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Alstom Grid to upgrade control equipment at Canadian converter station

EBR Staff Writer Published 27 January 2012

Alstom Grid has received a contract from ATCO Electric for the replacement and upgrade of control equipment at the McNeill converter station near Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada.

The converter station houses a 150MW back-to-back high voltage direct current (HVDC) link which facilitates the exchange of energy between several North American electricity networks.

The new contract covers the replacement of the now obsolete control equipment with the latest Alstom Grid Series V digital control system which will improve the performance and extend the life of the converter station.

The McNeill converter station, owned and operated by ATCO, is dispatched by the Alberta Electric System Operator as part of the overall Alberta Interconnected Electric System.

It is the northern-most link between the Western Electricity Coordinating Council system and the Midwest Reliability Organization.

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