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- Siemens will upgrade 20-year-old Welsh high voltage direct current (HVDC) back-to-back system in Titus County, TX
- Upgrade will improve power delivery and reliability to enable the facility to operate at peak efficiency
- First Siemens HVDC modernization project in the U.S.
American Electric Power (AEP), one of the largest electric utilities in the U.S. serving 5 million customers in 11 states, has chosen Siemens to modernize its High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) back-to-back system at its 600MW Welsh HVDC station in Titus County, Texas. Siemens will upgrade its 20-year-old system by installing new control and protection technologies, replacing the cooling, heating and ventilation, and incorporating new harmonic filters and shunt reactors.
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