HVDC技術(shù)穩(wěn)定電力供應(yīng)，提高電力交易量。 瑞士蘇黎世5月22日新聞――電力和自動(dòng)化技術(shù)領(lǐng)先企業(yè)ABB贏得史上最大的一項(xiàng)電纜訂單，連接英國(guó)和荷蘭高壓電網(wǎng)。 英國(guó)國(guó)家電網(wǎng)公司和荷蘭國(guó)有TenneT 公司授予ABB價(jià)值3.5億美元的合同，全長(zhǎng)260公里的英荷電網(wǎng)線將允許兩國(guó)進(jìn)行能源交易并提高兩國(guó)電力供應(yīng)的可靠性。 “英荷電網(wǎng)是歐洲集成電網(wǎng)的又一項(xiàng)進(jìn)步，”ABB電力系統(tǒng)部門總裁Peter Leupp表示，“我們非常驕傲的再次聲明我們有所需的技術(shù)以使歐洲電網(wǎng)現(xiàn)代化，穩(wěn)定電力供應(yīng)并提高電力交易量?！? 根據(jù)合同條款，ABB將提供HVDC連接的水下和地下電纜。該系統(tǒng)將具有1，000MW的容量，預(yù)期將于2010年投入服務(wù)。 HVDC技術(shù)運(yùn)用地下或水下電纜遠(yuǎn)距離低損耗傳輸電力，電流可以被精確控制，并且，該技術(shù)還防止擴(kuò)散干擾，對(duì)于歐洲電網(wǎng)的穩(wěn)定性起到了重要的作用。 ABB在20世紀(jì)50年代率先開發(fā)了該技術(shù)，當(dāng)時(shí)公司在瑞典建立了世界上首個(gè)商業(yè)HVDC傳輸網(wǎng)?，F(xiàn)在，ABB仍然是HVDC傳輸技術(shù)的領(lǐng)先企業(yè)，為全球提供了一半以上HVDC工程，提供了45，000MW以上的電力容量。 ABB的HVDC工程包括澳大利亞的世界最長(zhǎng)的地下電力線以及世界最長(zhǎng)的水下電力線：挪威和荷蘭的電力項(xiàng)目，該項(xiàng)目目前正在建設(shè)中。 ABB（ www.abb.com）是電力和自動(dòng)化技術(shù)領(lǐng)域的全球領(lǐng)導(dǎo)廠商，致力于為工業(yè)和電力行業(yè)客戶提供解決方案，以幫助客戶提高業(yè)績(jī)，同時(shí)降低對(duì)環(huán)境的不良影響。ABB集團(tuán)的業(yè)務(wù)遍布全球100多個(gè)國(guó)家，擁有109,000名員工。 original text： [COLOR=#708090]ABB wins record $350 million cable order to connect U.K. and Netherlands HVDC technology stabilizes power supplies, increases trading capacity Zurich, Switzerland, May 22, 2007 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won its biggest cable order ever for a high-voltage connection between the power grids of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The $350 million contract was awarded by National Grid in the U.K and state-owned TenneT in the Netherlands. The 260-kilometer BritNed link will allow energy trading between the two countries and increase the reliability of electricity supplies to both. “BritNed is another step towards an integrated electricity network for Europe,” said Peter Leupp, head of ABB‘s Power Systems division. “We are proud to demonstrate once again that we have the technologies needed to modernize the European grid, stabilizing supplies and increasing capacity.” Under the terms of the contract, ABB will supply the underwater and underground cables for the high-voltage direct current （HVDC） link. The system will have a total capacity of 1,000 megawatts （MW） and will be commissioned in 2010. HVDC technology is used to transport electrical power over long distances with low losses using underground or submarine cables. Power flow can be exactly controlled and the technology also prevents disturbances from spreading, making a significant contribution to the stability of the European grid. ABB pioneered the technology in the 1950s, when the company built the world‘s first commercial HVDC transmission link in Sweden. ABB remains the world leader in HVDC transmission technology, having supplied more than half of the world‘s HVDC projects, providing an installed transmission capacity of more than 45,000 MW. ABB‘s HVDC projects include the world‘s longest underground power link, in Australia, and the world‘s longest underwater connection, the NorNed project between Norway and the Netherlands, which is under construction. ABB（ www.abb.com） is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 109,000 people. [/COLOR]