Maritime Link

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Maritime Link is a high-voltage subsea and overhead transmission project that connects the island of Newfoundland’s electricity grid to Nova Scotia and the broader North American power system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf high-voltage direct current transmission system ⓘ
subsea power interconnector ⓘ
associatedProject Lower Churchill Project ⓘ
Muskrat Falls Generating Station ⓘ
beneficiary Nalcor Energy ⓘ
Nova Scotia Power ⓘ
connects Newfoundland and Labrador electricity grid ⓘ
Nova Scotia electricity grid ⓘ
connectsTo North American power system ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
developer Emera Newfoundland & Labrador ⓘ
enables export of renewable power from Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
import of surplus hydroelectricity to Nova Scotia ⓘ
endPoint Nova Scotia ⓘ
environmentalImpact supports reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by enabling renewable energy use ⓘ
gridIntegration part of broader North American power system interconnections ⓘ
gridRole interprovincial transmission corridor ⓘ
renewable energy integration asset ⓘ
hasComponent converter station in Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
converter station in Nova Scotia ⓘ
overhead transmission lines ⓘ
subsea transmission cables ⓘ
hasStakeholder Government of Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
Government of Nova Scotia ⓘ
Indigenous communities in Atlantic Canada ⓘ
infrastructureType electric power transmission line ⓘ
locatedInWaterBody Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ
location Atlantic Canada ⓘ
Cabot Strait ⓘ
owner Emera Newfoundland & Labrador ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Loop concept ⓘ
purpose enable transmission of hydroelectric power from Muskrat Falls ⓘ
facilitate renewable energy exports ⓘ
improve reliability of electricity supply in Atlantic Canada ⓘ
integrate Newfoundland and Labrador with North American power grid ⓘ
regionServed Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
regulator Canada Energy Regulator ⓘ
Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board ⓘ
sector electricity transmission ⓘ
startPoint island of Newfoundland ⓘ
status in operation ⓘ
subtypeOf HVDC interconnector ⓘ
technology overhead transmission line ⓘ
submarine power cable ⓘ
uses high-voltage direct current ⓘ

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Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → gridConnection → Maritime Link (through system integration) ⓘ
linked to: Maritime Link
Muskrat Falls Generating Station → connectedTo → Maritime Link transmission project ⓘ
subject linked to: Muskrat Falls dam
linked to: Maritime Link