Massive power line will send Canadian hydropower to New York

New York Metropolis has begun development work to hook up its energy grid with a deliberate 546-kilometre-long transmission line that may carry electrical energy from hydropower vegetation within the Canadian province of Quebec. As soon as accomplished, the $6 billion venture goals to offer New York Metropolis with 1250 megawatts of renewable power.

The centrepiece of the Champlain Hudson Energy Specific – referred to as CHPE, pronounced “chippy” –  is to be a buried high-voltage, direct present transmission line that runs …