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Australia
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Basslink
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Project type |
HVDC
interconnector |
|
Location |
Bass Strait,
between Victoria and Tasmania
Converter stations at Loy Yang (Victoria) and Georgetown
(Tasmania) |
|
Capacity |
- 400 kV DC
transmission
- 12 pulse bridge line commutated HVDC
- 60 thyristors per valve, 720 total per station
- 500 MW continuous rating. Dynamic facility for limited time
of up to 6 hours for 630 MW |
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Year of
commissioning |
2006 |
|
Purpose |
To connect the
500 kV transmission system in Victoria and the 220 kV
transmission system in Tasmania, at 290 km in length, Basslink is the world's
second longest submarine power cable |
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Directlink HVDC Light Project
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|
Project type |
HVDC
interconnector |
|
Location |
Between New South Wales
and Queensland, with converter stations at Bungalora (New
South Wales) and Mullumbimby (Queensland) |
|
Capacity |
Main data
Rated power: 3x60 MW
DC voltage: ± 80 kV
DC current: 342 A per converter
AC system voltage
Bungalora 110 kV
Mullumbimby 132 kV
AC filters (per converter)
39th harmonic 1 branch
78th harmonic 1 branch
IGBT valves
Valve type: two level
Cooling system: water
IGBT type: 2.5 kV/500 A |
|
Year of
commissioning |
2000 |
|
Purpose |
An HVDC Light
™
project to connect the New South Wales and Queensland
electricity grids and to boost supply services to the Tweed
Heads region of New South Wales |
|
Murraylink HVDC Light Interconnection
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|
Project type |
HVDC
interconnector |
|
Location |
Between South Australia
and Victoria, with converter stations at Berri (South Australia) and Red Cliffs
(Victoria) |
|
Capacity |
Main data
Rated power: 220 MW
DC voltage: ± 150 kV
DC current: 739 A
AC system voltage
Red Cliffs 220 kV
Berri 132 kV
Reactive support at rated power
Inverter operation: -100 +100 MVAr
Rectifier operation: -75 +125 MVAr
IGBT valves
Valve type: VSC 3 level
IGBT type: 2.5 kV/1000 A
Cooling system: water
HVDC Light cables
Cross section: 1200 and 1400 mm2, Aluminium
Outer diameter: 80.2 and 83.7 mm
Length: 2×176 km |
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Year of
commissioning |
2002 |
|
Purpose |
An HVDC Light
™
project, with converter stations at Red Cliffs in Victoria
and Berri in South Australia, to connect the Riverland
region of South Australia and the Sunraysia region of
Victoria. At 176 km in length, Murraylink is the world's
longest underground high-voltage interconnection |
SVCs in
New South Wales - Broken Hill, Kemps Creek, Lismore, Armidale, Sydney
West
Transgrid is the owner and asset manager of these SVCsBroken Hill
 |
|
Project type |
SVC installation |
|
Location |
New South Wales |
|
Capacity |
Nominal Swing
Range: 25 MVAr Inductive to 25 MVAr Capacitive |
|
Year of
commissioning |
1986 |
|
Purpose |
To enable a
large mining load connection at the end of a long radial
transmission line that is heavily loaded and part of a weak
system while maintaining voltage stability and quality of supply for loss of mining load
(connected through a frequency converter), circuit switching,
and reactive plant switching |
Kemps
Creek
 |
|
Project type |
SVC installation |
|
Location |
New South Wales |
|
Capacity |
Two SVCs each
with nominal swing range of 100 MVAr Inductive to 150 MVAr
Capacitive |
|
Year of
commissioning |
1990 |
|
Purpose |
To enhance transient
stability, and restore New South Wales to Victoria transfer
limits to pre-interconnection levels as part of the three
state interconnection project (New South Wales, Victoria and
South Australia) |
Lismore
 |
|
Project type |
SVC installation |
|
Location |
New South Wales |
|
Capacity |
Nominal swing
range 100 MVAr inductive to 150 MVAr capacitive |
|
Year of
