The
power grid
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I ...
of
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are of land. The island is the largest ...
is owned and operated by
BC Hydro
The British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, trade name, operating as BC Hydro, is a Canadian electric utility in the province of British Columbia. It is the main electricity distributor, serving more than 4 million customers in most areas, wi ...
, and is connected with that of the Mainland of
British Columbia
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by high voltage
AC submarine cables, and formerly by a
DC submarine cable system.
These links, which all consist of overhead line sections on land together with submarine cables are:
* Two parallel 500 kV AC circuits from south of
Powell River to Vancouver Island in two cable and three overhead sections with reactor station on Texada Island, running from Malaspina substation near
Sechelt
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to Dunsmuir substation near
Qualicum Beach;
* Two AC lines, one 138 kV and one 230 kV, running from Arnott substation in
Delta
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* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta"), the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
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to Vancouver Island Terminal in
North Cowichan
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(the same points that HVDC Vancouver Island connects). Waypoints of these southern lines, which all consist of three overhead and two submarine cable sections are:
The former *
HVDC Vancouver Island was capable of transferring a total of 700 MW (now obsolete and de-energized).
* A 500 kV AC link consisting of two parallel lines running to the midpoint of Vancouver Island.
See also
*
List of high voltage underground and submarine cables
This is a list of high voltage (above 150 kV) alternating current, AC electrical transmission lines. This list is incomplete.
For high-voltage direct current, both Undergrounding, underground and submarine power cables, submarine, see List of H ...
*
HVDC Vancouver Island
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Powerlines Connecting Vancouver Island With Canadian Mainland
Energy in British Columbia
Electric power infrastructure in Canada