元器件交易网讯 4月25日消息，据Navigant研究组报告分析，大型风能和太阳能项目快速全球扩张,加上重工业在拉丁美洲、南非快速增长，已经存在将近100年的HVAC系统无法满足需求，柔性交流输电系统（FACTS）被逐渐提上日程，预计柔性交流输电系统2022年全世界年收入将超50亿美元。

　　“FACTS可以创造性地解决一些对电网传输要求最苛刻的问题，”Navigant研究所高级研究分析师詹姆斯·麦克雷说，“这些新的分布式解决方案有巨大的潜力，能够帮助纠正像局部电压暂降，功率因数波动和闪烁等问题。”  （元器件交易网   白玉涛译）

　　以下为外文：

　　The majority of electricity transmission systems in service today are high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) systems that rely on many of the same technologies that existed at their conception more than 100 years ago. Today, however, the rapid worldwide expansion in large-scale wind and solar projects, coupled with the growth of heavy industry in Latin America, South Africa, and other regions, is providing new opportunities for flexible alternating current transmission systems (FACTS). According to a new report from Navigant Research, worldwide revenues from FACTS will surpass US$5 billion annually in 2022.

　　"Flexible AC transmission systems can be used creatively to help solve some of the most demanding transmission challenges on the power grid," said James McCray, senior research analyst with Navigant Research. "These new distributed solutions are showing tremendous potential for helping to correct problems like localized voltage sag, power factor fluctuations, and flicker."

　　FACTS include an array of complex engineered solutions, such as series compensation (SC) solutions, static volt-ampere reactive compensators (SVCs), and static synchronous compensators (STATCOMs), that can improve the reliability and stability of the high-voltage transmission grid. Additionally, the proliferation of distributed renewable resources on the grid, along with the smart grid focus on pushing distribution automation and control technologies to the edge of the grid, is driving new markets for scaled-down FACTS that can be delivered as modular, containerized solutions, the firm said.