This unprecedented event, the most severe blackout incident in the European power system in over 20 years, also affected a ...

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 ...

FERC’s Order 827 changed the rules for wind (and some solar) power providers regarding reactive power. Read this white paper for a brief history of FERC orders related to renewables, and an overview ...

One concern some observers raise about the growth of inverter-based resources, such as solar, wind, and battery storage, supplying the power grid is that they don’t provide inertia. Inertia has ...

Low power factor reduces an electrical system’s distribution capacity by increasing current flow. Therefore, having a low power factor is inefficient and expensive. But what is power factor and what ...

EMIS has announced the availability of the TPQH3411 passive harmonic filter, designed and manufactured to provide a cost-effective solution for harmonic mitigation in power systems, while maintaining ...

Synchronous condensers provide a stable heartbeat for our power system. With the commissioning of the Līksna station — the third in Latvia — the synchronous condenser project has been concluded, ...

BESS is becoming a significant part of the energy foundation and an opportunity to develop a strong energy sector ...