Châteauguay HVDC-back-to-back station
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Châteauguay HVDC-back-to-back station is the largest high-voltage direct current (HVDC) back-to-back converter station in North America.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} Situated near Châteauguay, on the South Shore of Montreal, Quebec, it is an important plant for power exchange between Hydro-Québec and New York Power Authority (NYPA).
Capacity
The station, which was built by Brown, Boveri & Cie and Siemens in 1983/84, can transfer a maximum power of 1000 megawatts (MW) at a direct current (DC) voltage of 140 kilovolts (kV). The facility, which consists of two 500 MW units is fed from Hydro-Quebec with a 315 kV line and from NYPA with a 120 kV line.
In 2009, its control system is planned to be modernized.{{cite web|author=The ABB Group |title=Châteauguay back-to-back upgrade |url=http://www.abb.com/industries/ap/db0003db004333/6fafffd8da238d10c125774b0022f85c.aspx |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305150044/http://www.abb.com/industries/ap/db0003db004333/6fafffd8da238d10c125774b0022f85c.aspx |archivedate=March 5, 2011 }}
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