First in Canada, Night and Day Field Demonstration of a New Photovoltaic Solar-Based Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) Device PV-STATCOM for Stabilizing Critical Induction Motor

Photovoltaic (PV) solar farms are typically dormant at nighttime with their entire expensive assets unused. This paper presents the first in Canada (and perhaps first in the world) utility demonstration of a novel nighttime and daytime technology of utilizing PV solar farm as a dynamic reactive powe...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rajiv K. Varma, Ehsan M. Siavashi, Sibin Mohan, Tim Vanderheide
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8796371/