The Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE), a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) line, will deliver 1,250 megawatts of clean electricity from Canada’s Hydro-Québec, the fourth-largest hydropower producer in the world, to New York City.
HVDC energy transmission transmits power over long distances more efficiently than alternating current (AC) transmission.
The CHPE, which is permitted and…