07 Apr 2025
Flexible AC Transmission Systems
The need for the integration of more renewable energy, the increase in electricity consumption, the difficulty of building large infrastructures such as lines, generation plants and substations... These factors present a challenge for the T&D power system, which is forced to operate increasingly closer to its limits of stability.
Consequently, some of the lines become overloaded, limiting the capacity for integration of renewable energy sources on the entire network.
Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) are the solutions that have been developed to improve both the quality and efficiency of the existing power grid, optimizing its operation.
Why FACTS?
∙ To enhance controllability and increase the power transfer capability of a network.
∙ To increase the reliability of AC grids.
∙ To improve the power quality.
∙ To maximize the efficiency of the power transmission and distribution networks.
∙ To reduce power transmission and distribution costs.
∙ To defer costly investments in new grid infrastructure.
