STATCOM

GE Vernova to provide grid-stabilizing technology to 50Hertz in Germany

GE Vernova Inc. announced it has secured a contract from 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, one of Germany’s four transmission system operators, to provide advanced grid-stabilizing technology with an aim to enhance the reliability of Germany’s electrical power grid as Read more

GE Vernova to supply STATCOM technology to Taiwan

    GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business, together with TECO Electric and Machinery Co (TECO), celebrated the ground-breaking of the ZhangGong Step-up Substation and the YongXing Switchyard in central Taiwan in Changhua County. The substations, owned by Taiwan Power Company, will Read more

Sterlite Power wins another ISTS scheme in Rajasthan

  Sterlite Power has won an interstate transmission system (ISTS) scheme in Rajasthan, under the tariff-based competitive bidding route. This is the second such win for Sterlite Power in recent months. The project officially termed as “Transmission system for evacuation Read more

GE’s FACTS portfolio helps customers meet complex grid challenges

  GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has won five Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) in recent months, reflecting customers’ confidence in GE’s technology to help them increase the power transfer capability and controllability of their AC grids.   In a Read more

Longest undersea tunnel in the world, reaches technical milestone with GE

  Channel Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, has reached a technological milestone with Getlink’s commissioning of a high-voltage grid solution from GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business. GE’s flexible Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) solution delivers the fast Read more

L&T Statcom | T&D India

L&T to provide Dynamic Reactive Power Compensator for Abu Dhabi substation

  The Power Transmission & Distribution (PTD) division of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won an order to provide a dynamic reactive power compensator system for a 220kV substation in Abu Dhabi. In a release, L&T said that the scope Read more

Siemens Energy | T&D India

Siemens Energy to strengthen German grid nodes with two STATCOM systems

  German transmission system operator Amprion has commissioned Siemens Energy with the construction of two SVC PLUS series static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) systems to further stabilize the German transmission power grid. The plants will be in Polsum (North Rhine-Westphalia) and Read more

Stelmec’s STATCOM technology: A big success with GETCO

This case study, authored by Amar Arsiwala, explores the impact of the installation of Static Synchronous Compensator technology at the existing 220kV substation located in Timbdi, Gujarat. The STATCOM solution Read more

Siemens to provide mobile SVC STATCOM solution to US power utility

Siemens, in a release said that was providing Dominion Energy, a subsidiary of one of the largest producers and transporters of energy in the US, with the company's first Mobile SVC STATCOM technology. The solution keeps the grid Read more