STATCOM

Hitachi Energy and TransnetBW make German grid fit for future

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Feb 15, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi Energy has signed a major order with German state-owned transmission system operator, TransnetBW to enable the expansion of renewable energy and stabilization of the grid.

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  • ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Feb 15, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi Energy has signed a major order with German state-owned transmission system operator, TransnetBW to enable the expansion of renewable energy and stabilization of the grid.
  • Seated from left to right: Dr. Rainer Pflaum, CFO TransnetBW, Dr. Werner Gtz, CEO TransnetBW, Pascal Daleiden, Country Managing Director Hitachi Energy Austria, Germany and Switzerland, and Stefan Habild, Business Unit Manager Grid Integration, Hitachi Energy Germany AG [Source: TransnetBW]
    Hitachi Energy will supply two Enhanced STATCOM1 stations with the next-generation grid stabilization technology, SVC Light Enhanced, to enable TransnetBW to improve power quality in the transmission grid, which supplies power to 11 million people and numerous industries.
  • "As the pioneering technology leader, we are proud to support TransnetBW to safeguard the success of their energy transition," said Niklas Persson, Managing Director of Hitachi Energy's Grid Integration business.
  • "Hitachi Energy's power quality solutions enable grid operators to dampen the destabilizing effects of renewable energy and expand transmission capacity without building new lines.

Power Integrations Launches Gate Drivers for 62 mm SiC and IGBT Modules with Fast Short-Circuit Protection

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
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Power Integrations (NASDAQ: POWI ), the leader in gate-driver technology for medium- and high-voltage inverter applications, today announced a new family of plug-and-play gate drivers for 62 mm silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFET and silicon IGBT modules rated up to 1700 V, with enhanced protection features to ensure safe, reliable operation.

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  • Power Integrations (NASDAQ: POWI ), the leader in gate-driver technology for medium- and high-voltage inverter applications, today announced a new family of plug-and-play gate drivers for 62 mm silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFET and silicon IGBT modules rated up to 1700 V, with enhanced protection features to ensure safe, reliable operation.
  • SCALE™-2 2SP0230T2x0 dual-channel gate drivers deploy short-circuit protection in less than two microseconds, protecting the compact SiC MOSFETs against damaging over-currents.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231212761894/en/
    Power Integrations launches gate drivers for 62 mm SiC and IGBT modules with fast short-circuit protection, rated for 1200 V and 1700 V applications.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    Thorsten Schmidt, product marketing manager at Power Integrations, commented: “The 2SP0230T2x0 gate drivers are flexible; the same hardware can be used to drive either SiC MOSFET or IGBT modules.

New collaboration to implement grid-friendly power supply system, the next evolution in electric steelmaking

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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Active Power Feeder is projected to be ready for operation under industrial production conditions at EAF plants by 2025.

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  • Active Power Feeder is projected to be ready for operation under industrial production conditions at EAF plants by 2025.
  • Active Power Feeder is a key technology for green electric steelmaking.
  • Thanks to Active Power Feeder, the power supply system will operate maintaining high power quality – at a level that meets the requirements of power utility companies.
  • Moreover, Active Power Feeder can compensate also for the extra strain put on the power supply system if an additional ladle furnace is introduced.

Mitsubishi Electric Receives Order for Taiwan's First STATCOM for Power Stabilization

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Friday, May 26, 2023
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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that its Taipei-based affiliate Shihlin Electric & Engineering Corporation has received an order from Taiwan Power Company for Taiwan's first static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) for power grid stabilization.

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  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that its Taipei-based affiliate Shihlin Electric & Engineering Corporation has received an order from Taiwan Power Company for Taiwan's first static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) for power grid stabilization.
  • STATCOMs are devices that control and stabilize voltage in power systems by instantly providing reactive power.
  • The STATCOM from Mitsubishi Electric will be delivered to the Nanke Substation in Tainan and installed in a substation designed to blend in with its surrounding landscape and community.
  • Taiwan Power highly evaluated Mitsubishi Electric's extra-reliable, high-performance insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) integrated with the STATCOM, as well as Shihlin Electric's experience in delivering and constructing substations, which led the utility to place Taiwan's first order for a STATCOM.

Mitsubishi Electric Receives Order for ±700MVA STATCOM Aimed at Stabilizing Power Grid in Northeast Japan

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Technology, Utilities, Manufacturing, Energy, Other Manufacturing, Hardware, Iwate Prefecture, Mitsubishi Electric, Israel Electric Corporation, STATCOM, Carbon, Electric power

The STATCOM is expected to be operational by the end of 2031.

