Meet Solar’s Imaginary Friend, Reactive Power

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feature-0-1394806137907.jpg Utilities deliver both active (or real) power and reactive (or imaginary) power along their distribution lines. Real power does the actual work when you flip on a light switch.* Certain energy loads, such as motors and refrigerators, include energy storage elements that periodically need to reverse the direction of energy flow. This electric power

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    Re: Meet Solar’s Imaginary Friend, Reactive Power

    Another positive point for PV power generation, it helps balance active and reactive power, and prevent blackouts from occurring.

    Germany and other European countries have been relying on reactive support from DG (distr, generation) systems for quite a while. And FERC has long espoused the host of ancillary benefits, including reactive power, that DG can provide to create a more stable and reliable gri
     
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