commissioning |
1999 |
|
Purpose |
To maintain
voltage stability in the event of the loss of the single 330
kV supply to the region as well as improve voltage regulation during normal load variations
and switching of reactive plant, and to regulate the supply voltage
generally so as to reduce
system losses |
Armidale
 |
|
Project type |
SVC installation |
|
Location |
New South Wales |
|
Capacity |
Nominal swing
range 120 MVAr inductive to 280 MVAr capacitive |
|
Year of
commissioning |
2000 |
|
Purpose |
To enable
voltage stability under contingency conditions, transient
stability following system contingencies, voltage
regulation, and to contribute to steady state stability |
Sydney
West
 |
|
Project type |
SVC installation |
|
Location |
New South Wales |
|
Capacity |
Nominal swing
range 100 MVAr inductive to 280 MVAr capacitive |
|
Year of
commissioning |
2004 |
|
Purpose |
To improve
interconnection power transfers that arise under Australia's
National Energy Market (NEM), account for the planned retirement of synchronous condensers in the
Sydney area, to maintain voltage stability and transient stability, and to regulate the substation bus voltage to the required set
point under normal and contingency conditions |
SVCs in
Queensland - Railways, Nebo and Strathmore, Ross, Woree, Sydney
West, Alligator Creek, Blackwall and Braemar, Greenbank,
South Pine and Woolooga
Powerlink Queensland is the owner and asset manager of these SVCs
Railways SVCs (Grantleigh,
Dingo, Blackwater, Gregory, Oonooie, Coppabella, Moranbah,
Dysart and Mt McLaren)
 |
|
Project type |
SVC installation
(nine installations) |
|
Location |
Queensland |
|
Capacity |
Oonooie SVC
A-B: -14 to +17 MVAr
B-C: -12 to +19 MVAr
C-A: -15 to +16 MVAr
(Oonooie is typical of the nine SVCs) |
|
Year of
commissioning |
1986 |
|
Purpose |
To balance single phase railway
traction loads at relatively weak points in the
transmission system. The fault level at a typical railway
connection point can be as low as 300 MVA, while the
railway load can be as high as 30 MW, which can result
in voltage unbalance in the order of 10% unless the
unbalance is compensated |
Nebo and
Strathmore SVCs
 |
|
Project type |
SVC installation
(two installations) |
|
Location |
Queensland |
|
Capacity |
Nebo: -80 to
+260 MVAr
Strathmore: -80 to +260 MVAr |
|
Year of
commissioning |
Nebo: 1987
Strathmore: 2007 |
|
Purpose |
To
enhance the power transfer in the interconnection between
Central and Northern parts of the transmission
system in Queensland. Both these SVCs have a part of
their swing range that can operate in single phase mode to
balance single phase railway loads in the area |
Ross SVC
 |
|
Project type |
SVC installation |
|
Location |
Queensland |
|
Capacity |
-80 to +150 MVAr |
|
Year of
commissioning |
1998 |
|
Purpose |
To stabilise Powerlink’s transmission system
in the city of Townsville. The Ross SVC also provides some
power oscillation damping of the transmission system in
North Queensland |
Woree SVC
 |
|
Project type |
SVC installation |
|
Location |
Queensland |
|
Capacity |
-80 to +150 MVAr |
|
Year of
commissioning |
2005 |
|
Purpose |
To stabilise the transmission
system in the city of Cairns, which is the northern-most
point of Powerlink’s transmission system in Queensland |
Alligator
Creek SVC
 |
|
Project type |
SVC installation |
|
Location |
Queensland |
|
Capacity |
-80 to +150 MVAr |
|
Year of
commissioning |
2009 |
|
Purpose |
To stabilise the transmission
system to the Dalrymple Bay coal loading facility as well as
balancing single phase railway loads in this area |
Blackwall
and Braemar SVCs
 |
|
Project type |
SVC installation |
|
Location |
Queensland |
|
Capacity |
Blackwall: -50
to + 250 MVAr
Braemar: -80 to +150 MVAr |
|
Year of
commissioning |
Blackwall and
Braemar: 2000 |
|
Purpose |
The Blackwall
and Braemar SVCs were installed as a part of an
interconnection between Queensland and New South Wales, and
are required to ensure the stability of the interconnection.
