The company will supply a 750MW, 345kV direct current converter scheme for the SuperStation, utilizing its latest voltage source converter technology.
The SuperStation will ultimately interconnect America’s three primary electricity grids, the Eastern (Southwest Power Pool), Western (Western Electricity Coordinating Council) and Texas (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) networks.
Tres Amigas CEO and founder Phil Harris said that Alstom’s voltage source converter technology offers the specific technical advantages required to make this interconnection a success both from an economic and ecological point of view.
Engineering design for the transmission interconnection is underway, with commercial operations expected in 2014.
