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Didn't see mention of the voltage/current specs. 1400A at 1MV maybe? HVDC is morbidly fascinating, and the gear to transform has that awesome 1950s sci-fi look.
by greenbit 3y ago
Didn't see mention of the voltage/current specs. 1400A at 1MV maybe? HVDC is morbidly fascinating, and the gear to transform has that awesome 1950s sci-fi look.
- davedx 3y agoI actually drove all the way out to the Britned HVDC transformer station near Rotterdam earlier this year. Absolutely huge bunch of gear, mostly enclosed though and no public tours :(
- mikeyouse 3y agoCurrently it’s only 800MW at 525KV but eventually they’ll bump that to 1,400MW so 2,700A if my math is right?
- formerly_proven 3y agoIt’s bipolar (+- 525 kV) according to W
- greenbit 3y agoSo while each line is only 525kV relative to the environment, it's 1.05MV between the two lines. A megavolt seems to have been practical HVDC tech for a while now, I was just idly wondering if they had taken things up a notch in this latest project.