Talk:HVDC Cross-Channel

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Discussion[edit]

I will try and come back and update this page in a bit, this link is currently being upgraded with new controls and HVDC valves. 159.245.16.100 (talk) 17:47, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Maximumpower[edit]

I think there's an error in the first alinea. Stated is a max. power transmission for the line of 160Mw. According to simple calculations, P=U*I so P = 10^5 V * 800 A = 80Mw ? Where did the factor two go ?

It's a bipolar line. The voltage of 100 kV is between a cable and the sea (and -100 kV between the other cable and the sea). In fact the voltage between the two cables is 200 kV. Elagatis 20:26, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DC power[edit]

Question: Why is the power DC? AC has fewer line loses.

Norm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.44.91.155 (talk) 11:42, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

According to the High-voltage direct current page high voltage DC suffers less loss than AC over long distances, especially for underwater cables.

Qurozon (talk) 15:52, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Name[edit]

It seems that the official name of this cable is Interconnexion France–Angleterre and this is in use also in the English sources, most significantly by the National Grid plc (http://www2.nationalgrid.com/About-us/European-business-development/Interconnectors/france/). Should we move the page correspondingly? Beagel (talk) 15:50, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, but the article would need modifying because, as I understand it, the original 1961 link was not called IFA. Hallucegenia (talk) 13:13, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]