Flow of power: A solar charge controller manages the flow of power from a solar panel to a backup battery, preventing too much energy from flooding the battery.

Power Flow Controller (PFC): A device used to modulate and direct power flows within both AC and DC grid systems. Adaptive Droop Control: ...

UNION CITY, Calif., Nov. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has awarded a five-year framework agreement to power flow control technology company, Smart Wires ...

Better power flow control through software is just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to preparing the grid for high levels of variable renewable energy, says J. Charles Smith, the executive ...

Installing power flow controllers allows the NGET to provide an electricity system operator with the tools to quickly reduce the congestion that limits renewable generation, with minimal impact on ...

Georgia Power, the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, currently operates PowerLine Guardians on its transmission network in Atlanta. The devices were first piloted in 2013 and have for the past ...

BP Energy Partners led a $65 million investment in Smart Wires in a bet that the provider of power-flow control systems will benefit from utilities’ desperate need to increase grid capacity.

The design specifies the TPS25751 PD controller and a BQ25756 wide-input-voltage, switched-mode buck-boost battery charger with bidirectional power-flow support.

References [1] Enlarged operational area of an Interline DC power flow controller via adaptive droop control for Multi-Terminal HVDC systems. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy ...