Case Study
Extremoz: SVC for integration of wind power into a 230 kV grid
Extremoz: SVC for integration of wind power into a 230 kV grid A Static Var Compensator (SVC) rated at 75 Mvar inductive to 150 Mvar capacitive (-75/+150 Mvar) at 230 kV, supplied and installed by ABB, has gone into operation at the Extremoz substation belonging to Chesf, a Brazilian transmission and generation utility located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in Northeastern Brazil. This equipment is part of a transmis- sion system expans