France-Spain Power Link Nears Completion

GALWAY, IRELAND--April 23, 2015 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) The drive to connect the grids of European nations continued this month as work progressed on a link that will double the energy exchange between France and Spain.

Project developer Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) (Munich, Germany) has begun commissioning the converter stations for the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission link between both countries, which is expected to start operations this summer.