DocumentCode :
466339
Title :
Considerations for the Planning of UHVDC Schemes in Southern Africa
Author :
Naidoo, P.
Author_Institution :
Eskom South Africa, Sandton
fYear :
2007
fDate :
24-28 June 2007
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
7
Abstract :
This paper describes a simple approach to the planning of long distance electric power transmission systems for Southern African conditions. In common with China and India, significant sources of hydroelectric generation in Southern Africa are situated far form the main load centres. This applies particularly to the single site large hydroelectric resource of 44GW at Inga on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo and to the more than 100GW distributed sources across Central, West and East Africa.. In all cases, the nearest major load centres are about 3000 to 6000 km away. The salient question is how to reliably and securely transport high power levels of up to 6 GW over this distance. This paper describes the results of the preliminary investigations into developing the transmission master plan for the Western Power Corridor project in Southern Africa.
Keywords :
HVDC power transmission; hydroelectric power stations; power transmission planning; Southern Africa; UHVDC planning schemes; Western Power Corridor project; hydroelectric generation; load centres; long distance electric power transmission systems; power 44 GW; Africa; Costs; HVDC transmission; Hydroelectric power generation; Inverters; Power generation; Propagation losses; Rectifiers; Rivers; Voltage; HVAC Transmission; HVDC Transmission; Hydroelectric Generation;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2007. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Tampa, FL
ISSN :
1932-5517
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1296-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1932-5517
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2007.386136
Filename :
4275902
Link To Document :
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