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large motor starts and voltage flicker. To this end, the company offers the following services:
AMSC’s reactive power products are a • Design and supply of specialised harmonic filters of all kinds
cost-effective solution versus traditional • Automatically switched multi-step medium voltage bulk power factor correction systems
transmission and distribution upgrades • FACTS devices including SVCs, STATCOMs, and so on.
and are flexible and customisable to meet • Active filters
client requirements. • PCB capacity or replacement/refurbishment programmes
AMSC’s network planning team is • Distribution compensation solutions including pole-top shunt banks, ground mounted
proficient on all the major utility modeling mobile shunt banks and unconventional substation compensation schemes
software (including Eskom) and can work • Individual motor unit capacitors
with you to analyse your system and • Spare or replacement capacitors
come up with cost effective solutions to • Air-cored and iron cored filter reactors
strengthen your power and energy portfolio. • High voltage damping/filter resistors
AMSC’s D-VAR STATCOMs and • Current limiting, fault limiting or neutral earthing reactors (NERs)
D-SVCs have been the preferred reactive • Switchgear and integrated control and protection systems for capacitor banks including
power solution in many wind and solar retro-fitments and upgrading of automatic control and protection schemes
farms, transmission and distribution • Maintenance, refurbishing and upgrading of all reactive power compensation schemes
utilities, various mines, semiconductor chip including the outsourcing of routine maintenance
manufacturing facilities and other industrial • Remote system monitoring and automated fault annunciation and call-out schemes
applications, with more than 215 systems • Automated remote-check metering schemes, utility billing audits and tariff impact studies
sold throughout the world.
Reactive Power also maintains Reactive Power takes pride in creating customer satisfaction and providing projects on
outstanding relationships with its sub- time and within budget. It treasures its relationships with its clients and strives to constantly
suppliers, resulting in certain benefits exceed their expectations thereby guaranteeing successful projects. The company also
which are passed onto its clients. This appreciates its many returning customers who have helped it to expand and succeed. n
is particularly useful when fast delivery
or unusual designs are required for any Contact Kevin Talbot, Reactive Power, Tel 011 708 0044 or 082 380-3033,
particular solution. kevin@reactivepower.com

33 kV STATCOM with capacitor banks

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