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Hydro-Québec to Strengthen Power Grid in the Montreal Area

Published Wednesday, November 18, 2009

ABB has won an order worth US$75 million from Hydro-Québec for static VAr compensators - equipment which enables quick responses to electrical disturbances in the grid and contributes to restoring its stability. The installation of two SVCs on the 735 kV network at the Chénier substation, west of Montreal, will be the world’s largest by capacity (with a total 1,200 MVA reactive). The turnkey project for Hydro-Québec, the largest electric utilities in Canada, is due to be completed in 2012. The SVC installation on the power grid contributes both to regulating the voltage of the Montreal ...

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