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is the third facility in Japan
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for interconnecting the power grid
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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
, abbreviated as Chuden in Japanese, is a Japanese electric utilities provider for the middle Chūbu region of the Honshu island of Japan. It provides electricity at 60 Hz, though an area of Nagano Prefecture uses 50 Hz. Chubu Electric ...
Co. and is located at 677-3 Tanakake, Hirose-aza, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka. It is fed via a 275 kV power line
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and a 154 kV power line. Its inverters
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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
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in Shizuoka Prefecture, and Minami-Fukumitsu
is the name given to an HVDC back-to-back station for the interconnection of the power grids of western and eastern Japan. This facility went in service in March 1999. It operates with a voltage of 125 kV and can transfer a power up to 300 mega ...
in Toyama Prefecture
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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