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France and Morocco Plan New HVDC Power Link
Fault Takes Kergord HVDC Converter Station Offline
Drilling Begins at Rattray Head for Spittal–Peterhead HVDC Link
LS Cable & System Passes 525 kV HVDC PQ Test
DOE Study Endorses North Plains Connector HVDC Project
Trafigura Exits Angola-DRC-Zambia 2,000 MW HVDC Project

France and Morocco Plan New HVDC Power Link
Paris has called for expressions of interest in a direct subsea electricity link designed to carry Moroccan renewable power to France without transiting through Spain.

Fault Takes Kergord HVDC Converter Station Offline
SSEN Transmission confirms unplanned outage at Shetland converter station, separate from scheduled HVDC link maintenance

Drilling Begins at Rattray Head for Spittal–Peterhead HVDC Link
SSEN Transmission has started horizontal directional drilling operations for the 2 GW, 525 kV subsea connection between Caithness and Aberdeenshire.

LS Cable & System Passes 525 kV HVDC PQ Test
Korean manufacturer becomes first in country to qualify for 80°C-class submarine cables, positioning for West Coast Energy Highway project

DOE Study Endorses North Plains Connector HVDC Project
Federal transmission needs assessment identifies 3,000 MW, 525 kV line connecting three US grid markets as critical interregional solution

Trafigura Exits Angola-DRC-Zambia 2,000 MW HVDC Project
Commodities trader withdraws from planned cross-border transmission line linking Angolan hydropower to Copperbelt mines

Končar Opens €20M HVDC Testing Laboratory in Croatia
New facility in Bedekovčina can test equipment at voltages up to 4.4 million volts, supporting HVDC transmission and offshore wind integration

NextGeo Begins Marine Surveys for Milan–Montalto HVDC Link
Consortium led by the Italian survey specialist starts seabed work on Terna's 280 km Hypergrid connection linking Lazio and Lombardy.

First Steel Cut for Ostwind 4 Platform
Drydocks World begins fabrication of offshore converter station topsides for Germany's first 525 kV HVDC Baltic Sea connection