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| 13th - 19th June 2014 | utILItY WeeK
Operations & Assets
High viz
The final transformer for the South-
West Link project in Sweden is loaded
at Alsthom's Stafford factory.
The device weighs 205 tonnes and
took two days to travel from the fac-
tory to the port at Liverpool, avoiding
weak bridges and using roundabouts
where the street furniture could be
removed so the lorry could pass
straight through the middle.
The South-West Link will connect
Barkeryd in central Sweden to Hurva
in southern Sweden, using HVDC
technology.
As part of the wider project, Alstom
will supply HVDC converter stations
Final transformer
heads for Sweden
