`Excellence against all odds´-Canada´s electric utilities triumph over distance, topography and weather

Author

Read, Wallace S.

Author_Institution

Canadian Electr. Assoc., Montreal, Que., Canada

fYear

1990

fDate

1990

Firstpage

137

Lastpage

140

Abstract

Canada is the second largest country in the world in terms of geographical boundaries. Located between latitude 49° north and the North Pole, Canada stretches from east to west, across 5 1/2 time zones, a distance of 7500 kilometers. These tremendous distances and the variations in topography and weather have provided a formidable challenge for Canadian electric power utilities as they seek to serve a sparse population settled for the most part in the south close to the US/Canada border. The author describes how these conditions have pressured Canadian utilities to take the lead in the design and construction of mega-hydro-electric and nuclear generating stations, extra high voltage transmission lines and innovative rural distribution systems

Keywords

distribution networks; electricity supply industry; hydroelectric power stations; nuclear power stations; power transmission lines; Canada; electric power utilities; extra high voltage transmission lines; hydroelectric power stations; nuclear generating stations; rural distribution systems; Board of Directors; Fossil fuels; Layout; North Pole; Nuclear power generation; Oceans; Power industry; Power transmission lines; Surfaces; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Colloquium in South America, 1990., Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE

Conference_Location

Argentina, Brazil, Chile

Print_ISBN

0-87942-610-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COLLOQ.1990.152818

Filename

152818