The Hudson Project is a 345 kV AC powerline for the power supply of

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from PSEG's

Bergen Generating Station Bergen Generating Station is a gas-fired power plant owned and operated by Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G).http://www.pjm.com/pub/planning/project-queues/facilities/a05_fac.pdf It located on the banks of Overpeck Creek near its ...

, in Ridgefield, New Jersey. It was laid by Anbaric Development Partners.

Overview

It consists of a

HVDC 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 curren ...

back-to-back station with a transmission rate of 660 MW and DC voltage of 180 kV at 1 Railroad Avenue () in Ridgefield,

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, which is connected by a 230 kV line with the nearby substation. From the static inverter plant the three-phase AC line to

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's W. 49th Street substation at starts, is in its whole length implemented as underground or submarine cable, buried in non-navigable and in navigable sections. After travelling through the

Edgewater Tunnel The Edgewater Branch was a branch of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W) that ran about through eastern Bergen County, New Jersey in the United States. Starting from a rail junction at the Little Ferry Yard (in Ridgefield), it ...

, the cable enters the Hudson River at Edgewater and runs along the eastern side of the river parallel to the shore until piers 92 and 94, where it enters

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. Construction of the link started in May 2011 and was completed in June 2013. This cable was completely removed, and replaced. The Ariadne, 130 Meter, Cable ship, performed the submarine cable replacement. (summer of 2017)

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Hudson Project websiteMasterElectricTransmissionPlanforNYC 2009
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