Indonesia-Malaysia HVDC Transmission Line

Overview:

• The Indonesia-Malaysia High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Transmission Line is an initiative where Malaysia and Indonesia will share power through an interconnecting transmission line.
• The current power exchange between the two countries is merely 1MW, and this project will cover two transmission lines: South Sumatra to the Malaysian peninsula, and West Kalimantan to Sarawak.
• A subsea cable, with the capacity of 250kV HVDC will connect the Sumatra-Malaysia transmission line, which is expected to start operations in 2017.

Wai Yee Tsang - Journalist Asia-Pacific