Innovative power flow management and voltage control technologies

Driven by ever increasing energy demands, environmental constraints, deregulation and privatisation of the power supply industry, existing transmission systems are often operated and stressed to the limit and occasionally beyond the performance capability of their original design in order to maximizes asset utilisation. To ensure that under these conditions the economical, reliable and secure operation of the grid is maintained, the need for various aspects of power flow management within the power systems is becoming increasingly evident.