German power grid operator to invest Eur180 million to offset loss of inertia

摘要

German transmission system operator Amprion is to investEur180 million ($236 million) in two static synchronous compensatorsystems (STATCOM) to help stabilize the power grid as conventionalplant closures increase the so-called loss of inertia risk amid risingvolatility from renewables, it said April 20.Siemens Energy is to build two systems at Polsum (North Rhine-Westphalia) and Rheinau (Baden-Wuerttemberg), it said.