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 ...

The sales of static VAR compensators (SVCs) in the United States are projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 5.4% during the forecast period. By 2034, the total ...

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 ...

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 ...

In late June 2019, in Germany, Siemens celebrated the installation of its 100th STATCOM. STATCOM is an abbreviated form of the term ’static synchronous compensator‘ — devices designed to mitigate ...

Due to changing utility infrastructure with regards to conventional generation retirement and increased levels of renewables, dynamic shunt compensation solutions (i.e. SVC, STATCOM, synchronous ...