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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
Mexico – United States (US-CAL-CISO) interconnection
2nd-largest interconnector in Mexico of 3 · top 52% worldwide (#363 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 800 MW
- Length
- 3,038 km
- Voltage
- 230 kV
- Connects to
- United States
- Reverse capacity
- 600 MW
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Mexico · 3 ranked
- #1Mexico – United States (US-TEX-ERCO) interconnection940 MW
- #2Mexico – United States (US-CAL-CISO) interconnection800 MW
- #3Mexico – United States (US-SW-AZPS) interconnection (planned)300 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- United States (US-CAL-BANC) – United States (US-CAL-CISO) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 1.1 GW
- United States (US-SW-AZPS) – United States (US-CAL-CISO) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 1.5 GW
- United States (US-NW-BPAT) – United States (US-CAL-CISO) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 2.5 GW
- 200 kV HVDC line5.2 km · Transmission Line
- Digital Realty San Francisco SFO105.5 km · Data Centre
- 365 Main Street Data Center6.0 km · Data Centre
- 360 Spear Street Data Center6.1 km · Data Centre
- Port of Oakland Coal Terminal15 km · Export Terminal
- Dynegy Oakland Power Plant15 km · Power Plant · 149 MW · oil
- Richmond Port Coal Terminal19 km · Export Terminal
- Levin-Richmond Terminal20 km · Export Terminal
- Richmond Refinery20 km · Refinery · 245 kb/d
On the interactive map
As of now no new concrete plans for transmission links between Mexico and California. Baja Californica is not integrated with SIN which limits potential for new projects except for connections with individual plants.
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)