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.

[edit] See also

• Hydro-Québec's electricity transmission system

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