Title :
`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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Colloquium in South America, 1990., Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Argentina, Brazil, Chile
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-610-1
DOI :
10.1109/COLLOQ.1990.152818
