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- Transmission Line80,968
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- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
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Interconnector
Canada - Atlantic – Canada - Quebec interconnection
11th-largest interconnector in Canada of 22 · top 38% worldwide (#263 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 1,200 MW
- Length
- 788 km
- Connects to
- Canada
- Reverse capacity
- 775 MW
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Canada · 22 ranked
- #1Canada - Newfoundland – Canada - Quebec interconnection5.2 GW
- #9Canada - Quebec – United States (US-NY-NYIS) interconnection (planned)1.3 GW
- #10Canada - Alberta – Canada - British Colombia interconnection1.2 GW
- #11Canada - Atlantic – Canada - Quebec interconnection1.2 GW
- #12Canada - Quebec – United States (US-NE-ISNE) interconnection (planned)1.2 GW
- #13Canada - Quebec – United States (US-NE-ISNE) interconnection (planned)1.0 GW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Canada - Ontario – Canada - Quebec interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 2.8 GW
- Canada - Newfoundland – Canada - Quebec interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 5.2 GW
- Montréal1.2 km · Data Centre
- Poste Guy2.1 km · Substation / Converter
- Poste De Lorimier2.2 km · Substation / Converter
- Poste des Irlandais2.6 km · Substation / Converter
- Colo RIve-Sud3.6 km · Data Centre
- 735 kV line15 km · Transmission Line
- Ligne des Cantons de l'Est-Hertel15 km · Transmission Line
- HQ 703615 km · Transmission Line
- Vantage Data Centers Montreal I15 km · Data Centre
- Montreal East Refinery16 km · Refinery · 137 kb/d
On the interactive map
Additional transmission links between New Brunswick and Quebec are considered but recent comments from NB-power have indicated that the costs are considered as too high as of now so no concrete plans for the forseeable future.
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)