China × Cleantech — July 2019
Welcome to the next issue of China x Cleantech, our July 2019 edition.
high voltage power transmission
Solutionary Rail Proposes A Single Infrastructure Upgrade That Solves Two Chronic Problems
Solutionary Rail is a book with a strange title that proposes a plan to solve two critical infrastructure challenges with a single effort. Electrifying the US rail system and installing electrical transmission lines that serve to both provide power to the rail system and to transport electricity from capillary generation sources to the destination of most rail traffic — urban centers.
ABB Positions World’s Most Powerful Offshore Wind Connector
ABB, a power and technology group, has installed the world’s highest-voltage offshore converter station in the North Sea. Alternating current generated by three wind farms, which are off the shore of Germany, will be converted at this new station into high-voltage direct current (HVDC) for transmission to the mainland. http://youtu.be/Ms9gXDXY1nA … [continued]
