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HVDC line grounding system question

From	moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
Newsgroups	alt.engineering.electrical
Subject	HVDC line grounding system question
Date	2021-01-03 06:03 +0000
Organization	The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Message-ID	<rsrmo1$fdn$1@pcls7.std.com> (permalink)

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There is a long HVDC power line from northern Quebec Canada to Ayer, 
Massachusetts USA. It operates at either +/- 375 kV or +/- 450 kV
depending on source.  As I understand it, it is grounded at exactly one
point, near Saint-Claude, Quebec. You can see it on this Google
satellite view: https://goo.gl/maps/bnsYcbv9Q3ewmkG49  where the power 
line ROW runs diagonally on the right side, and the actual grounding
point is the weird circular shape at the upper right.  Additionally,
multiple conductors (6) run from the ROW to the circle.  The street
view at https://goo.gl/maps/K94ZceiRfUL2ePaU7 shows the huge towers
as well as 4 grounding leads, two at the top of the towers and two
others on wooden poles.  They are on rather substantial insulators.

Does anyone know any details for this rather odd setup? Why multiple
grounding conductors, and any details of the circular structure?
Do the grounding conductors carry current during normal operation,
perhaps with the line at half power with one side out of service and
the grounding (neutral?) carrying the return current?

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HVDC line grounding system question moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2021-01-03 06:03 +0000
  Re: HVDC line grounding system question Dimitris Tzortzakakis <noone@nospam.com> - 2021-01-03 14:10 +0200
    Re: HVDC line grounding system question moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2021-01-03 21:58 +0000
  Re: HVDC line grounding system question Dean Hoffman <deanhofman@clod.com> - 2021-01-03 11:46 -0600
    Re: HVDC line grounding system question gfretwell@aol.com - 2021-01-03 13:35 -0500

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