HITACHI ENERGY CHOSEN TO SUPPLY LONGEST HVDC LINK IN THE UK

KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 (Bernama) -- Hitachi Energy announced it has been selected as preferred technology provider of SSEN Transmission and National Grid, to supply two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations to interconnect the Scottish and English power grids.

According to Hitachi Energy in a statement, the energy transition requires a collaborative effort that can only be achieved with advanced technologies and new ways of working.

“The UK’s Net Zero Strategy has ambitious targets which will require vast amounts of new renewable generation. Electricity will be the backbone of the entire energy system.

“Our pioneering HVDC technology will ensure that this electricity will reliably and efficiently get where it is needed most,” said Hitachi Energy’s Grid Integration business Managing Director, Niklas Persson.

In appointing Hitachi Energy as their preferred technology provider, SSEN Transmission and National Grid secure best-in-class technology and future production capacity in a rapidly growing market.

For Hitachi Energy, this enables investment in new production capacity and to undertake large-scale recruitment drives, while also strengthening collaboration, standardisation of solutions, and synergies between projects.

The integration of renewables requires solutions that make the grid resilient, stable and flexible. Hitachi Energy’s innovation and long development of voltage sourced converter (VSC) power electronics and control and protection (MACH) technologies meet the requirements alongside many other landmark grid integration projects.

Eastern Green Link 2 will consist of two 525-kilovolt (kV) bipole VSC converter stations connected by 440 kilometres of subsea cable and 70 kilometres of underground cable, making it the longest HVDC link in the United Kingdom (UK).

The link will help to secure power transmission in the northern UK and support the integration of new renewable electricity generation in Scotland, as part of the UK’s Net Zero Strategy.

Hitachi Energy is collaborating with construction company BAM, to provide the civil and installation scope for the project, in which the collaboration will leverage the core competencies of the two companies to deliver a best-in-class solution for the project.

-- BERNAMA