Norm Dimmell, vice-president of corporate services with Emera Newfoundland and Labrador, said not only will this station convert high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) to high-voltage direct current (HVDC) for the link project, it will also provide more electricity to the Newfoundland grid.
He said PowerTel, a Canadian high-voltage electrical contractor, is also busy constructing the power line from Granite Canal in the interior of the province to Bottom Brook.
Dimmell said the project schedule is still on target and on budget to complete the Maritime Link line in 2017, including laying subsea cable across the Cabot Strait.
More than $175 million has been spent already, with more than $130 million of that in contracts or orders through suppliers.
Emera has spent $25 million to date in wages in Newfoundland and Labrador, said Dimmell, along with more than $300,000 in community investments, which he said will continue.
Dimmell said construction activities already completed include right-of-way clearing, site preparations and horizontal directional drilling in the Cape Ray area to run the cable from land to subsea. He said the grounding site construction at Indian Head off Roxon Way (Route 490) has been completed and is awaiting hookup when the time comes in 2017.
The first transformer was delivered to the Bottom Brook site last week, with another expected to reach the site this week and the third and final next week. The construction at Bottom Brook is expected to be completed by the fall of 2017.
After that there will be a presence at the facility of 10 to 15 people, which could increase to 20 for maintenance and other work.
Norm Dimmell, vice-president of corporate services with Emera Newfoundland and Labrador, said not only will this station convert high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) to high-voltage direct current (HVDC) for the link project, it will also provide more electricity to the Newfoundland grid.
He said PowerTel, a Canadian high-voltage electrical contractor, is also busy constructing the power line from Granite Canal in the interior of the province to Bottom Brook.
Dimmell said the project schedule is still on target and on budget to complete the Maritime Link line in 2017, including laying subsea cable across the Cabot Strait.
More than $175 million has been spent already, with more than $130 million of that in contracts or orders through suppliers.
Emera has spent $25 million to date in wages in Newfoundland and Labrador, said Dimmell, along with more than $300,000 in community investments, which he said will continue.
Dimmell said construction activities already completed include right-of-way clearing, site preparations and horizontal directional drilling in the Cape Ray area to run the cable from land to subsea. He said the grounding site construction at Indian Head off Roxon Way (Route 490) has been completed and is awaiting hookup when the time comes in 2017.
The first transformer was delivered to the Bottom Brook site last week, with another expected to reach the site this week and the third and final next week. The construction at Bottom Brook is expected to be completed by the fall of 2017.
After that there will be a presence at the facility of 10 to 15 people, which could increase to 20 for maintenance and other work.
