National Grid has selected Siemens Energy as preferred bidder for Sea Link’s HVDC converter stations in Suffolk and Kent, UK.

Highlights Sea Link is a proposed new 2-gigawatt (GW) high voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity transmission system and includes converter stations, one built in Suffolk and one in Kent, . . .

National Grid has reached a major milestone in the Sea Link project with the appointment of Siemens Energy as the preferred bidder for the development of two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) ...

The HVDC converter systems framework has been granted to GE Vernova, Hitachi Energy, Mitsubishi Electric and Siemens Energy.

The Greenlink Interconnector comprises two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables reaching across the Irish Sea connecting ...

National Grid also awarded four suppliers – GE Vernova, Siemens Energy, Hitachi Energy and Mitsubishi Electric – places on an HVDC converter framework agreement totalling £24.6bn. Contracts have been ...

Additionally, advancements in voltage source converter (VSC) technology have improved the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of HVDC systems, making them more attractive for new power transmission ...