Reactive Power Compensation Technologies: State-of-the-Art Review

By Juan W. Dixon, L. Morán, José R. Rodríguez, Ricardo Domke. Proceedings of the IEEE, 2005

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The age of multilevel converters arrives (2008, background): “Nevertheless, transformer-less applications, like photovoltaic power conversion, active filters and battery powered electric vehicles, have been reported as suitable applications [32]-[39].”
Is a 100% renewable European power system feasible by 2050? (2019, unknown): “capacitor banks, synchronous condensers) [152,153].”
Multilevel Voltage-Source-Converter Topologies for Industrial Medium-Voltage Drives (2007, background): “industry [8], grid integration of renewable-energy sources [9]– [11], reactive-power compensation [12]–[14], and other applications [15], [16].”
Electric Springs—A New Smart Grid Technology (2012, background): “(a) Simplified control schematic of series reactive power compensator for output voltage support in transmission ( regulated) [9]–[15].”
Recent Advances and Industrial Applications of Multilevel Converters (2010, background): “Among the many different technologies that are considered as FACTS are active filters (AF), static compensators (STATCOM), dynamic voltage restorers (DVR), unified power flow controllers (UPFC) and unified power quality conditioner (UPQC).”
High-power wind energy conversion systems: State-of-the-art and emerging technologies (2015, background): “The SCIG draws reactive power from the grid and to compensate for this, three-phase capacitor banks are usually employed [30], [94].”