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Power Capacitors
and Capacitor Banks

Selected Projects
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Capacitors
for the World
In 2009, Siemens extended its product
portfolio to deliver high-voltage power
capacitors and capacitor banks to cus
tomers worldwide. These products and
systems fulfill the highest electrical and
mechanical requirements; they are used
forthemost diversified applications and
can be operated under the most stringent
environmental conditions.
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Siemens High Voltage Power Capacitors do

notonly enhance the transmission capacity
orthe network stability, but also contribute
toeconomic growth and enable a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
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Other selected projects
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Selected Projects
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HVDC Hudson
USA
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SVC Bout-de-lle
Canada
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HVDC Adani
India
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HVDC Estlink 2
Finland & Estonia
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HVDC Black Sea
Georgia
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FSC Tucuru-Manaus
Brazil
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MSCDN Lincs Wind Farm
UK
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MSCDN Dudgeon Wind Farm
UK
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High Voltage MSC
Brazil
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SVC Sapeau
Brazil
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HVDC Hudson
USA
Technical Data
In May 2011, Hudson Transmission Partners, LLC awarded

acontract to Siemens to connect the power supply networks of New Jersey and New York using a660MW backto-back HVDC system that will contribute tothestabilization of the connected systems, a key b
enefitin the event
ofgrid disturbances or blackouts.
The capacitor plant in Brazil supplied 18 single-phase,
high-voltage AC filter banks (internally fused technology)
and 36 single-phase, medium-voltage AC filter banks
(C2/C3and C4-type, unfused technology) for this HVDC
system, providing unit outputs larger than 1.0Mvar for
thefirst time.
Location
West 49th Street
Total rated power
1.3 Gvar
Unit output
122 to 1,019 kvar
Bank voltages
8.4 to 244.7 kV
Rated unit voltages
7.2 to 17.7 kV
Quantity of units
1,524
Technology
Internally fused
and unfused
Supply date
May 2012
Temperature
category
30/+40 C
22/+104 F
SVC Bout-de-lle
Canada
Technical Data
In February 2013, the capacitor plant in Brazil supplied

twothree-phase, single tunned filter capacitor banks,
twothree-phase, thyristor-switched capacitor banks and
surge capacitors. These capacitor banks were designed
tosupport ahigh seismic requirement (0.45g) and a
verylow temperature (40 C).
STFand TSC capacitors units were designed with internally
fused technology and surge capacitors with unfused technology. Type and special tests were performed according
toCAN/CSA 60871:03 to assure design is able towithstand environmental and electrical requirements.
Location
Poste du Bout-de-lle,
Montreal
Total rated power
1,400 Mvar
Unit output
922 to 934 kvar (TSC and

STF) and 0.2 F (surge)
Bank voltages
28 to 36.5 kV
Rated unit voltages
7.1 to 9.1 kV (TSC and STF)

and 17.5 kV (surge)
Quantity of units
1,602
Technology
Internally fused
and unfused
Supply date
2013
Temperature
category
40/+40 C
40/+104 F
HVDC Adani
India
Technical Data
The HVDC system operated by Adani Power Ltd. has a

transmission capacity of 2,500 MW and provides low-loss
energy transmission over a distance of approximately
960km, from the port of Mundra located on the west
coastto the industrial regions in the Haryana state.
The AC filters for this HVDC system represent the first large
order for the capacitor factory in Jundia, which delivered
the first units to India only six months after the official
inauguration in December 2009. The total installed output
of the 54 single-phase, high-voltage AC filters wasclose
to4,000 Mvar and the total number of units supplied
was4,840 (including spare parts).
Locations
Mundra and
Mohindergarh S/S
Total rated power
3.7 Gvar
Unit output
815.6 to 852.0 kvar
Bank voltages
280.3 to 294.8 kV
Rated unit voltages
7.8 to 9.7 kV
Quantity of units
4,840
Technology
Internally fused
Supply date
August 2010
Temperature
category
5/+50 C
+23/+122 F
HVDC Estlink 2
Finland & Estonia
Technical Data
In December 2010, Fingrid and Elering awarded the

contract for the Estlink 2 Converter Stations to Siemens,
using a HVDC Transmission System with a transmission
capacity of650 megawatts at a DC voltage of 450kilovolts.
The Siemens capacitor factory in Brazil supplied a total
of24 single-phase, high-voltage AC filter banks (C1-type)
using internally fused and fuseless technology and
36single-phase, medium-voltage AC filter banks (C2/
C3-type unfused technology).
Locations
Anttila and Puessi

substations
Total rated power
1.17 Gvar
Unit output
113 to 849 kvar
Bank voltages
6.1 to 325.5 kV
Rated unit voltages
3.0 to 19.2 kV
Quantity of units
1,878
Technology
Internally fused, fuseless

and unfused
Supply date
August 2012
Temperature
category
40/+40 C
40/+104 F
HVDC Black Sea

