are exploring further opportunities for electricity interconnection between the two countries with capacities of around 1 gigawatt (GW)
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March 21, 2025

New Underground HVDC Project Proposed in Australia

Syncline Energy is proposing to build a 2GW, 250km underground HVDC transmission in the state of Victoria
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March 21, 2025

GE Vernova to Build New Transformer Test Lab in Stafford

GEV to create hundreds of new jobs with the creation of a new transformer test lab at their 60 year-old site in Stafford, UK
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BBC
March 21, 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
HVDC World
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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.
HVDC World
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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