Eel River HVDC back-to-back station
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Eel River HVDC-back-to-back station is the first HVDC scheme in the world completely equipped with thyristor
s situated near New Brunswick
, Canada
. It can transfer a maximum power of 320 MW with an operating voltage of 80 kV. It went in service in 1972.
Thyristor
A thyristor is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating N and P-type material. They act as bistable switches, conducting when their gate receives a current trigger, and continue to conduct while they are forward biased .Some sources define silicon controlled rectifiers and...
s situated near New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It can transfer a maximum power of 320 MW with an operating voltage of 80 kV. It went in service in 1972.