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| ABB commissions world’s largest SVC Light installation in Santiago Swiss engineering group ABB has successfully commissioned the world's largest SVC Light (static var compensator) installation in Santiago, working in close collaboration with Transelec, Chile's leading power transmission utility. SVC Light is a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM), essentially a high-performance power regulating device that uses IGBTs (insulated-gate bipolar transistors) to keep grid voltages stable, improve power quality and enable instant response to grid disturbances. IGBTs are power semiconductor devices that enable high efficiency and fast switching. The 65/+140 MVAr (megavolts amperes reactive) rating makes this STATCOM solution the largest installation of its kind in the world. The solution is part of ABB's family of FACTS (flexible alternating current transmission systems) technologies that enhance the capacity, security and flexibility of power transmission systems, and make an important contribution to the evolution of smarter grids. FACTS technologies allow more power to reach consumers with minimal environmental impact, lower investment costs and shorter implementation times. Increasing the capacity of existing power networks, helps avoid building new power plants or transmission lines. These technologies also address voltage and stability issues and enable more efficient electricity transmission. ABB is a global leader in the growing field of FACTS, with about 800 such installations in operation or under construction across the world. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |