On November 18, 2021, FERC issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking comments on reactive power capability compensation and market design. (Link to NOI here). Reactive power is a critical component of ...

It hasn’t been that long since humans figured out how to create power grids that integrated multiple generators and consumers. Ever since AC won the battle of the currents, grid operators have had to ...

As global power grids transition from centralized fossil-based generation to decentralized, renewable sources, system stability has become a critical challenge. The phasing ...

As more wind and solar generation is added to the power grid and large coal and nuclear plants are retired, a reduction in reactive power is becoming a concern. Underutilized gas and steam turbines ...

On June 16, 2016, FERC issued Order No. 827, which requires transmission-owning public utilities to revise their open access transmission tariffs to establish reactive power requirements for new ...

Dublin, March 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Synchronous Condenser Market Forecast to 2027 - COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis By Cooling Type, Reactive Power Rating, Starting Method, and ...

WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Jan. 30, 2003 — American Superconductor Corp., a global supplier of superconductor products and power electronic converters to the electric power industry, introduced its new line ...

As more renewable energy sources and battery storage units are specified and incorporated into power systems, consultant specifying engineers are faced with many challenges that could impact the ...

Fundamentally, electrical power is developed, delivered, and consumed as voltage and current. In a simple direct current (DC) device such as a flashlight, the power (the brightness of the bulb) is the ...

AT THIS POINT, there is no telling when the Department of Energy will issue its final report detailing the cause(s) of the August 14 blackout. However, according to an initial blackout report by the U ...

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 ...