Power Quality

95 articles

Power quality compliance and grid reliability: harmonics, THD, power factor, voltage regulation, reactive power, IEEE 519, NERC CIP standards, and measurement instruments.

All 95 News 23 Analysis 27 Regulatory 28 Products 14 Research 3

All Harmonics (THD) 16 Power Factor 17 Standards & Compliance 104 Voltage & Reactive Power 71

Analysis Power Electronics Solid State Transformers Standards & Compliance

Industrial DC Processes Are an Underdeveloped Solid-State Transformer Market: Electric Arc Furnaces, Chlor-Alkali Electrolysis, and Hydrogen Electrolysers

Marin Holt May 11, 2026

4 sources DC electric arc furnaces, chlor-alkali plants, and hydrogen electrolysers are the largest and least-covered SST market Read More

Power Electronics Research SiC & GaN Power Semiconductors Standards & Compliance

Solid-State Transformer End-of-Life: Why Recycling MPPF Capacitors and SiC Devices Is Harder Than Recycling Iron-Core Transformers

Marin Holt May 9, 2026

4 sources MPPF capacitors and SiC devices in SSTs need specialized processing to recycle -- a gap that Read More

Energy Storage Power Electronics Research Solar + Storage Integration Solid State Transformers Voltage & Reactive Power

Solid-State Transformers Integrate Battery Storage Through Multiport Architectures: NREL’s Dispatch and Control Research

Marin Holt May 8, 2026

3 sources Multiport SST architectures couple BESS, PV, and grid via DC ports, cutting conversion stages and round-trip Read More

Data Centers Grid Capacity Grid Connection & Reliability Regulatory Standards & Compliance

Oregon Orders Data Centers to Pay 100%

Marin Holt May 8, 2026

3 sources Oregon's POWER Act from June 10, 2026 requires loads above 20 MW to fund distribution expansion, with a 1 cent/Read More

Power Electronics Research Solid State Transformers Voltage & Reactive Power

Grid-Forming Solid-State Transformers and the Virtual Synchronous

Marin Holt May 7, 2026

4 sources Grid-forming SSTs using virtual synchronous machine control provide inertia and voltage support that grid-following inverters lack Read More

Power Electronics Research SiC & GaN Power Semiconductors Voltage & Reactive Power

Solid-State Transformers for Direct Offshore Wind Turbine Grid

Marin Holt May 6, 2026

4 sources Conventional offshore wind chain: turbine iron-core + inter-array AC + offshore substation + HVAC/HVDC to shore, 4-8% losses. Read More

Analysis Microgrids Power Electronics Solid State Transformers Voltage & Reactive Power

Solid-State Transformers Make Intentional Microgrid Islanding

Marin Holt May 5, 2026

4 sources Conventional islanding requires separate switchgear + controller cabinet + protective relaying coordination. SST input AC-DC converter can disconnect Read More

Power Electronics Research Solid State Transformers Standards & Compliance

Solid-State Transformer Cybersecurity: The New Attack Surface Under Active Power Electronics on the Distribution Grid

Marin Holt May 4, 2026

3 sources Conventional iron-core transformers have no cyber attack surface; SSTs introduce a software + network control plane. Attack Read More

Policy & Markets Power Quality Regulatory Standards & Compliance

NERC Issues Rare Level 3 Alert After 1

Marin Holt May 4, 2026

5 sources The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) issued a rare Level 3 Essential Actions alert on May 4, 2026, Read More

Power Electronics Product Solid State Transformers Standards & Compliance

PSCAD, RTDS, and MATLAB Simulink: The Simulation Tools Behind Every Commercial Solid-State Transformer Product

Marin Holt May 3, 2026

4 sources Three dominant simulation tools: PSCAD/EMTDC (EMT), RTDS (real-time hardware-in-loop), MATLAB Simulink (control algorithms). PSCAD model Read More