A new project to provide inertia across the UK's electricity grid has gone live at the Lister Drive Greener Grid Park in Liverpool. Featuring two ABB synchronous condensers, the facility is designed to replicate the inertia provided by turbines at coal and gas-fired plants. This inertia maintains the correct frequency and voltage across electricity grids, so an alternative source must be installed as thermal generation is replaced by renewable sources that provide no inertia.
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