by Saifa Khalid | 2021, March, 24 | HVDC, Saifa Khalid
The imposition of global lockdowns to curtail the spread of pandemic in 2020 significantly reduced the electricity demand. According to International Energy Agency (IEA), electricity demand dropped 2% making it the largest drop in demand in the last 50 years and far...
by Saqib Saeed | 2017, March, 29 | HVDC, Saqib Saeed, Switchgear
A consortium between Siemens and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. has been awarded an HVDC order from Indian transmission operator Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) to supply a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system. Impression: The Pugalur-...
by Saqib Saeed | 2017, January, 16 | HVDC, Saqib Saeed
Power grid corporation of India has recently awarded ABB an Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) project worth more than 640 million USD. Impression: This transmission link will be India’s second UHVDC project after North-East Agra, a project which was also...
by Saqib Saeed | 2017, January, 13 | HVDC, Saqib Saeed
An agreement is signed between Pakistan’s water and power ministry and State Grid of China for the development of a High Voltage transmission link from south to North of Pakistan. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was also signed between National Transmission...
by Saqib Saeed | 2016, October, 12 | HVDC, Saqib Saeed, Switchgear
Mitsubishi Electric has announced that it will launch a voltage-sourced converter (VSC) based high voltage direct current (HVDC) systems verification facility at Transmission and Distribution Systems Center (Japan). Its operation is expected to start in the first half...
