BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Canada/Atlantic BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:ADT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:AST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180503T000000Z UID:E9A9F936-77B9-41CC-AEF6-31615BAB3BDF DTSTART;TZID=Canada/Atlantic:20180406T142900 DTEND;TZID=Canada/Atlantic:20180406T143000 DESCRIPTION:ABB recently achieved a major milestone with the successful tes ting of the Maritime Link\, enabling Emera to exchange electricity between the Island of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia for the first time in history. \n\nThe Maritime Link is a 500 megawatt (MW) high-voltage direct current ( HVDC) connection that will enable clean\, renewable energy\, generated in Newfoundland and Labrador to be transmitted to the North American grid in Nova Scotia. The stabilizing features of ABB’s latest HVDC Light® solut ion will also allow Nova Scotia to integrate additional renewables and con tribute to Canada’s emission-reduction efforts.\n\nThe HVDC Light® Mari time Link is the first of its kind in the world with a full Voltage Source Converter (VSC) bipolar configuration\, to enhance system availability. T he converter stations will be equipped with the ABB AbilityTM based advanc ed MACHTM control and protection system which acts like the brain of the H VDC link. It monitors\, controls and protects the sophisticated technology in the stations and manages thousands of operations to ensure power relia bility. Its advanced fault registration and remote control functions also help protect the link from unexpected disruptions\, such as lightning stri kes.\n\nABB pioneered HVDC technology 60 years ago and has been awarded ap proximately 120 HVDC projects representing a total installed capacity of m ore than 130\,000 MW\, accounting for about half of the global installed b ase. The company also pioneered VSC-based HVDC Light technology 20 years a go and is the market leader\, having delivered 19 of the 25 VSC HVDC proje cts commissioned around the world.\n\nThe talk will focus on ABB’s capab ilities as a global leader in HVDC technology and more specifically\, how this technology was put to use in the Maritime Link project.\n\n**Students may attend this event for free.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Canadian Atlantic Sec tion\, Circuit and System Society\n\nSpeaker(s): Faisal Iqbal\, Kenneth Al mon\n\nAgenda: \nWelcome & Introduction\n\nRefreshment\n\nABB Global busin ess\, business in Canada\, Maritime Link Project by Faisal Iqbal\n\nHVDC T echnology – Connecting Newfoundland and Nova Scotia by Kenneth Almon\n\n QA Session & Networking\n\nThank You!\n\nRoom: AT216\, Bldg: Atrium Buildi ng\, 923 Robie Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, Canada\, B3H 3C3 LOCATION:Room: AT216\, Bldg: Atrium Building\, 923 Robie Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, Canada\, B3H 3C3 ORGANIZER:aman.tanvir@ieee.org SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:ABB and The Maritime Link Project – Connecting Nova Scotia and Ne wfoundland with an HVDC Link URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/171790 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">AB B recently achieved a major milestone with the successful testing of the M aritime Link\, enabling Emera to exchange electricity between the Island o f Newfoundland and Nova Scotia for the first time in history.&nbsp\;</span ></strong></p>\n<p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">The Maritime Li nk is a 500 megawatt (MW) high-voltage direct current (HVDC) connection th at will enable clean\, renewable energy\, generated in Newfoundland and La brador to be transmitted to the North American grid in Nova Scotia. The st abilizing features of ABB&rsquo\;s latest HVDC Light&reg\; solution will a lso allow Nova Scotia to integrate additional renewables and contribute to Canada&rsquo\;s emission-reduction efforts.</span></strong></p>\n<p><stro ng><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">The HVDC Light&reg\; Maritime Link is t he first of its kind in the world with a full Voltage Source Converter (VS C) bipolar configuration\, to enhance system availability. The converter s tations will be equipped with the ABB AbilityTM based advanced MACHTM cont rol and protection system which acts like the brain of the HVDC link. It m onitors\, controls and protects the sophisticated technology in the statio ns and manages thousands of operations to ensure power reliability. Its ad vanced fault registration and remote control functions also help protect t he link from unexpected disruptions\, such as lightning strikes.</span></s trong></p>\n<p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">ABB pioneered HVDC technology 60 years ago and has been awarded approximately 120 HVDC projec ts representing a total installed capacity of more than 130\,000 MW\, acco unting for about half of the global installed base. The company also pione ered VSC-based HVDC Light technology 20 years ago and is the market leader \, having delivered 19 of the 25 VSC HVDC projects commissioned around the world.</span></strong></p>\n<p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">Th e talk will focus on ABB&rsquo\;s capabilities as a global leader in HVDC technology and more specifically\, how this technology was put to use in t he Maritime Link project.</span></strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;< /p>\n<p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">**Students may attend this event for free.&nbsp\;</span></strong></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>We lcome &amp\; Introduction</p>\n<p>Refreshment</p>\n<p>ABB Global business\ , business in Canada\, Maritime Link Project by Faisal Iqbal</p>\n<p>HVDC Technology &ndash\; Connecting Newfoundland and Nova Scotia by Kenneth Alm on</p>\n<p>QA Session &amp\; Networking</p>\n<p>Thank You!</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR