ALSTOM wins 40 million euros contract for high voltage DC
transmission link between Sweden and Denmark

ALSTOM has won a 40 million contract to increase
the capacity of the Konti-Skan high-voltage direct current
(HDVC) undersea transmission system between Sweden and
Denmark.

The contract is in two parts, one with Swedish transmission
network operator Svenska Kraftnät and the other with its
Danish counterpart ELTRA, and covers the replacement of the
converter stations at each side of the Kattegat, at Vester
Hassing, Denmark and Lindome, Sweden.

The existing 275 MW link, which allows the two countries to
exchange power, is nearing the end of its design lifetime and
ALSTOM will replace the 1960s mercury arc scheme with the
latest thyristor-based technology, increasing the power to 380
MW. 

Under the turnkey contracts, ALSTOM, via its Transmission
and Distribution Sector, will design, construct and supply
equipment for the two converter stations, whose components
include converter transformers, control systems, thyristor
valves, DC smoothing reactors, switchgear, harmonic filters and
capacitor banks.

The project follows the recent completion of another HVDC
scheme, the back-to-back HVDC interconnector at Sasaram in
India, which completed the nation's national grid.

ALSTOM's Transmission and Distribution Sector President,
Philippe Joubert, said: 'After our successes in India and the
USA, this HVDC link clearly puts us as a front runner in power
electronics applications. This opens the door for more
successes in the promising market of grid interconnection. We
are delighted to have the confidence of such innovative
companies in this market area.'

ALSTOM is the global specialist in energy and transport
infrastructure. The Company serves the energy market through
its activities in the fields of power generation and power
transmission and distribution, and the transport market
through its activities in rail and marine. In fiscal year
2001/02, ALSTOM had annual sales in excess of 23
billion and employed 112,000 people in over 70 countries.
ALSTOM is listed on the Paris, London and New York stock
exchanges.

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