Question

Difference between STATCOM and SVC?

Answer 1

Difference between STATCOM and SVC:

STATCOM	SVC
Faster	Slower than STATCOM
Cost is high	Cost is low
Higher losses	Less losses
Better characteristics	Not good as STATCOM
Constant current characteristics	Capacitive reactive current drops linearly
Interfaced with real power sources like battery, Fuel cell or SMES.	Not Interfaced with real power sources like battery, Fuel cell or SMES.
Smaller in size	Larger in size
Controllable voltage source	Dynamically controlled reactance

Answer 2

STATCOM vs SVC