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ElecLink

  • GOS completes ‘ElecLink’ wagon

    GOS completes ‘ElecLink’ wagon

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    Sam Hewitt

    AN interesting contract to create a second HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) electrical connection between the UK and France via the Channel Tunnel has required the creation of a battery-powered specialist construction train on behalf of Balfour Beatty. Known as ‘ElecLink’, the 1-Gigawatt connector, comprising two 30-mile cables, will be laid through the North Running…

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