ABB wins $54-million order for underground and underwater power link in Denmark

ABB在丹麥贏得五千四百萬美元地下和水下電力線訂單

High-voltage cable to connect grids for first time and stabilize power supplies

首次高壓電纜連接電網，穩定電力供應

Zurich, Switzerland, May 11, 2007 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has secured a $54-million order for an underground and underwater power link that will connect Denmark’s existing grids for the first time and help stabilize power supplies.

瑞士蘇黎世5月11日消息——全球領先的電力和自動化技術集團ABB公司確保了一份價值五千四百萬美元的地下和水下電力連接訂單，將首次連接丹麥現有的電網，而且幫助穩定電力供應。

ABB will supply the cable for the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link that is scheduled for completion in 2010, creating the country’s first nationwide electricity network. The contract was awarded by Energinet.dk, the state-owned operator of the Danish gas and electricity transmission networks.

ABB將為這條計劃于2010年完工的高壓直流（HVDC)電線提供電纜，該條電線創造了該國的第一條全國性電力網絡。這份合同是由丹麥氣體和電力傳輸網絡國有運營商Energinet.dk公司提供的。

“HVDC technology is an environmentally friendly way to bring stability to the grid,” said Peter Leupp, head of ABB's Power Systems division. “The numerous HVDC links in Northern Europe – many of them built by ABB – helped protect the region from last year’s major blackout in Europe.”

ABB電力系統部主管Peter Leupp表示：“HVDC技術是一項對環境無不良影響的可以為電網帶來穩定性的技術。在北歐，眾多HVDC電線——其中許多都是由ABB建設的——幫助保護該地區免受了去年歐洲大停電的影響。”

The 58-kilometer power link with a capacity of 600 megawatts will run underwater for 32 kilometers and underground for the rest of the stretch. It will stabilize power supplies on both sides of the strait that divides the two halves of the grid.

這條58千米長、600兆瓦容量的電線將有32千米位于水下，其余則位于地下。它將穩定把電網分成兩半的海峽兩岸的電力供應。

The cable will connect Denmark’s western grid, which is already linked to the German network, to the country’s eastern grid, which has an electricity partnership with Sweden. This will create a national electricity network for the first time in Danish history.

這條電纜將把丹麥已經和德國電網連接的西部電網，與該國跟瑞典有電力合作的東部電網連接。這將是丹麥歷史上首次建成的一條全國性電力網絡。

ABB pioneered HVDC technology in the 1950s and its projects include the world’s longest land cable, the 180-km Murraylink in Australia, and the world’s longest underwater high-voltage cable that is currently under construction to link Norway and the Netherlands.

ABB在二十世紀五十年代開創了HVDC技術，其項目包括世界最長的陸地電纜：澳大利亞的180千米長的墨累河連接網（Murraylink），以及世界最長的水下高壓電纜，就是目前正在建設中的挪威——荷蘭線。

ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 109,000 people.

ABB是電力和自動化技術領域的全球領導廠商，致力于為工業和電力行業客戶提供解決方案，以幫助客戶提高生產效率，同時降低對環境的不良影響。ABB集團的業務遍布全球100多個國家，擁有大約109,000名雇員。