Talk:HVDC Cross-Channel

Discussion
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)

Maximumpower
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)

DC power
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)

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)

Name
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)
 * 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)