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Construction of the initial 160 MW HVDC Cross-Channel link between Lydd in Kent and Echinghen near Boulogne-sur-Mer was awarded to ASEA (later ABB) in 1955, selecting the company to supply and build the mercury-arc valve HVDC converter equipment and associated infrastructure for this pioneering submarine interconnector.