Inspired by a conversation with Mr Kurt of this parish, I set out to add to my zero knowledge in the dc interconnectors that ferry gigawatts around the planet. ABB (Siemens seem to be significant as well, plus Toshiba and others) has a nice summary of of its HVDC Light system, from which I gleaned that …
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