Media trip to Norway

ABB's media trip to Norway will take place on October 3/4. With a group of 45 journalists from 12 countries we will inaugurate ABB's technologies which commenced operations to power Statoil's Troll A platform in the North Sea.

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The Troll A gas platform in the North Sea has just become the first offshore platform in the world to be powered by a direct current (DC) electricity link originating on land – an achievement with considerable cost and environmental benefits made possible by ABB technologies.<br>Photo: Bitmap/Dag Myrestrand.ABB inaugurates a groundbreaking technology achievement in the North Sea
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HVDC Light is a unique and proven power transmission system, specially designed to transmit power underground and underwater. The core components of ABB's HVDC Light system are valves consisting of millions of high-power semiconductors. The valves are shielded and suspended from the ceiling of an extremely compact converter module. The semiconductor design is nearly 100 percent reliable over 10 million operating hours. <br>Photo: ABB/Halvor Molland.HVDC Light - a reliable power performer
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The Troll A gas platform is the first offshore platform in the world to be powered by a direct current (DC) electricity link originating on land. On the platform ABB has deployed two key technologies - HVDC Light and a Very High Voltage Motor - as well as other solutions to help power the two 40-megawatt compressor units on the Troll A platform without any local power generation. This adds up to major emission savings and lower costs. <br>ABB technology delivers clean, reliable offshore power
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Shoreham is one of two convereters of the Cross Sound Cable Interconnector, between Long Island and Connecticut.Other ABB HVDC Light (High Voltage Direct Current) systems in operation
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In ABB's new VHV Motor, cables insulated with cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) replace the square, epoxy-insulated conductors used in conventional electric motors. The cooling ducts shown in this cross-section are also made of XLPE. Most of the materials in the VHV Motor can be easily recycled. Making oil and gas our business at ABB
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Last edited 2006-11-09
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