Georgia
Technical Data
In August 2010, Energotrans Ltd. awarded a contract

toSiemens for 350 MW back-to-back HVDC systems in
Georgia. The HVDC converter station will connect the
networks in Georgia and Turkey via two back-to-back
links.
The capacitor plant in Brazil supplied 27 single-phase,
high-voltage AC filter banks (internally fused technology)
and 36 single-phase, medium-voltage AC filter banks
(C2and C3-type, unfused technology) for this HVDC
system located at an altitude of 1,100 meters above
sealevel in a seismic region.
Location
Akhaltsikhe substation
Total rated power
1.26 Gvar
Unit output
220 to 722 kvar
Bank voltages
60.7 to 354.6 kV
Rated unit voltages
9.3 to 18 kV
Quantity of units
2,237
Technology
Internally fused
and unfused
Supply date
August 2011
Temperature
category
25/+50 C
13/+122 F
FSC Tucuru-Manaus
Brazil
Technical Data
Siemens was awarded the FACTS systems forthe 1,800km

(>1,000 miles) long 500 kV high-voltage transmission line
connecting the T
ucuru Hydro Power Plant with the city
ofManaus in 2010. The scope of the project included a
total of 18 fixed series capacitors located at five different
substations in the Amazon forest.
The capacitor factory in Jundia was responsible for the
supply of all the capacitors for this project, which, at the
time, was considered to bethe largest FACTS project ever
executed worldwide.
Locations
Five substations along

the Tucuru-Manaus
transmission line
Total rated power
6.8 Gvar
Unit output
743.8 to 825.4 kvar
Bank voltage
500 kV
Rated unit voltages
6.3 to 7.1 kV
Quantity of units
8,496
Technology
Internally fused
Supply date
2010 2012
Temperature
category
5/+50 C
+23/+122 F
MSCDN Lincs
Wind Farm UK
Technical Data
The Lincs project, owned by Lincs Wind Farm Ltd. is located

in the Greater Wash Wind Farm Park, England and generates a capacity of 270 MW. The energy generated offshore
is transferred to the grid via the Walpole Onshore Sub
station located in Norfolk Country. Siemens was awarded
the contract for the construction of the onshore substation
in 2010. The Siemens high-voltage capacitor plant provided
a total of six single-phase capacitor banks for the 132kVMSCDN, comprised of fuseless C1 and C2 banks, with a
total installed rating of 246.3 Mvar, as well as six singlephase banks with internally fused capacitors for the
13.9kVMSC, with a total output of 145.7 Mvar.
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Location
Walpole substation
Total rated power
392 Mvar
Unit output
180 to 867 kvar
Bank voltages
132 and 13.9 kV
Rated unit voltages
4.3 to 11.8 kV
Quantity of units
576
Technology
Internally fused
and fuseless
Supply date
April 2011
Temperature
category
25/+40 C
13/+104 F
MSCDN Dudgeon
Wind Farm UK
Technical Data
The Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Project is located in

theNorth Sea, approximately 32km off the UK coast at
Cromer, Norfolk. The wind farm generates a total capacity
of402MW. This power is collected at 33kV by an ACoffshore substation platform, before being exported to shore
at 132kV. In 2015, Siemens was awarded the contract to
supply capacitor banks for two 132 kV MSCDNs located
inthe Necton Onshore Substation. In total, there are six
single-phase capacitor banks, comprised of internally fused
C1 capacitors and unfused C2 capacitors. Duetoextremely
low sound pressure requirements, thecapacitor units were
specially designed and the banksweresupplied with sound
damping hoods.
Location
Necton Substation
Total rated power
103.68 Mvar
Unit output
233.5 and 396.9 kvar
Bank voltages
8.51 and 96.03 kV
Rated unit voltages
4.25 and 9.60 kV
Quantity of units
276
Technology
Internally fused
and unfused
Supply date
2015
Temperature
category
25/+40 C
13/+104 F
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High Voltage MSC

Brazil
Technical Data
In June 2011, a transmission company from ISA Group

awarded a contract to Siemens for two high-voltage shunt
capacitor banks. In September 2012, this same company
awarded another contract to Siemens to supply two
additional high-voltage shunt capacitor banks. These four
high-voltage shunt capacitor banks were identical and
theywere installed in two substations located in So Paulo
State, Brazil, to supply reactive power to growing energy
demand in the largest industrial and most populous state
inBrazil.
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Locations
ISA Group Substations,

located in So Paulo State
Total rated power
123.8 Mvar
Unit output
754.7 kvar
Bank voltage
92.5 kV
Rated unit voltage
7.62 kV
Quantity of units
168
Technology
Internally fused
Supply date
2011 and 2013
Temperature
category
10/+40 C
+14/+104 F
SVC Sapeau
Brazil
Technical Data
Siemens was selected to supply the SVC system in the

