The first offshore HVDC Light project transmits power to Statoil's Troll A gas production platform in the North Sea. In 2002 ABB was awarded the first project in the world for offshore transmission with HVDC from Statoil, Norway (ABB press release). This project is called Troll A Precompression Electrical Drive System (Statoil's press release). The tests on the Drive System were successfully completed in February 2005. The project combines the HVDC Light® technology and the ABB VHV Motor (Very High Voltage Motor), which is cable-wound. It consists of two transmissions, each with the rated power of 40 MW on the mechanical shaft of the VHV Motor. The inverter station on the platform is directly connected to the motor thus no transformer is needed. The rectifier at Kollsnes (onshore station) is connected through a standard power transformer to an existing 132 kV network with a breaker. From rectifier approximately 70 km HVDC Light cable connects the rectifier with the Inverter placed on the Troll A platform. One line diagram.