Virginia Smith Converter Station
Virginia Smith Converter Station is a high-voltage direct current back-to-back converter station near Sidney, Nebraska. Completed in 1988, it is significant for being the first interchange between eastern and western United States electrical grids.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sidney.
Sidney
Photo: Publichall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sidney is a city in and the county seat of Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States. The city is nine miles north of the Colorado state line. The population was 6,410 at the 2020 census.
Virginia Smith Converter Station
- Type: Electrical substation
- Description: electrical substation in Nebraska
- Categories: HVDC back-to-back station and industry
- Location: Cheyenne, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.16421° or 41° 9′ 51″ northLongitude
-102.98763° or 102° 59′ 16″ westOpen location code
85HV5276+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 102222592Wikidata ID
Q7934519
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In Other Languages
“Virginia Smith Converter Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “維吉尼亞史密斯換流站”
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