Massive power line will send Canadian hydropower to New York - New Scientist
Massive power line will send Canadian hydropower to New York | New Scientist
An artist’s impression of New York City’s new power converter station, now under construction CHPE
An artist’s impression of New York City’s new power converter station, now under construction
CHPE
New York City has begun construction work to hook up its power grid with a planned 546-kilometre-long transmission line that will carry electricity from hydropower plants in the Canadian province of Quebec. Once completed, the $6 billion project aims to provide New York City with 1250 megawatts of renewable energy.
The centrepiece of the Champlain Hudson Power Express – known as CHPE, pronounced “chippy” – is to be a buried high-voltage, direct current transmission line that runs …
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