Brazil's Eletronorte Commissions Static Var Compensation Unit
Brazil’s Eletronorte has ordered an SVC (Static Var Compensation) solution that will help to enhance the capacity and reliability of power supplies in the Maranhão-region of North East Brazil.
ABB will design, supply, install and commission the SVC unit in São Luis, thereby boosting electricity supply through existing 230 kV transmission lines to improve voltage control and 500 kV system performance during contingencies. The new SVC unit will also control, as a master, the previously installed SVC at the São Luís II substation The project is expected to be completed by 2012. ABB has previously supplied FACTS (flexible AC transmission systems) technology to Electronorte and is also currently executing the Vilhena SVC project.
FACTS technologies help address voltage and frequency stability issues and enable the transmission system to run more efficiently.
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