Large scale sub-sea high voltage distributed DC power infrastructure using series adaptive clamping

An apparatus comprising:

• a series adaptive clamp configured to:
• connect to a single conductor via a series connection, the single conductor configured to conduct a constant current between shore-side power sources on opposite ends of the single conductor;
• clamp a specified amount of power from the single conductor;
• connect to one end of two ends of a power transfer bus via a parallel connection, wherein the other end of the power transfer bus is connected to another series adaptive clamp, wherein the power transfer bus comprises multiple parallel paths between the series adaptive clamp and the other series adaptive clamp;
• and
• provide a constant voltage to the power transfer bus at the constant current in order to supply at least some of the specified amount of power to a load connected to the power transfer bus.

A system comprising:

• at least one pair of series adaptive clamps (SACs), each SAC configured to:
• connect to a single conductor via a series connection, the single conductor configured to conduct a constant current between shore-side power sources on opposite ends of the single conductor;
• clamp a specified amount of power from the single conductor;
• connect to one end of two ends of a power transfer bus via a parallel connection, wherein the other end of the power transfer bus is connected to another SAC of a same pair of SACs, wherein the power transfer bus comprises multiple parallel paths between the SAC and the other SAC of the same pair of SACs;
• and
• provide a constant voltage to the power transfer bus at the constant current in order to supply at least some of the specified amount of power to a load connected to the power transfer bus.