Adelanto Converter Station in Adelanto, California, is the southern terminus of the 2,400 MW Path 27 Utah–California high voltage DC power (HVDC) transmission line. The station contains redundant thyristor-based HVDC converters rated for 1,200 MW continuous or 1,600 MW short term overload. [1] The 300-acre (120 ha) station was completed in July, 1986 at a cost of US$131 million. [2] The northern terminus of Path 27 is fossil fueled Intermountain Power Plant in Utah.
An adjacent $45 million AC switching station owned by Los Angeles Department of Water and Power links to the Southern California grid via five 500-kV AC lines. [2]
ABB, who had built the station in 1986, upgraded its original 1,600 MW capacity to 2,400 MW in 2011. [1]
In 2012, an 11.4 MW solar array (less than 1% of the Utah plant's capacity) was installed at the facility at a cost of $48 million obtained with loans subsidized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. [3]
Interconnects
Adelanto substation is connected to the following via 500 kV AC lines: [2]
- Marketplace substation in Nevada via Path 64
- Victorville Switching Station (two lines)
- RS-E (Toluca) in the eastern San Fernando Valley
- RS-Rinaldi in the northern San Fernando Valley
References
- ^ a b The second HVDC transmission to Los Angeles, ABB, retrieved 2015-08-15
- ^ a b c Adelanto Converter Station, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, c. 2011, archived from the original on 2014-02-05
- ^ Adelanto solar power project, LADWP, 2012
Further reading
- Beshir, Mohammed J.; Bjorklund, Hans, Upgrading the Intermountain HVDC Project to handle 480 MW additional Wind Power (PDF), CIGRE 2012, B4-108 – via ABB technical library
External links
- Official website
- LADWP electrical system map showing AC and DC paths