Electricity transmission network operators are being tasked with adding more renewable energy resources to the power grid. The use of static VAR compensators (SVCs) is growing as a means to control ...

Australian scientists have identified seven methods to prevent PV losses when overvoltage-induced inverter disconnections occur. The methods include battery storage, reactive power inverters, export ...

The static var compensator’s low-voltage bus work and equipment carries high current and should be checked periodically for connection heating. For anyone involved in the planning and management of ...

US researchers have proposed the use of solar inverters in utility-scale solar assets to replace expensive voltage compensators, in order to provide voltage support at night. They said reactive power ...

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has announced its development of the SVC-Diamond static synchronous compensator (STATCOM), a voltage source converter (VSC) shunt reactive power compensator with a modular ...

Siemens has received an order worth approximately €78 million to deliver Statcom reactive power compensation systems in the SVC Plus series for the Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL). The ...

Engr. Adekunle Awoniyi, a seasoned power system engineer, brings a wealth of experience from his tenure at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), where he worked on various projects to improve the ...

ACCORDING TO THE American Wind Energy Association, by the end of 2001, an additional 2000 MW of wind power will be added in the U.S. This new capacity includes four new wind farms of 200 MW or more ...