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- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- 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
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
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Interconnector
Canada - British Colombia – United States (US-NW-BPAT) interconnection
5th-largest interconnector in Canada of 22 · top 22% worldwide (#151 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 2,300 MW
- Length
- 404 km
- Voltage
- 500 kV
- Connects to
- United States
- Reverse capacity
- 2,000 MW
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Canada · 22 ranked
- #1Canada - Newfoundland – Canada - Quebec interconnection5.2 GW
- #3Canada - Ontario – Canada - Quebec interconnection2.8 GW
- #4Canada - Ontario – United States (US-NY-NYIS) interconnection2.4 GW
- #5Canada - British Colombia – United States (US-NW-BPAT) interconnection2.3 GW
- #6Canada - Quebec – United States (US-NE-ISNE) interconnection2.3 GW
- #7Canada - Quebec – United States (US-NY-NYIS) interconnection2.1 GW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- United States (US-NW-AVA) – United States (US-NW-BPAT) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 1.1 GW
- United States (US-NW-AVRN) – United States (US-NW-BPAT) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 1.3 GW
- United States (US-CAL-BANC) – United States (US-NW-BPAT) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 1.6 GW
- Vancouver Port Coal Terminal8.4 km · Export Terminal
- River Road Gen Plant10 km · Power Plant · 248 MW · gas
- H5 DC - Portland13 km · Data Centre
- Pittock Block14 km · Data Centre
- The Pittock Internet Exchange14 km · Data Centre
- Troutdale Substation17 km · Substation / Converter
On the interactive map
No mentioning of planned lines between BC and the Washington, Idaho, Montana area. Also not visible on BC hydro transmission map.
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)