PRESENT STATE AND APPLICATION PROSPECT OF ULTRA HVDC TRANSMISSION IN CHINA

After summarize the features of ultra HVDC transmission and referring to the conclusions of the research on ultra HVDC transmission in other countries, on the basis of analyzing the situations including the resource distribution of hydropower and coal in west China and the increasing demand of economic growth on electricity in coastal developed region in east China, the author point out that there will be application prospect of adopting ultra HVDC transmission technology to implement long distance and high capacity power transmission when the hydropower and coal resources in west China are exploited.