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Siemens signs up for 3.5GW HVDC project to deliver US wind

Siemens has entered an exclusive agreement with Clean Line Energy Partners to provide high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) technology for its Rock Island project, which will deliver 3.5GW of wind power from the Northern Plains to Illinois and states to the east.

An HVDC transmission system, part of a future converter station, built by Siemens engineers in Germany
An HVDC transmission system, part of a future converter station, built by Siemens engineers in Germany
  • Richard A Kessler, Fort Worth
Published 20 July 2011, 15:31Updated 26 September 2016, 15:00