Reactive power: how does it help to manage voltage?

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Reactive power: how does it help to manage voltage?

Over the last few years, National Grid ESO has run several Pathfinders to source reactive power services on the electricity transmission network in Great Britain as they manage an increasingly complex system en route to net zero.

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Reactive power: how does it help to manage voltage?

Reactive power: how does it help to manage voltage?

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