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• China completes cross-border power transmission project with Russia
  Jan 03, 2012 -- Xinhua - pro.energycentral.com
  
  State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the country's largest power supplier, said Sunday it has put to trial operation a cross-border electricity transmission project in northeastern Heilongjiang province to supply Chinese with Russia's electric power exports.
  
  
• China upgrades its first UHV electricity transmission system
  Dec. 16, 2011 - XINHUA - pro.energycentral.com
  
  China on Friday put into operation a project extending its ultra high voltage (UHV) system to boost electricity transmission capacity from the country's energy-rich northern regions to the power-short central provinces.
  
  
• African Energy’s New Friends in China
  Sept. 8, 2011 - Randall Hackley - businessweek.com
  
  From Ethiopia and Sudan to Ghana and South Africa, Chinese companies are pushing big hydro and solar power projects
  
  
• Mongolia allows import of electricity from China
  Jun 10, 2011 - Xinhua - energycentral.com
  
  The Mongolian government has permitted the company that invests in Mongolia's Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mining project to build an electricity line to import electricity from China, local media reported Wednesday.
  
  
• China starts project to ensure enough power supply for Tibet by 2012
  Aug 11, 2010 - Xinhua
  
  China initiated a project Thursday to integrate the electricity network in the Tibet Autonomous Region with that in the neighboring northwestern Qinghai Province, a power official told Xinhua.
  
  
• ABB commissions world's longest and most powerful transmission link
  Jul 30, 2010 - energycentral.com
  
  ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has achieved another significant milestone with the commissioning of the Xiangjiaba-Shanghai project, the world's first UHVDC (ultrahigh-voltage direct current) transmission link to go into commercial operation. ABB was the main technology supplier to State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) and the project was completed in 30 months, one year ahead of schedule.
  
  
• More Power! ABB Building Longer, More Powerful Transmission in Europe, China
  Jul 28, 2010 - Katherine Tweed - greentechmedia.com
  
  It sounds like an infomercial, but ABB is bringing renewables onto the grid with more efficient transmission.
  
  
• Xiangjiaba-Shanghai ±800kV UHV DC Demonstration Project Successfully Energized
  Mar 12, 2010 - sgcc.com.cn
  
  At 09:57am, October 26, 2009, the Pole I of ±800kV DC system in the Fengxian Converter Station and the transmission line of the independently designed and constructed Xiangjiaba-Shanghai ±800kV UHV DC Demonstration Project were stepped up to 800kV, indicating the successfully energization of the world’s first DC transmission project with the largest capacity, longest distance, most advanced technology and highest voltage.
  
  
• The Age of the 800-kV HVDC
  Feb 1, 2010 - Sonal Patel - powermag.com
  
  High-voltage direct current transmission (HVDC) has come a long way since 1882 when the first of its type carried power from Miesbach in Bavaria to an electricity exhibition in Munich, 57 kilometers (km) away, at a mere 1,400 V.
  
  
• ABB Sets Another Record With Ultrahigh-Voltage Power Project In China
  Jan 13, 2010 - Electricnet.com
  
  ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced the successful 'open-line' test for Pole 1 of the 800 kV (kilovolt) UHVDC (ultrahigh-voltage direct current) Fengxian converter station in Shanghai, in close cooperation with State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC). This test was accomplished in a record time of just two years from receiving the order, a year ahead of schedule.
  
  
• Siemens sets up largest power transmission system
  Dec 30, 2009 - Commodity Online
  
  ERLANGEN (Commodity Online): Siemens Energy and the utility China Southern Power Grid have set up world most powerful high-voltage direct-current transmission system (HVDC) with a transmission capacity of 5000 MW covering a distance of more than 1400 km from Yunnan to Guandong.
  
  
• Siemens is technology leader with "energy highways"
  Dec 16, 2009 - Energy Central
  
  Siemens Energy has advanced to technology leader in the field of high-efficiency, environmentally friendly transmission of large amounts of electrical energy.