Back-to-back Connection - Power Transmission

Power Transmission

A back-to-back connection for energy transmission is a high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) system with both ends in the same switchyard. This is used to couple asynchronously operated power grids or for connecting power grids of different frequencies where no DC transmission line is necessary.

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