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| Year | Project | MW | | Remarks |
| 2012 | Rio Madeira, Brazil | 3 150 | | World's longest transmission |
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| 2012 | Rio Madeira back-to-back, Brazil | 800 | | |
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| 2012 |  East West Interconnector, Ireland - UK | 500 | | ± 200 kV HVDC Light cables |
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| 2011 | Fenno-Skan 2, Sweden - Finland | 800 | | |
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| 2010 | Xiangjiaba - Shanghai, China | 6 400 | | 800 kV UHVDC |
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| 2010 | IPP Upgrade | 2 400 | | |
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| 2010 | Valhall offshore, Norway | 78 | | |
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| 2009 -10 | SAPEI, Italy | 1 000 | | |
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| 2009 | Lingbao II (Extension project) | 750 | | |
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| 2009 | Châteauguay, Québec, Canada | 1 000 | | Control system upgrade |
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| 2009 | Caprivi Link Interconnector, Namibia | 300 | | HVDC Light with overhead line |
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| 2009 | BorWin1, Germany | 400 | | Offshore wind power |
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| 2009 | Blackwater, USA | 200 | | Valve cooling and control systems upgrade. |
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| 2009 | Outaouais, Canada | 1 250 | | |
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| 2009 | Hulunbeir-Liaoning , China | 3 000 | | |
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| Year | Project | MW | | Remarks |
| 2008 | Cahora Bassa, Apollo upgrade, South Africa | 1 920 | | Upgrade of: valves, filters and control system |
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| 2008 | NorNed, Norway - Netherlands | 700 | | |
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| 2007 | Skagerrak 1&2, Norway - Denmark | 500 | | Control system upgrade |
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| 2007 | Sharyland Asynchronous Tie,USA | 150 | | |
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| 2006 | Three Gorges - Shanghai, China | 3 000 | | |
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| 2006 | Estlink, Estonia - Finland | 350 | | |
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| 2005 | Vizag II, India | 500 | | |
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| 2005 | Troll offshore, Norway | 84 | | |
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| 2004 | Pacific Intertie Sylmar Refurbishment, USA | 3 100 | | Re-building of the Sylmar East station from
1 100 to 3 100 MW. |
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| 2004 | Square Butte , USA | 500 | | (Built by GE.) Control system upgrade by ABB. |
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| 2004 | Three Gorges - Guangdong, China | 3 000 | | |
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| 2004 | CU Project, USA | 1 000 | | Control system upgrade |
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| 2003 | Rapid City, USA | 200 | | CCC |
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| 2003 | Three Gorges - Changzhou, China | 3 000 | | |
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| 2002 | CrossSound, USA | 330 | | |
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| 2002 | Murraylink, Australia | 220 | | Land cable |
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| 2002 | Garabi 2, Brazil | 1 100 | | CCC |
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| 2001 | Italy-Greece | 500 | | |
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| 2000 | Swepol, Sweden - Poland | 600 | | |
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| 2000 | Terranora interconnector, Australia | 180 | | Land cable |
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| 2000 | Tjaereborg, Denmark | 7 | | Land cable |
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| 2000 | Eagle Pass, USA | 36 | | |
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| 1999 | Gotland HVDC Light, Sweden | 50 | | Land cable |
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| 1999 | Garabi 1, Brazil | 1 100 | | CCC |
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| 1998 | Chandrapur - Padghe, India | 1 500 | | |
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| 1997 | Leyte - Luzon, Philippines | 440 | | |
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| 1997 | Hällsjön, Sweden | 3 | | First HVDC Light |
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| 1995 | Kontek, Denmark - Germany | 600 | | |
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| 1994 | Baltic Cable, Sweden - Germany | 600 | | |
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| 1993 | Skagerrak 3, Norway - Denmark | 440 | | |
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| 1991 - 92 | New Zealand DC Hybrid Link | 560 | | |
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| 1990 - 92 | Quebec - New England, Canada - USA | 2 000 | | Multi-terminal |
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| 1990 | Rihand-Delhi, India | 1 500 | | |
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| 1989 | Pacific Intertie Expansion, USA | 1 100 | | |
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| 1989 | Gezhouba - Shanghai, China | 1 200 | | |
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| 1989 | Fenno-Skan 1, Finland - Sweden | 500 | | |
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| 1989 | Vindhyachal, India | 500 | | |
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| 1988 | Konti-Skan 2, Sweden - Denmark | 300 | | |
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| 1987 | Gotland 3, Sweden | 130 | | |
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| 1984 - 87 | Itaipu, Brazil | 6 300 | | Two bipoles, 600 kV DC. |
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| 1986 | Intermountain, USA | 1 920 | | |
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| 1986 | Broken Hill, Australia | 40 | | |
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| 1985 | Pacific Intertie Upgrading, USA | 400 | | |
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| 1985 | Blackwater, USA | 200 | | |
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| 1985 | Highgate, USA | 200 | | |
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| 1978 - 85 | Nelson River 2, Canada | 2 000 | | |
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| 1984 | Chateauguay, Canada | 1 000 | | |
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| 1983 | Gotland 2, Sweden | 130 | | |
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| 1983 | Durnrohr, Austria | 550 | | |
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| 1982 | Inga Shaba, DR Congo | 560 | | |
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| 1979 | CU Project, USA | 1 000 | | |
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| 1977 - 79 | Cahora Bassa, Mozambique - South Africa | 1 920 | | |
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| 1976 - 77 | Skagerrak 1&2, Norway - Denmark | 500 | | |
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| 1970 | Pacific Intertie, USA | 1 400 | | Mercury arc valves. Later uprated to 1 600 MW |
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| 1970 | Gotland 1 Expansion, Sweden | 10 | | First thyristor valves. Decommissioned. |
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| 1968 - 69 | Vancouver Island, Canada | 312 | | Mercury arc valves. |
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| 1967 | Sardinia, Italy | 200 | | Mercury arc valves. Rebuilt with thyristor valves. |
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| 1965 | New Zealand inter-island link | 600 | | Mercury arc valves. |
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| 1965 | Konti-Skan 1, Sweden - Denmark | 250 | | Mercury arc valves. Rebuilt with thyristor valves. |
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| 1965 | Sakuma, Japan | 300 | | Mercury arc valves. Rebuilt with thyristor valves. |
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| 1961 | English Channel, UK - France | 160 | | Mercury arc valves. Decommissioned |
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| 1954 | Gotland 1, Sweden | 20 | | Mercury arc valves. Decommissioned. |
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