The Marketplace substation is a major electric power interconnection point in the western
United States
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outside of
Boulder City, Nevada
Boulder City is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is approximately southeast of Las Vegas. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population of Boulder City was 14,885. The city took its name from Boulder Canyon ( ...
.
The station is in the
Eldorado Valley.
Interconnects
* 500 kV
McCullough substation
* 500 kV AC
Adelanto substation, 1,291 MW,
Power plants
* 500 kV Copper Mountain Solar Facility
The Copper Mountain Solar Facility is a 802 megawatt (MW AC) solar photovoltaic power plant in Boulder City, Nevada, United States. The plant was developed by Sempra Generation. When the first unit of the facility entered service on December ...
Proposed
* 500 kV AC Moenkopi substation , on hold
Future
Several high voltage direct current
A high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electric power transmission system (also called a power superhighway or an electrical superhighway) uses direct current (DC) for electric power transmission, in contrast with the more common alternating curre ...
(HVDC) projects include a converter station
An HVDC converter station (or simply converter station) is a specialised type of substation which forms the terminal equipment for a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line.Arrillaga, Jos; High Voltage Direct Current Transmission, se ...
, which may be connected to Marketplace.
Notes
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Buildings and structures in Clark County, Nevada
Western Interconnection
Energy infrastructure in Nevada