Increasing existing grid utilisation

In many countries new transmission facilities are not permitted and transmission grids world-wide are as a consequence of load growth stressed closer to their power transfer limits. In many cases FACTS solutions appear as an attractive short term means to raise the transfer limit or to more generally enhance the reliability of the existing grid.

ABB Case Stories:

• National grid planning using FACTS, Mexico (AC)
• Assuring regional grid reliability, USA (AC)
• Relocatable SVCs in the UK (AC)