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  • The STATCOM is expected to be operational by the end of 2031.
  • The ongoing introduction of renewable energy generation in northeastern Japan's power grid will contribute to carbon neutrality, but will also make it more difficult to maintain a stable power supply.
  • STATCOMs are devices that control and stabilize power voltage in a power system by instantly providing reactive power.
  • Mitsubishi Electrics' STATCOM supports power-oscillation damping and harmonic voltage suppression based on technologies that have been optimized through extensive testing.

Canadian Solar Announces Commercial Operation of Three Solar Projects in Japan Totaling 42 MWp

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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GUELPH, ON, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company," or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ) announced today that three of its solar power projects in Japan, Oita Kitsuki, Gunma Takasaki, and Yamaguchi Hofu, totaling 42 MWp, reached commercial operation in the first quarter of 2023.

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  • GUELPH, ON, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company," or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ) announced today that three of its solar power projects in Japan, Oita Kitsuki, Gunma Takasaki, and Yamaguchi Hofu, totaling 42 MWp, reached commercial operation in the first quarter of 2023.
  • "We are delighted to be part of the green transformation that Japan is going through with these additions to our portfolio.
  • On the other hand, the Gunma Takasaki and Yamaguchi Hofu projects were awarded FITs via the solar auction held in 2018.
  • We now have over 518 MWp of utility-scale projects in operation or under construction, and two partnership platforms in Canadian Solar Infrastructure Fund (TSE: 9284) and Japan Green Infrastructure Fund .

Channel Tunnel, the Longest Undersea Tunnel in the World, Reaches a Technological Grid Milestone With GE

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
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Today the Channel Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, reached a technological milestone with Getlink ’s commissioning of a high-voltage grid solution from GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business [NYSE:GE].

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  • Today the Channel Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, reached a technological milestone with Getlink ’s commissioning of a high-voltage grid solution from GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business [NYSE:GE].
  • The STATCOM solution, developed by GE and adapted to the Channel Tunnel in collaboration with Eurostar , supports voltage stability, grid resilience, and enhanced power transfer capability.
  • “Faithful to its pioneering spirit, the Channel Tunnel welcomes the world's largest and most powerful STATCOM solution in a railway environment.
  • GE’s STATCOM technology will enable the Channel Tunnel infrastructure to remain in place for the long term.

Hitachi Energy awarded major orders to integrate two large offshore wind farms with Poland’s power grid

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Monday, January 9, 2023
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Hitachi Energy will provide each of the two wind farms with an offshore grid connection that will receive the power from the wind turbines and transfer it to shore, a mainland grid connection that will transmit the power into the national transmission system, and a STATCOM power quality solution to ensure that power flows reliably and stably at optimal capacity and at all times, despite the often high variability of wind power.

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  • Hitachi Energy will provide each of the two wind farms with an offshore grid connection that will receive the power from the wind turbines and transfer it to shore, a mainland grid connection that will transmit the power into the national transmission system, and a STATCOM power quality solution to ensure that power flows reliably and stably at optimal capacity and at all times, despite the often high variability of wind power.
  • MFW Baltyk II and MFW Baltyk III are pending a final investment decision in 2024, and are scheduled to deliver first power in 2027.
  • The government aims to have around 11 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity either operational or under development by 20271.
  • The announcement follows a recent global agreement between Hitachi Energy and Equinor to collaborate on high-voltage transmission systems (AC and DC) to connect Equinor offshore wind farms and production facilities to mainland power grids worldwide.

Idenergy Unveils Solution to Integrate More DERs onto the Grid

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Saturday, May 21, 2022
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Made exclusively for and controlled by utilities, the innovative IDESTATCOMs controls local voltage by injecting or absorbing reactive power into the grid following a volt-var curve algorithm.

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  • Made exclusively for and controlled by utilities, the innovative IDESTATCOMs controls local voltage by injecting or absorbing reactive power into the grid following a volt-var curve algorithm.
  • They are intended to be installed on the utility pole in parallel with the last distribution transformer serving a neighborhood.
  • Many electrical utilities, in North America and throughout the world, find themselves unable to cope with unwanted voltage fluctuations, termed "voltage violations", due to DERs.
  • The market for this type of solution is huge and estimated to represent one billion dollars annually in the U.S. over the next 30 years.

Global Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems Market to 2031 - Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecasts - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Thursday, April 14, 2022
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Global Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems Market Value (US$ Mn) Analysis, by Compensation Type

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  • Global Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems Market Value (US$ Mn) Analysis, by Compensation Type
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  • Global Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems Market Value (US$ Mn) Forecast, by Shunt Compensation, 2020-2031
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  • Global Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems Market Value (US$ Mn) Forecast, by Static VAR Compensation (SVC), 2020-2031
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  • Global Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems Market Value (US$ Mn) Forecast, by Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM), 2020-2031
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