2. STATCOM
• Faster
• Cost is high
• Higher losses
• Better characteristics
• Constant current
characteristics
• Interfaced with real
power sources like
battery, Fuel cell or
SMES.
• Smaller in size
• Controllable voltage
source
SVC
• Slower than STATCOM
• Cost is low
• Less losses
• Not good as STATCOM
• Capacitive reactive
current drops linearly
• Not Interfaced with real
power sources like
battery, Fuel cell or
SMES.
• Larger in size
• Dynamically controlled
reactance