Conference Agenda

Session

B4-6: FACTS - Application, Design, Control and Performance

Time:

Wednesday, 01/Oct/2025:

1:30pm - 3:30pm

Location: Room 518BC

Session Topics:

B4 DC systems and power electronics

This session addresses various topics of FACTS devices.

Presentations

1:30pm - 1:45pm

Riverton STATCOM: Grid-Forming Controls for a Robust Solution Under Changing System Conditions

Christian Winter¹, Jessica Marshik¹, Heinrich Von Geymueller², Mateusz Gietz², Joanne Hu³, Bruno Bisewski³

¹Minnesota Power, United States of America; ²Siemens Energy, Germany; ³RBJ Engineering, Canada

1:45pm - 2:00pm

First Hybrid STATCOM Reactive Compensator on Hydro-Québec 735 kV Transmission System. Design, EMT Studies and Special Control Features.

Marc-Antoine Légaré¹, Dany Fortin¹, Mohamad Alawie¹, Georg Pilz², Lukas Friess², Daniel Paul², Colin Clark³

¹Hydro-Québec, Canada; ²Siemens Energy, Germany; ³Siemens Energy, Canada

2:00pm - 2:15pm

Engineering Experience of MMC based Static Synchronous Condenser (MMC-SSC) with Grid Forming Capability

Nannan Wang, Rundong Lv, Chong Wang, Shunke Sui, Xiuda Ma

NR Electric Co., Ltd., China, People's Republic of

2:15pm - 2:30pm

A new STATCOM topology equipped with short-time energy storage and Grid Forming control for HV network voltage and frequency regulation

Gianluca Postiglione, Massimiliano Andreotti, Moreno Ripamonti, Claudio Finotti, Giovanni Borghetti, Oriol Gomis, Eduardo Prieto, Vinicius Albenraz Lacerda

Nidec Conversion, Italy

2:30pm - 2:45pm

Genetically Optimised Feedback Linearizing Control for STATCOM

Boniface CHIA¹, Stella MORRIS², P.K. Dash³

¹Sarawak Energy Berhad, Malaysia; ²University Tunku Abdul Rahman; ³Siksha “O” Anusandhan University

2:45pm - 3:00pm

Application of STATCOM as a countermeasure for increasing the number of Switchgear openings and closings for the Reactive Power Supplier in the Hida-Shinano FC

Yuji Aihara, Shigenori Kakuno, Masahito Kaneko, Masanori Takechi

TEPCO Power Grid, Inc., Japan

3:00pm - 3:15pm

Improved STATCOM Ride-Through Performance in presence of GIC

Ardavan Mohammadhassani¹, Mark McVey¹, Zhibo Wang², Sugiyama Hironori³, Seo Hiroki³

¹Dominion Energy, United States of America; ²MEPPI, United States of America; ³MELCO, Japan

3:15pm - 3:30pm

Analytical Modelling and Measurement of Magnetic Flux in SVC Installations: A Case Study from Konjsko Substation

Ante Soldo¹, Silvestar Šesnić², Tonko Garma², Boris Avramović¹

¹The independent Transmission System Operator in Croatia, Croatia (HOPS); ²University of Split, Croatia (FESB)