Records
- Highest capacity system: 6.3 GW HVDC Itaipu (Brazil) (±600 kV DC)
- Highest transmission voltage (AC):
- woldwide: 1.15 MV (Ultra High Voltage) on Ekibastuz-Kokshetau line (Kazakhstan)
- Europe (under construction): 750kV (Extra High Voltage) on the Rivne NPP/Khmelnytskyi NPP to Kyivska Substation route (Ukraine)
- Largest double-circuit transmission, Kita-Iwaki Powerline (Japan).
- Highest towers: Yangtze River Crossing (China) (height: 345 m/1,132 ft)
- Longest power line: Inga-Shaba (Democratic Republic of Congo) (length: 1,700 kilometres / 1,056 miles)
- Longest span of power line: 5,376 m (17,638 ft) at Ameralik Span (Greenland, Denmark)
- Longest submarine cables:
- NorNed, North Sea (Norway/Netherlands) – (length of submarine cable: 580 kilometres / 360 miles)
- Basslink, Bass Strait, (Australia) – (length of submarine cable: 290 kilometres / 180 miles, total length: 370.1 kilometres / 230 miles)
- Baltic-Cable, Baltic Sea (Germany/Sweden) – (length of submarine cable: 238 kilometres / 148 miles, HVDC length: 250 kilometres / 155 miles, total length: 262 kilometres / 163 miles)
- Longest underground cables:
- Murraylink, Riverland/Sunraysia (Australia) – (length of underground cable: 180 kilometres / 112 miles)
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