Jean-Jacques Archambault (March 21, 1919 – December 23, 2001) was a

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. He worked at

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and is known for his work on the 735kV

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technology in the early 1960s.

735-kV transmission line

Shortly after being hired as a planner at Hydro-Québec he showed interest in the possibility of 735 kV transmission. With the highest operational voltage elsewhere being 525 kV many American specialists affirmed that a 735-kV line was impossible to develop, but the ''Commission hydroélectrique de Québec'' approved his idea and launched a project to install a transmission line between

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and the Manicouagan-Outardes complex. The 735-kV technology was put in service on 29 November 1965, and described as the technological innovation of the 20th century for Quebec by the

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. The Eastern Canada Council of the

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gives out the Jean-Jacques Archambault Award of Merit in his honour, An amphitheatre in the

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in Montreal is also named for him. In 2005, Hydro-Québec received an IEEE Milestone award for the technology.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Archambault, Jean-Jacques 2001 deaths Canadian electrical engineers French Quebecers Hydro-Québec 1919 births

735-kV transmission line

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