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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (32875)	3/17/2010 8:48:56 PM
From: axial	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Frank, curiosity about various aspects of DC vs AC transmission caused a search, from which I got this: solarec-egypt.com Its Euro in derivation but nonetheless informative. Something that hadn't occurred to me, here: 4) Asynchronous connection. It is sometimes difficult or impossible to connect two AC networks due to stability reasons. In such cases HVDC is the only way to make an exchange of power between the two networks possible. There are also HVDC links between networks with different nominal frequencies (50 and 60 Hz) in Japan and South America. Jim