Alstom Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for Outstanding Technology Innovation

Alstom Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for Outstanding Technology Innovation PR Newswire LONDON, Dec. 6, 2012 LONDON, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alstom Grid has been honoured with Frost & Sullivan's 2012 European Award for Technology Innovation, for achievement in the voltage source converter (VSC) high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission technology market. This prestigious accolade was presented to the French industrial group at the 2012 Excellence in European Best Practices Awards Banquet, at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in London on 5th December 2012. Alstom Grid is commended for its newest generation HVDC product that helps to tackle the cost, space and efficiency issues generally associated with classic Line Commutated Converter HVDC solutions, and opens the door for many additional applications. Alstom's HVDC MaxSine* (1st and 2nd generation) is a family of voltage source converter (VSC) technologies that significantly improves the functionality of HVDC transmission. HVDC transmission is one of the most effective technologies for long distance transmission. The 2nd generation HVDC MaxSine technology overcomes the traditional challenges associated with HVDC by leveraging its inherent hybrid topology that can handle multiple interconnections. This makes the technology readily available to address the demands of rapidly growing application areas like offshore wind farms and also reliably support the traditional large grids.