The Kettle Hydro-Electric Development on the Nelson River

The Kettle hydro-electric development by Manitoba Hydro is located on the Nelson River in the Province of Manitoba and is unique in that, up to now, it is the only generating station in the Western world which will feed exclusively into a dc transmission system. Because of this, some features associated with this plant are somewhat different from conventional hydro-electric developments and this paper will describe these featurestogether with certain other electrical and mechanical aspects of the project.