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is the third facility in Japan
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for interconnecting the power grid of eastern Japan, which operates at 50 hertz, and that of western Japan, which operates at 60 hertz.
The Higashi-Shimizu Frequency Converter Station is operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. and is located at 677-3 Tanakake, Hirose-aza, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka. It is fed via a 275 kV power line and a 154 kV power line. Its inverters operate at 125 kVDC and have a maximum transmission rate of 300 MW.
Japan's other converter stations are at Shin-Shinano in Nagano Prefecture
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, Sakuma Dam in Shizuoka Prefecture, and Minami-Fukumitsu in Toyama Prefecture.
See also
* Electricity sector in Japan#Transmission *Energy in Japan
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The country lacks significant do ...
External links
* http://www.chuden.co.jp/english/corporate/press2005/0323_1.html Converter stations Electric power infrastructure in Japan Chubu Electric Power Energy infrastructure completed in 2003 Buildings and structures in Shizuoka (city) {{Japan-struct-stub