Higashi-Shimizu Frequency Converter

{{short description|HVDC back-to-back station in Japan}}

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| owner = Chubu Electric Power Grid Company
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File:Higashi Shimizu Frequency Converter - Schematic.svg

{{nihongo|Higashi-Shimizu Frequency Converter|東清水変電所|Higashi-Shimizu Hendensho}} is the third facility in Japan for interconnecting the power grid of eastern Japan, which operates at 50 hertz, and that of western Japan, which operates at 60 hertz.

The Higashi-Shimizu Frequency Converter Station is operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. and is located at 677-3 Tanakake, Hirose-aza, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka. It is fed via a 275 kV power line and a 154 kV power line. Its inverters operate at 125 kVDC and have a maximum transmission rate of 300 MW.

Japan's other converter stations are at Shin-Shinano in Nagano Prefecture, Sakuma Dam in Shizuoka Prefecture, and Minami-Fukumitsu in Toyama Prefecture.