Kvilldal HVDC Station ABB AB, Power Grids, 2018-01-30 © ABB Group November 21, 2018 | Slide 1

Power Systems in Sweden HVDC Ventyx Employees: 2 300 Offshore wind connections Network Management FACTS Substations Ludvika Västerås High Voltage Cables Power Generation © ABB Group November 21, 2018 | Slide 2

ABB in Ludvika A world center of high voltage ”HVDC-verksamheten har expanderat kraftigt de senaste åren med följd att medarbetare har suttit spridda på sju olika platser inom ABB i Ludvika”, förklarade Olof Heyman. ”I det nya kontoret får alla plats under samma tak, vilket gör att arbetet effektiviseras och kontakten mellan avdelningar blir lättare och tätare.” © ABB Group Slide 3 3

Historical Review The world’s first commercial HVDC Transmission was the sub-marine cable connection between mainland Sweden and the island of Gotland, Sweden Project: 150 kV HVDC cable system for State Power Board, Sweden Mercury arc valves Cable type: Mass-impregnated 1 x 90 mm2 Cu Length: 100 km Year: 1953 © ABB Group Slide 4

ABB has supplied more than half of the world’s 170 HVDC projects 60 HVDC Classic Projects since 1953 20 HVDC Upgrades since 1990 20 HVDC Light Projects since 1997 Troll 1&2, 3&4 Nelson River 2 CU-project Vancouver Island Pole 1 Pacific Intertie Pacific Intertie Upgrading Pacific Intertie Expansion Intermountain Blackwater Rio Madeira Inga-Kolwezi Brazil-Argentina Interconnection I&II English Channel Dürnrohr Sardinia-Italy Highgate Châteauguay Quebec- New England Skagerrak 1-3 Konti-Skan Baltic Cable FennoSkan 1&2 Kontek SwePol ChaPad Rihand-Delhi Vindhyachal Sakuma Gezhouba-Shanghai Three Gorges-Shanghai Leyte-Luzon Broken Hill New Zealand 1&2 Gotland Light Gotland 1-3 Murraylink Eagle Pass Tjæreborg Hällsjön Directlink Cross Sound Italy-Greece Rapid City Vizag II Three Gorges-Guandong Estlink Valhall Cahora Bassa Sapei Square Butte Sharyland & Railroad DC Tie Three Gorges-Changzhou Outaouais Caprivi Link Hülünbeir- Liaoning Lingbao II Extension Xiangjiaba-Shanghai BorWin1 NorNed Apollo Upgrade EWIC IPP Upgrade Itaipu DolWin1, 2 NordBalt Skagerrak 4 North East Agra Jinping - Sunan Mackinac Oklaunion Åland Celilo Upgrade LitPol Link Eel River © ABB Group November 21, 2018| Slide 5 Updated 2014-02-24 Note title: ABB has “supplied/supplied to” or supplied/upgraded parts…. 5 5

North Sea Link (NSL) – Kvilldal to Blyth * Grey font = not part of ABB scope of work

NSL Project Kvilldal HVDC station

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ABB’s kontaktpersoner - Kvilldal HVDC station Stefan Andersson Site manager +46 70 683 60 60 Stefan.k.Andersson@se.abb.com Josephine Karlsson Site admin +46 72 540 50 93 josephine.karlsson@se.abb.com Niclas Johansson Civil manager +46 70 267 23 65 niclas.johansson@se.abb.com Odd Hvidsten HMS manager +46240782000 odd.hvidsten@se.abb.com