Voltage transformation
has successfully completed testing of a new transformer for the world’s first ultra-high-voltage DC transmission system (UHVDC). According to Siemens, it is the first transformer for a 800kV HVDC.
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The increase in the system’s voltage proved challenging to engineers at the Siemens facility in
Siemens is supplying 10 high-performance transformers for the Yunnan-Guangdong HVDC system on the south coast of
Siemens also has an order for 10 UHVDCs for the HVDC transmission system between the Xiangjiaba hydroelectric power plant in south west
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