Gotland HVDC link
Línea HVDC de Gotland
- Date
- 1954 · confidence high
- Place
- Västervik, Småland, Sweden
- Credited to
- ASEA (Uno Lamm)
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
A 98 km submarine cable at 100 kV direct current between Gotland island and the Swedish mainland, with mercury-arc valves as converters. It was the first commercial high-voltage direct-current transmission link.
What it led to
- undersea interconnections between countries (Channel, Baltic, North Sea)
- thyristor converters (Eel River, 1972) and IGBTs
- long-distance transmission of hydro and wind power