WETS’07 WORKSHOP

World Energy Transmission System

Achievement and experience in service of long length (> 10 km), HV, EHV electrical links by AC insulated power cables

PARIS La Défense June 28th 2007

CONTRIBUTIONS

TOPIC 1

Long length links in the world: Characteristics

Christian Jensen, Energinet.Dk (Danish TSO), Denmark

Long length UHV Cable Systems in Spain

Juan Prieto Monterrubio, REE, Spain

Network Upgrading Around the City of Tunis (Tunisia)
First RTE turn key project “How to minimize the joint quantities? …”
Innovative feature of pushing-floating techniques

José Santana, Prysmian, France

Statistics on AC underground cable in power networks
Final Report of CIGRE Working Group B1.07

Professor Steve Swingler, University of Southampton, UK

Characteristics of Long length underground links in Japan

Susumu Sakuma, Viscas Corporation, JAPAN

Installation Technique for XLPE Cable

Yoshinari Nishiyama, Chubu Electric Power Co, Japan

Characteristics

Georg Balog, Nexans Norway

Auckland 200 kV Transmission Network

Richard Joyce, Transpower, New Zeeland

PG&E   Jefferson – Martin 230 kV Transmission Project

Walter Zenger, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, USA

TOPIC 2

GCC Electric grid interconnection
Implement of the interconnection between the Gulf states

Ernesto Zaccone, Prysmian SpA, Italy

Compensation of the reactive power in Japan(500kV Shin-Toyosu Line etc.

Eiji Fujiwara, TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company), Japan

The Vancouver Island Project

Georg Balog, Nexans Norway

Reactive Compensation

Johan Karlstrand, ABB AB – High Voltage Cables, Sweden

TOPIC 3

Operating condition and results

Takehiro Nozaki, TEPCO, Japan

Elstree to St John’s Wood 400 kV Cable Tunnel

Professor Steve Swingler, University of Southampton,UK

Planning stage system studies of a 106 km long, 400 kV cable line that might be installed in Denmark

Wojciech Wiechowski, Energinet.Dk (TSO), Denmark

Switching surge generation when disconnecting combined 400 kV cable/overhead line with shunt reactor

Wojciech Wiechowski, Energinet.Dk (TSO), Denmark

French underground line - Maintenance Policy

Ludovic Courset, RTE, France

TOPIC 4

Locmalo-Plouet

Giao Roinel, RTE, France

Lackenby - Picton - Shipton 400 kV Transmission line

Professor Steve Swingler, University of Southampton, UK

TOPICS 5

PE extruded cable with Al sheath

Anne Chauvancy, RTE, France

Transition Joints

Ludovic Courset, RTE, France

Long-Length  Superconducting  Cables
High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) cable design

Jean-Maxime Saugrain, Nexans France

Evolution

Georg Balog, Nexans Norway

TOPIC 6

Policy for new projects

Giao Roinel, RTE, France