Konti-Skan 1 HVDC

Project
AREVA first for HVDC 380MW
Link between Sweden &
Denmark

CUSTOMERS - SVENSKA KRAFTNÄT, WHICH OWNS AND OPERATES

SWEDEN’S TRANSMISSION NETWORK WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRID, COMPRISING THE COUNTRY’S 400 AND 220KV
POWER LINES. ELTRA, ITS DANISH COUNTERPART, WHICH OWNS AND
OPERATES THE 400KV TRANSMISSION NETWORK FOR JUTLAND AND FUNEN
IN WESTERN DENMARK AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL SECURITY
OF THE SUPPLY, INCLUDING CONNECTIONS TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.
Power Electronics

Innovative thyristor valve technology replaces

old mercury arc system

Pole 1 of the Konti-Skan HVDC Gothenburg, requiring an extension Turnkey solution

undersea electricity transmission link,
operated by Svenska Kraftnät and
ELTRA, which spans the Kattegat
between Sweden and Denmark and
allows the two countries to
SUCCESS STORIES -
to the overhead lines of around
25km from Stenkullen. At the core of
the new installations is the latest
version of AREVA’s HVDC thyristor
valve.
This is a proven, reliable and
costeffective system that was
recently employed for the 500MW
back-to-back HVDC interconnector

exchange power, is nearing the end at Sasaram in India to complete its

of its design lifetime. AREVA has
been awarded the contract to
replace the ageing 1960’s mercury
arc technology, and only the
submarine cable and overhead lines
will remain.
The 40M euro investment will see
the converter station in Vester
Hassing, Denmark, completely
renewed, using state-of-the-art
technologies.
In Sweden, a new converter station
is to be built to the same
specification, at Lindome near
These greater power density valves
use series-connected, fully protected
thyristors, each with 8.5kV rating
and 125mm diameter. They will be
controlled through AREVA’s industry-
leading Series V digital control and
protection system, offering fully
redundant operation, including
monitoring and alarm capability.
national grid.
Under the turnkey contracts, AREVA
via its Transmission & Distribution
Sector, will design, construct and
supply all equipment for the two
converter stations. The HVDC link
scheme will connect both the
Swedish and Danish 400kV ac grids.
The two ac systems are
interconnected by two AREVA HVDC
converter stations consisting of 50Hz
switchyards with harmonic filter
bays, converter transformers,
thyristor valves and dc filters /
smoothing reactors. Power is
transmitted into the 90km link at
285kV dc.

T&D
 Improved
performance
The substantial rebuild will
completely revitalize the power
exchange link and the capacity will
now be equal to the existing Konti-
Skan 2 pole, at 380MW, allowing
both countries to support each other
by trading more energy to better
balance out power shortfalls and
surpluses.
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The new control technology will
deliver system security and reliability
because there is no requirement for
recalibration caused by ‘drift’. At the
same time, the unreliability, large
outage times and high maintenance
costs of the mercury arc system will
be eliminated.
The further addition of a bi-pole
control system will enable high-level
control of the Konti-Skan 2 pole as
well as the new Konti-Skan 1 pole to
minimize current flow in the sea
electrode, an environmentally
desirable feature.
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The new control system also enables
fast control of the power exchange
through both poles, to benefit the
two ac systems under emergency
conditions. In the future, both of the
Konti-Skan 1 converter stations will
be fully automated.
Project management
expertise
Success in winning the prestigious
project, a first for AREVA in
Scandinavia in the HVDC field, was
spearheaded from Stafford in the
UK, the core competency centre for
HVDC throughout the world. The
expertise of many specialist AREVA
divisions in the UK and France were
brought together to win the project
and will again be utilized in its
successful implementation.
Scandinavian future
With a completion date for the
project of October 2005, AREVA’s
proven capability to construct,
deliver, install and commission HVDC
schemes, as well as to fulfil the
technical training within a 30month
period, was an essential part of the
order-winning formula.
Much of the power in Sweden and
Norway is derived from hydro sources.
However, in recent years, dry
summers and very cold winters have
led to increasing water shortages and
reduced electricity generation.
The necessity to import power from
Finland, mainland Europe, Russia
and other Baltic States is becoming
ever greater. AREVA expects the
Scandinavian HVDC market to grow
leading to AREVA securing further
sizeable power transmission projects
in the future.
AREVA advantages
> Most competitive and attractive
technical solution
> Use of state-of-the-art converter
station and thyristor valve
technology
> Supply of industry-leading AREVA
Series V digital control and
protection equipment
> Converter stations will be fully
automated