A New High Power Laboratory

There is a need for increased capacity short-circuit Laboratories. In that view Electricite de France is building a new test station, supplied from the 400 kV network and from 2 generators - Direct short-circuit capacity will be higher than 6,000 MVA for single phase tests - Synthetic testing will increase that capacity to 30,000 to 60,000 MVA (single phase) - 400 kV supply is now ready, and the first short-circuit transformer was successfully tested in October 1970. Operation is intended to start in 1973.