Hitachi Vitality’s HVDC technology to energy Marinus Link, a key step in direction of Australia’s Catch Zero ambitions

Hitachi Vitality’s HVDC technology to energy Marinus Link, a key step in direction of Australia’s Catch Zero ambitions

– An Australia-first using superior HVDC technology to stabilize an an increasing selection of renewable grid
– A transmission challenge of nationwide significance to play a key role in Australia’s energy transition to energy 1.5 million homes
– Hitachi Vitality’s two-formula energy transmission technology will free up Tasmania’s world-class wind and hydro storage sources to mutter moderately priced and legit super energy for Australians

The roughly 345-kilometer cable route HVDC plan will enable the drift of renewable energy in both instructions between the Victorian and Tasmanian states.

For doubtlessly the most critical time in Australia, Marinus Link will exhaust superior converter technology at both ends of the hyperlink to stabilize and integrate an increasing selection of renewables into the power grid.

The connection will enable the Tasmanian teach to import excess present of solar and wind produced inVictoria, whereas reserving its hydro and storing the extra energy. Orderly hydropower can then feed themainland grid when it’s wanted most, appearing as a perfect battery for the nation. Moreover, it strengthens the safety of present in the Australian energy grid in which electricity is an increasing selection of generated from sustainable energy.

Hitachi Vitality will present its HVDC Light® voltage supply converter (VSC) stations in doubtlessly the most critical stage of the challenge, that will convert alternating recent (AC) to command recent (DC) for atmosphere pleasant, long-distance transmission and DC to AC, the put the electricity is returned to the grid.

“As Australia is impulsively reworking its grid to bolster the combination of more super energy sources, we are proud of our HVDC technology that will succor transmit super portions of electricity with better steadiness and lower electrical losses,” said Niklas Persson, Managing Director at Hitachi Vitality’s Grid Integration commercial. “Interconnectors admire Marinus Link give customers get trusty of entry to to moderately priced, on-seek recordsdata from renewable energy present and expand storage capabilities.”

Upon completion of both challenge phases, Marinus Link may perchance rep a complete capacity of 1,500 megawatts (MW), equal to the power wanted for 1.5 million Australian homes. In step with Australia’s Catch Zero ambitions, as coal-fueled technology is retired, this hyperlink will result in saving as a lot as 140 million hundreds CO2 the same emissions by 2050, equal to taking roughly 1 million autos off the motorway.(1)

Australia has committed to reaching Catch Zero emissions by 2050 and reducing greenhouse gasemissions by 43 p.c under 2005 phases by 2030. The lowest-cost pathway for true and legit electricity is from renewable energy, connected by atmosphere pleasant transmission programs, supported by storage and pumped hydro.

Marinus Link is a challenge of nationwide significance that will play a vital role in the two states’ energyecosystem in which energy infrastructure requires a vital overhaul to meet the rising electricaldemands and relate a constant and legit energy drift through Australia’s transition to renewable energy.

“This day, we rep now taken every other firm step in direction of building”, said Caroline Wykamp, CEO at Marinus Link Pty Ltd. “With our critical HVDC programs secured, Marinus Link is poised for supply by the terminate of the decade. Marinus Link is a cornerstone challenge of the Australian Executive’s Rewiring the Nation Belief and is categorized as urgent in the Australian Vitality Market Operator’s nationwide energy belief. “The Australian, Tasmanian and Victorian governments impartial recently entered an historical agreement for joint ownership of Marinus Link, securing it as a excessive transmission challenge for Australia.”

Hitachi Vitality pioneered commercial HVDC technology 70 years ago and has delivered greater than half of of the realm’s HVDC projects. This day, the firm has doubtlessly the most attention-grabbing save in substandard of HVDC in the realm.

(1) https://www.marinuslink.com.au/

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Hitachi Vitality’s HVDC resolution combines world-main expertise in HVDC converter valves; the MACH™ digital relieve watch over platform, converter energy transformers and high- voltage switchgear; moreover to plan learn, design and engineering, present, set up supervision and commissioning.

HVDC Light is a voltage supply converter technology developed by Hitachi Vitality, which changed into launched over 25 years ago. It is the most stylish technology for a spread of grid capabilities, at the side of interconnecting international locations, integrating renewables and “energy- from-shore” connections to offshore production products and companies. HVDC Light’s defining functions comprise uniquely compact converter stations and exceptionally low electrical losses.

About Hitachi Vitality

Hitachi Vitality is a world technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We’re advancing the realm’s energy plan to be more sustainable, flexible and true and we collaborate with customers and companions to enable a sustainable energy future – for at the fresh time’s generations and these tocome. Hitachi Vitality has a proven be conscious file and unparalleled save in substandard in greater than 140 -international locations, serving customers in utility, alternate, transportation, recordsdata centers and infrastructure sectors. With innovative applied sciences and products and companies at the side of the combination of greater than 150 gigawatts of HVDC hyperlinks into the power plan, we succor assemble the power cost chain more atmosphere pleasant, making electricity more accessible to all. Along side stakeholders all through sectors and geographies, we enable the digitaltransformation

required to tempo up the power transition in direction of a carbon-impartial future. Headquartered in Switzerland, we make exhaust of around forty five,000 people in 90 international locations and generate commercial volumes of around $13 billion USD.

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About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi drives Social Innovation Alternate, rising a sustainable society during the exhaust of recordsdata andtechnology. We resolve customers’ and society’s challenges with Lumada solutions leveraging IT, OT (Operational Skills) and products. Hitachi operates below the three commercial sectors of “Digital Programs & Services” – supporting our customers’ digital transformation; “Green Vitality & Mobility” – contributing to a decarbonized society through energy and railway programs, and “Connective Industries” –connecting products through digital technology to give solutions in assorted industries. Driven by Digital, Green, and Innovation, we plan for roar through co- creation with our customers. Thecompany’s revenues as 3 sectors for fiscal 365 days 2023 (ended March 31, 2024) totaled 8,564.3 billion yen, with 573 consolidated subsidiaries and roughly 270,000 workers worldwide. For more records on Hitachi, please focus on with the firm’s online page at https://www.hitachi.com.

About Marinus Link

Marinus Link is an underground and undersea electricity and records cable that will further connect Tasmaniaand Victoria. This could permit Tasmania to combine some nice advantages of solar, wind and hydro, giving Tasmanians the bottom conceivable energy costs and giving recent industries the power self perception to place in Tasmania.

For Australians, Marinus Link will free up Tasmania’s hydropower sources, providing get trusty of entry to to massiveamounts of renewable storage capacity, roughly 30,000x the scale of Victoria’s Substantial Battery. The cable will shuffle 255km undersea from North West Tasmania to Waratah Bay in Victoria, then a further90km underground to the Latrobe Valley. Converter stations at every terminate will convert the electricity from command recent (DC) to alternating recent (AC), to be used in the states’ grids.

At rotund capacity, Marinus Link will mutter 1500-megawatts (MW) of electricity, equal to the power present for 1.5 million Australian homes.

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