AMSC announces $20 M of D-VAR® system orders
US: AMSC, a global energy solutions provider serving power grid and wind industry leaders, announced $20 million of D-VAR® STATCOM system orders.
US: AMSC, a global energy solutions provider serving power grid and wind industry leaders, announced $20 million of D-VAR® STATCOM system orders.
Most of the orders pertain to the renewable energy sector in the U.S. followed by a few orders serving the industrial power quality sector. These D-VAR systems are expected to provide voltage regulation by dynamically responding to varying load conditions while connecting wind power plants to the electric grid.
Customers utilize AMSC’s D-VAR solutions to provide dynamic voltage control, power factor correction, and reactive compensation to stabilize the power grid and prevent undesirable events such as voltage collapse. The D-VAR system is designed to be able to detect and instantaneously compensate for voltage disturbances by dynamically injecting leading or lagging reactive power into the power grid.
D-VAR reactive compensation systems are classified as Static Compensators, or “STATCOMs,” a member of the FACTS (Flexible AC-Transmission System) family of power electronic solutions for alternating current (AC) power grids.
Source: Yahoo Finance