Faster access than browser!
34 relations: ABB Group, ASEA, Bandundu (city), Bandundu Province, Cahora Bassa (HVDC), China, Congo River, Copper extraction, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Electric power transmission, General Electric, Grand Inga Dam, High-voltage direct current, Hydroelectricity, Inga, Inga dams, International Council on Large Electric Systems, Kamina, Kananga, Katanga Province, Kikwit, Kinshasa, Kolwezi, Low head hydro power, Mobutu Sese Seko, NorNed, Shanghai, Société nationale d'électricité, Thyristor, United States, United States dollar, Washington Group International, Xiangjiaba Dam, Zaire.
ABB Group
ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri) is a Swedish-Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, operating mainly in robotics, power, heavy electrical equipments, and automation technology areas.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and ABB Group · See more »
ASEA
Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (English translation: General Swedish Electric Company; Swedish abbreviation: ASEA) was a Swedish industrial company.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and ASEA · See more »
Bandundu (city)
Bandundu, formerly known as Banningville or Banningstad, is a city in the Mai-Ndombe Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Bandundu (city) · See more »
Bandundu Province
Bandundu is one of eleven former provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Bandundu Province · See more »
Cahora Bassa (HVDC)
Cahora-Bassa (previously spelled Cabora Bassa) is the name for an HVDC power transmission system between the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Generation Station at the Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique, and Johannesburg, South Africa.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Cahora Bassa (HVDC) · See more »
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and China · See more »
Congo River
The Congo River (also spelled Kongo River and known as the Zaire River) is the second longest river in Africa after the Nile and the second largest river in the world by discharge volume of water (after the Amazon), and the world's deepest river with measured depths in excess of.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Congo River · See more »
Copper extraction
Copper extraction refers to the methods used to obtaining copper from its ores.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Copper extraction · See more »
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo), also known as DR Congo, the DRC, Congo-Kinshasa or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Democratic Republic of the Congo · See more »
Electric power transmission
Electric power transmission is the bulk movement of electrical energy from a generating site, such as a power plant, to an electrical substation.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Electric power transmission · See more »
General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and General Electric · See more »
Grand Inga Dam
The Grand Inga Dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Congo River at Inga Falls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Grand Inga Dam · See more »
High-voltage direct current
A high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) electric power transmission system (also called a power superhighway or an electrical superhighway) uses direct current for the bulk transmission of electrical power, in contrast with the more common alternating current (AC) systems.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and High-voltage direct current · See more »
Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Hydroelectricity · See more »
Inga
Inga (common name shimbillo) is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing treesElkan, Daniel.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Inga · See more »
Inga dams
The Inga Dams are two hydroelectric dams connected to one of the largest waterfalls in the world, Inga Falls.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Inga dams · See more »
International Council on Large Electric Systems
The International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRÉ) is a global organization in the field of high voltage electricity.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and International Council on Large Electric Systems · See more »
Kamina
Kamina is the capital city of Haut-Lomami Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Kamina · See more »
Kananga
Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital city of the Lulua Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was the capital of the former Kasaï-Occidental Province.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Kananga · See more »
Katanga Province
Katanga was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Tanganyika, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba and Haut-Katanga provinces.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Katanga Province · See more »
Kikwit
Kikwit is the largest city and capital of Kwilu Province, lying on the Kwilu River in the southwestern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Kikwit · See more »
Kinshasa
Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville (Léopoldville or Dutch)) is the capital and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Kinshasa · See more »
Kolwezi
Kolwezi or Kolwesi is the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Kolwezi · See more »
Low head hydro power
Low head hydropower applications use tidal flows or rivers with a head of or less to produce energy.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Low head hydro power · See more »
Mobutu Sese Seko
Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was the military dictator and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (which Mobutu renamed Zaire in 1971) from 1965 to 1997.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Mobutu Sese Seko · See more »
NorNed
NorNed is a long high-voltage direct current submarine power cable between Feda in Norway and the seaport of Eemshaven in the Netherlands, which interconnects both countries' electrical grids.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and NorNed · See more »
Shanghai
Shanghai (Wu Chinese) is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Shanghai · See more »
Société nationale d'électricité
Société nationale d'électricité (SNEL) is the national electricity company of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Société nationale d'électricité · See more »
Thyristor
A thyristor is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating P- and N-type materials.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Thyristor · See more »
United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and United States · See more »
United States dollar
The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and United States dollar · See more »
Washington Group International
Washington Group International was an American corporation which provided integrated engineering, construction, and management services to businesses and governments around the world.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Washington Group International · See more »
Xiangjiaba Dam
The Xiangjiaba Dam is a large gravity dam on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province, southwest China.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Xiangjiaba Dam · See more »
Zaire
Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire (République du Zaïre), was the name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo that existed between 1971 and 1997 in Central Africa.
New!!: Inga–Shaba HVDC and Zaire · See more »
Redirects here:
Inga-Shaba, Inga-Shaba Electrical Transmission Line Project, Inga-Shaba HVDC, Inga–Shaba.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inga–Shaba_HVDC
