resolving line losses over long distances - they h, page-2

long distance HVDC is being implemented in Australia

$10/MWh price differential required to support HVDC link costs.

Tassy to the mainland:
http://www.hydro.com.au/basslink/pdf/DraftPanelReport.pdf


Queensland to NSW:
http://www.geni.org/energy/library/industry_links/ABB/ABB1998HVDCLTaustralia.html
ABB to deliver HVDC Light technology to Australia
Project allows energy trading in Australia’s deregulated power market

Zurich, Switzerland, December 22, 1998 - ABB, the international engineering and technology group, has won an order to build a power link in Australia using High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) technology. The 65-kilometer (41-mile) so called HVDC Light link will connect the power grids of Queensland and New South Wales and allow power to be traded for the first time between the two states.

http://www.bardak.com.au/Papers/QNI%20first%20six%20mths.pdf
Compared to the previous identical periods in 1999 and 2000, the only changes
which took place in Queensland had been the commissioning of a 180MW
HVDC interconnection between the lower voltage transmission networks in
northern New South Wales and southern Queensland in July of 2000, and the
early stages of commissioning of a 420MW unit at Callide C.


South Australia:
Doesn't mention HVDC, but relevant to long distance transmission:
http://www.geni.org/energy/library/industry_links/ABB/ABB2000southaustraliaPTN.html
ABB in consortium to run South Australia’s power transmission network

Zurich, Switzerland, September 20, 2000 – Global technology group ABB said today it is part of a consortium selected by the State of South Australia to operate and maintain a high-voltage power transmission network in the State under a long-term lease agreement.

The consortium members are ABB, Queensland Electricity and Transmission Company (operating as Powerlink), and Macquarie Bank Limited. The consortium will operate and maintain the power transmission network – including some 5,500 kilometers of transmission lines - under the existing ElectraNet name. ABB said it is a 19.5 percent owner of ElectraNet SA, corresponding to an equity investment of US$ 10 million. The transmission system is the last electricity asset to be privatized in South Australia.

http://www.nemmco.com.au/future/interconnectors/sani/173-0112.pdf
proposed Murraylink HVDC link between Red Cliffs in
Victoria and Monash in South Australia.


..... Paradox