S&C Announces VAR Compensation System Projects Enabling Connection of Renewable Energy Plants to the Grid

CHICAGO, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- S&C Electric Company, a leader in integrating renewable energy sources into the grid, today announced three VAR compensation system projects utilizing S&C's PureWave DSTATCOM® Distributed Static Compensator. These projects include the Oaklands Hill Wind Farm in Victoria, Australia; Goat Mountain Wind Ranch near San Angelo, Texas; and Echo Wind Farms in Umatilla and Morrow County, Oregon. PureWave DSTATCOM® is a proven Smart Grid solution that plays a critical role in connecting renewable energy plants to the grid. It's a key component of S&C's cutting-edge portfolio of solutions for the intelligent grid.

PureWave DSTATCOM® provides the reactive power that's needed to compensate for the variable output of renewable energy plants. It utilizes S&C's proven power-electronics technology to offer extremely rapid response time. Its modular design allows quick installation and can control mechanically-switched capacitor or reactor banks, for cost-effective voltage regulation over wide swings in system conditions.

"S&C has extensive experience in developing systems that enable renewable energy plants to meet their grid interconnection requirements, while also maximizing plant availability," said Jim Sember, Vice President of S&C's Power Quality Products Division.

AGL Energy Limited, Australia's largest private owner, operator, and developer of renewable generation, as well as the owner of the 63-MW AGL Oaklands Hill Wind Farm in Victoria, Australia, awarded Suzlon Energy Australia a turnkey contract for delivery of the wind farm. Suzlon Energy Australia subsequently awarded S&C an order for a PureWave DSTATCOM® Distributed Static Compensator for the wind farm. The system will allow the wind plant to meet strict grid code requirements for supply of reactive power, as well as voltage control requirements.

Additionally, S&C has been awarded an order for a PureWave DSTATCOM® Distributed Static Compensator to be deployed at the 150-MW Goat Mountain Wind Ranch near San Angelo, Texas, developed and owned by Edison Mission Energy. S&C will provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the system too.

S&C also announced completion of a PureWave DSTATCOM® Distributed Static Compensator for the 64.5-MW Echo Wind Farms in Umatilla and Morrow County, Oregon, owned and operated by John Deere Wind Energy. The system will enable the wind farms to increase generation without adversely affecting the local transmission grid. The PureWave DSTATCOM® is applied in conjunction with mechanically-switched capacitor banks for a cost-effective total solution. S&C provided complete EPC services for this project as well. The system was commissioned on schedule and is now supporting the wind farms.

Wanda Reder, Vice President of S&C's Power Systems Services, noted that, "S&C has expertise in grid code compliance requirements around the world, and can deliver systems that will satisfy any grid code issue in the most effective and economical manner. S&C can offer total turnkey solutions to reactive power compensation issues."

About S&C Electric Company

S&C, headquartered in Chicago, IL, is applying its heritage of innovation to address challenges facing the world's power grids and thus shaping the future of reliable electricity delivery. The mission of employee-owned S&C is to continually develop new solutions for electricity delivery, fostering the improved efficiency and reliability required for the intelligent grid. Additional information about S&C is available at www.sandc.com.

SOURCE S&C Electric Company

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