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Title: HVDC transmission: a path to the future?

Journal Article · · Electricity Journal

Direct current transmission has been the poor stepchild of the U.S. electric industry. Although early-generation plants were based on DC technology, it was soon deemed uneconomical to transmit electricity over long distances, but it now appears poised for a change. Both the increasing technical potential and changing economics of HVDC lines promise a growing role in the future. (author)

OSTI ID:
21328623
Journal Information:
Electricity Journal, Vol. 23, Issue 4; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; ISSN 1040-6190
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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