The Blackwall SVC damps power oscillations that can occur on
the interconnection |
Woolooga,
Greenbank, and South Pine SVCs
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|
Project type |
SVC installation
(three installations) |
|
Location |
Queensland |
|
Capacity |
Woolooga: -100
to +350 MVAr
(Woolooga is typical of the three SVCs) |
|
Year of
commissioning |
Woolooga is
typical of the three SVCs and was commissioned in 2008 |
|
Purpose |
The Greenbank,
South Pine and Woolooga SVCs are required to stabilise the
transmission system into Brisbane. The Greenbank and South
Pine SVCs assist the Blackwall SVC to damp power
oscillations that can occur on the interconnection between
Queensland and New South Wales |
SVCs in Western Australia
Western Power is the owner and asset manager of this SVC
Southern
Terminal SVC
.JPG) |
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Project type |
SVC installation |
|
Location |
Western
Australia |
|
Capacity |
Swing range of
100 MVAr (reactive) to 200 MVAr (capacitive) |
|
Year of
commissioning |
2009 |
|
Purpose |
To maintain
voltage stability with increased power transfer from the
South West of Western Australia. The SVC comprises four
single phase transformers to reduce the return to service
time. It also comprises a thyristor controlled reactor, a
thyristor switched capacitor, and a fifth harmonic filter |
SVCs in
South Australia
ElectraNet is the owner and asset manager of these SVCs
Para
 |
|
Project type |
SVC installation |
|
Location |
Near Adelaide,
South Australia |
|
Capacity |
Two SVCs, each
with a nominal swing range of 80 MVAr inductive to 80 MVAr
capacitive plus automatic switching of two 100 MVAr
capacitor banks based on SVC output. The SVCs are connected
via two transformers, each with opposite 15° phase shifts to
synthesise 12 pulse operation |
|
Year of
commissioning |
1989 |
|
Purpose |
To maintain
voltage stability for a first contingency transmission line
fault or generation loss on the South Australian
interconnected system, and to provide power oscillation damping
via a power system stabiliser |
South
East
|
Project type |
SVC installation |
|
Location |
Near Mount
Gambier, South Australia |
|
Capacity |
Two SVCs, each
with a nominal swing range 65 MVAr inductive to 65 MVAr
capacitive plus switchable 15MVAr Harmonic Filter. The SVC
control system also automatically switches one 100 MVAr
capacitor bank based on SVC output. The SVCs are connected
via two transformers, each with opposite 15° phase shifts to
synthesise 12 pulse operation |
|
Year of
commissioning |
1989, with
control, secondary systems and the cooling system replaced
in 2007 |
|
Purpose |
To maintain
voltage stability for first contingency transmission line
fault or generation loss on the South Australian
interconnected system, and provide Power Oscillation Damping
via a Power System Stabiliser |
New Zealand
New
Zealand Inter-Island HVDC Link
Transpower is the owner, operator, and manager of these
assetsSee
also
this link for more
information specific to this project
 |
|
Project type |
HVDC
interconnector |
|
Location |
Between Benmore
(on the Waitaki River near Otematata) and Haywards (near
Wellington) |
|
Capacity |
-350 kV, 700 MW
(present), upgrading to 1,000 MW in 2012 |
|
Year of
commissioning |
1965 - mercury
arc bipole (capacity +/- 250 kV, 600 MW)
1991 - mercury arc, thyristor valve hybrid link (capacity
increase to +270/-350 kV, 1,240 MW)
2012 - planned - decommissioning of mercury arc valves and
upgrading with a thyristor pole. +/- 350 kV, 1,000 MW |
|
Purpose |
To connect
significant South Island hydroelectric generation with major
North Island load centres. Half of the mercury arc valves in
Pole1 were decommissioned in 2008, and the remaining half of
Pole1 continues to be in service under limited operating
conditions in the northwards direction only
In 1991, the
link was upgraded by adding a thyristor converter, and
reconfigured to increase capacity. The hybrid configuration
comprises two
poles:
- Pole 1 rated 270 kV, 540 MW using mercury arc valve
groups, and
- Pole 2 rated 350 kV, 700 MW with thyristor valves
A new pole will
replace Pole 1, increasing the north flow capacity of the
HVDC bipolar link to 1,000 MW from 2012 (Stage 1) and to
1,200 MW from 2014 (Stage 2) by the addition of a Statcom at
Haywards. A third stage (involving the addition of a new
submarine cable) to increase the capacity to 1,400 MW will
be implemented at a later date subject to regulatory
approval |
| Islington SVC
9
 |
|
Project type |
SVC |
|
Location |
Near
Christchurch, South Island |
|
Capacity |
+150/-75 MVAr |
|
Year of
commissioning |
2009 |
|
Purpose |
For voltage
regulation and to enhance the voltage stability of the
transmission system supplying Christchurch and the upper
South Island |
| Albany
SVC
 |
|
Project type |
SVC |
|
Location |
Near Auckland,
North Island |
|
Capacity |
+/-100 MVAr |
|
Year of
commissioning |
2009 |
|
Purpose |
To enhance the
voltage stability of the transmission system supplying
Auckland and the upper North Island |
| Islington
SVC 3
 |
|
Project type |
SVC |
|
Location |
Near
Christchurch, South Island |
|
Capacity |
+60/-50 MVAr |
|
Year of
commissioning |
1996 |
|
Purpose |
To enhance the
voltage stability of the transmission system supplying
Christchurch and the upper South Island |
Kikiwa
STATCOM
 |
|
Project type |
STATCOM
|
|
Location |
Kikiwa, northeast of
Murchison |
|
Capacity |
40 MVAr |
|
Year of
commissioning |
2010 |
|
Purpose |
New Zealand’s
first large-scale STATCOM to strengthen the transmission
grid and cover increasing South Island demand |
Important Dates
The
organizing committee invites authors to prepare and submit their
synopses, papers and presentations for the colloquium as per the following schedule:
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Submission of
synopses |
15 January
2011 |
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Authors informed
of synopsis acceptance |
15 February 2011 |
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Submission of
papers |
15 June 2011 |
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Submission of
presentations |
15 August
2011 |
The
synopses, papers and presentations must be sent electronically to:
scb4meeting@cigre.org.au
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