Powersystem UK Orders S&C DSTATCOM
S&C has received an order from Powersystem UK, in Bristol, for a PureWave DSTATCOM Distributed Static Compensator for the initial phase of the 48-MW Aikengall Wind Project. S&C is a long-standing manufacturer of electric power switching and protection equipment, including the PureWave family of power-quality products. The PureWave DSTATCOM is a part of the electrical equipment order that Powersystem UK received from Cheshire-based Community Wind Ltd., who will construct, own and operate the project. Wind Prospect Ltd. of Bristol is the owners-engineer.
The +22/-14 MVAR inverter-based system, which includes transformers, a switched inductor and switched capacitor banks, will be delivered in the summer of 2008 and placed in service in the fall.
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