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Series capacitors for increase of power export capacity Québec

Series capacitors for increase of power export capacity Québec

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Series capacitors for increase of power export capacity Four ABB series capacitors, each rated at 192 Mvar, were installed in 1987 in Hydro-Québec’s 315 kV network at Kamouraska in the south-eastern part of the province of Québec in Canada. With the series capacitors in operation, Hydro-Québec can increase its export of electric power to neighboring New Brunswick and Maine by several hundred megawatts. The series capacitors are installed o

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