HVDC技術穩(wěn)定電力供應，提高電力交易量。 瑞士蘇黎世5月22日新聞――電力和自動化技術領先企業(yè)ABB贏得史上最大的一項電纜訂單，連接英國和荷蘭高壓電網。 英國國家電網公司和荷蘭國有TenneT 公司授予ABB價值3.5億美元的合同，全長260公里的英荷電網線將允許兩國進行能源交易并提高兩國電力供應的可靠性。 “英荷電網是歐洲集成電網的又一項進步，”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以使歐洲電網現(xiàn)代化，穩(wěn)定電力供應并提高電力交易量?！? 根據合同條款，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，預期將于2010年投入服務。 HVDC技術運用地下或水下電纜遠距離低損耗傳輸電力，電流可以被精確控制，并且，該技術還防止擴散干擾，對于歐洲電網的穩(wěn)定性起到了重要的作用。 ABB在20世紀50年代率先開發(fā)了該技術，當時公司在瑞典建立了世界上首個商業(yè)HVDC傳輸網?，F(xiàn)在，ABB仍然是HVDC傳輸技術的領先企業(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的地下電力線以及世界最長的水下電力線：挪威和荷蘭的電力項目，該項目目前正在建設中。 ABB（ www.abb.com）是電力和自動化技術領域的全球領導廠商，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，同時降低對環(huán)境的不良影響。ABB集團的業(yè)務遍布全球100多個國家，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]