US Patent Issued on Aug. 18 for "Use of distributed generator (DG) inverters as STATCOMs for decreasing line losses" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,780, issued on Aug. 18.

"Use of distributed generator (DG) inverters as STATCOMs for decreasing line losses" was invented by Rajiv Kumar Varma (London, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides systems, methods, and devices relating to the provision of system-wide coordinated control voltage regulation support in power transmission and distribution networks using multiple inverter based power generation or absorption facilities, which are coupled to the power transmission and distribution networks for minimizing transmission and distribution line losses and for performing Conservation Voltage Reduction. The inventi...