Jean-Jacques Archambault
Jean-Jacques Archambault was a Quebec engineer, died December 23, 2001. He worked at Hydro-Québec and is known for is work on the 735kV electric transmission technology.
[edit] 735-kV transmission line
Shortly after being hired as a planner at Hydro-Québec he showed interest in the 735-kV innovative idea. In 1962, while many American specialists affirmed that a 735-kV line was impossible to develop, the Commission hydroélectrique de Québec approved his idea and launched a project to install a transmission line between Montreal and the Manicouagan-Outardes complex.[1] The 735-kV technology was described as the technological innovation of the 20th century for Quebec by the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec.[2]
The Eastern Canada Council of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers gives out the Jean-Jacques Archambault Award of Merit in his honour.
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- ^ IEEE Canada (31 July 2006). "Biography of Jean Jacques Archambault". http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/awards/jj_bio.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ Hydro-Québec (29 November 2005). "Hydro-Québec célèbre le 40e anniversaire de la mise en service de la première ligne à 735 kV". http://www.hydroquebec.com/4d_includes/surveiller/PcFR2005-228.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
