The converter stations are completely equipped with light triggered thyristors.
The required converter stations are expensive and have limited overload capacity.
As a result, each converter station contained a total of 22,656 thyristors.
However this system was later abandoned in favor of rotary converter stations.
The converter station would have three buildings, one of them five to six stories tall.
The plans also include an additional converter station and feeder lines around the city.
The transmission power was increased by extending the existing converter stations to 2,000 megawatts.
The converter stations for each pole, at each end of the link include:
A complete converter station may contain several such converters in series and/or parallel.
The construction cost for the two lines and converter stations in the U.S. was estimated at $3.8 billion.
