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Australia,South Africa,United Kingdom,United States : AMSC bags $9m 6 D-Var Statcom system contract

Published 19 May 2015

$9m order for 6 D-Var Statcom frameworks to unite wind ranches to grids in Australia, South Africa, UK and USA has been secured by AMSC. The requests, which were obtained in the initial 4 months of logbook year 2015, will likewise give voltage regulation.

D-Var gives dynamic voltage control, power factor correction and post-possibility responsive remuneration to balance out the power grid and forestall undesirable occasions, for example, voltage breakdown. The frameworks are required to be delivered amid the first 50% of financial year 2015.

“The first four months of calendar year 2015 were some of the strongest months we have seen for D-Var system orders,” said AMSC president and chief executive officer Daniel McGahn.

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