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Power Infrastructure

Main Substation

Utility & Grid Interface
Also known asprimary substationsite substation

A Main Substation is the primary on-site or dedicated facility that receives incoming utility power, transforms it to the site's distribution voltage, and switches and protects the supply to downstream systems. It is a critical, often single-line-diagram-defining asset whose capacity, redundancy and layout shape the whole power architecture of the campus.

Category: Power Infrastructure  ·  Subcategory: Utility & Grid Interface  ·  Part of the AIDC Technical Terminology reference.

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