FERC’s Order 827 changed the rules for wind (and some solar) power providers regarding reactive power. Read this white paper for a brief history of FERC orders related to renewables, and an overview ...
As the energy transition to inverter-based resources continues, reliability risk increases and requires additional investment to mitigate threats. But what measures should be put in place, what are ...
Your utility Power Factor is the ratio of the system’s Real Power and the Apparent Power (Eq. 1, Fig. 1). This unitless factor ranges from −1 to 1. The Power Factor ratio aptly describes the type of ...
Low power factor reduces an electrical system’s distribution capacity by increasing current flow. Therefore, having a low power factor is inefficient and expensive. But what is power factor and what ...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission acted arbitrarily when it approved a proposal from Midcontinent Independent System ...
Synchronous condensers provide a stable heartbeat for our power system. With the commissioning of the Līksna station — the third in Latvia — the synchronous condenser project has been concluded, ...
In the UAE, the company will design, supply, and build two 300MVAr STATCOM systems at existing 400kV substations to provide dynamic reactive power compensation.