Sapeacu Substation, located in Bahia State, Brazil. In
December 2012, the capacitor plant in Brazil supplied
twothree-phase, single-tunned filter capacitor banks (STF),
two three-phase, thyristor-switched capacitor banks (TSC)
and surge capacitors. The STF and TSC capacitor units were
designed with internally fused technology, and the surge
capacitors were designed with unfused technology.
Location
Bahia State
Total rated power
587.9 Mvar
Unit output
917.3 to 999.8 kvar

(TSC and STF) and
0.2 F (surge)
Bank voltages
18.1 to 18.2 kV
Rated unit voltages
6.1 to 9.1 kV (TSC and STF)

and 12 kV (surge)
Quantity of units
772
Technology
Internally fused
and unfused
Supply date
2012
Temperature
category
5/+55 C
+23/+131 F
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Project
Customer/
Country/
Year
Scope
Pulp & Paper

Plant
Pulp & Paper

Industry
Brazil
2014
9 x 36.2 kV Harmonic
Filters (F)
129 x 36.2 kV Surge
Capacitor Banks (S)
Technical Data
Total rated power 73 Mvar

Unit output 300 to 800 kvar (F)
and 0.4 F (S)
Bank voltages 44 kV (F) and 34.5 kV (S)
Unit voltages 12.7 kV (F) and 17.25 kV (S)
Quantity of units 366
HVDC WATL
MSCDN 400 kV
AltaLink
Canada
2013
RTE
France
2013 to 2015
36 x HV single-phase
AC filter banks;
60 x MV single-phase
AC f ilter banks;
6 x HV single-phase
shunt banks
Total rated power 3,045 Mvar
20 x MSCDN (Type
150Mvar 380 kV)
Unit output 122.9 to 993.5 kvar

Bank voltages 5.73 to 440.61 kV
Highlight/
Technology
Internally fused, fuseless and
surge capacitors. Other filter
components (reactors, current transformers, switches,
surge arresters) included on
scope
Very low temperature 50C,
internally fused and unfused
capacitors
Unit voltages 5.73 to 17.06 kV

Quantity of units 3,744
Internally fused capacitors

Unit voltages 7.04 to 10.66kV
HVDC ATCO
SVC Diego
deAlmagro
ATCO Electric
Canada
2013
Transelec
Chile
2013
AC filter banks;
AC f ilter banks;
shunt banks
1 x MSC
(Type 75.64Mvar
12.27kV)
Total rated power 75.64 Mvar

Bank voltages 8.86 to 376 kV
Very low temperature 50C,

internally fused and unfused
capacitors

Unit output 900.5 kvar
High seismic conditions,

internally fused
Bank voltage 12.27 kV

Unit voltage 6.13 kV
Harker, Hutton
and Stella
400 kV MSCDN
National Grid
United Kingdom
2013
5 x MSCDN (Type
225Mvar 400 kV)

Unit output 719.8 and 825.1 kvar
Low temperature 25C,

internally fused
Bank voltages 244 kV and 31.7 kV

Unit voltages 7.92 and 9.40 kV
MSCDN
Gwynt Y Mor
RWE
United Kingdom
2012
6 x 132 kV filter banks;

4 x 13.9 MSC banks

Internally fused and

fuseless capacitors
Bank voltages 6.73 and 98.05 kV

SVC Gerdau
Diaco
Diaco S.A.
Colombia
2012
3 x three-phase filter
circuits

Bank voltages 7 to 20.8 kV
Unit voltages 4.04 to 12 kV
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Industrial electric arc furnace

application, internally fused
Project
Customer/
Country/
Year
Scope
SVC Horqueta
and SVC
Guarambar
Ande
Paraguay
2011 and 2015
4 x three-phase single
tuned filter banks;
3 x three-phase
TSC-banks
Technical Data

Highlight/
Technology
Internally fused capacitors

Unit voltages 4.9 to 9.6kV
HVDC Kontek
Energinet
Denmark
2011
1 x three-phase HV
filter (282 kV);
2 x three-phase MV
filter banks

Unit output 643/435/427 kvar
Bank voltage 282 kV
Unit voltages 20.7 / 17.2 / 19.2 kV
Noise reduced with external

noise damping hoods, internally fused and unfused
capacitors
MSC London
Array
Windfarm
London Array
United Kingdom
2011
4 x MSCDN
(Type 150 kV)

Unit output 360.5 / 370.2 kvar
Fuseless capacitors
Bank voltage 150 kV

Unit voltags 14.2 / 4.16 kV
HVDC Cookstraight,
Pole 3
MSC
J Paran,
S/S Vilhena
Transpower
New Zealand
2011
ELETRONORTE
Brazil
2010
AC filter banks;
AC f ilter banks;
3 x HV single-phase
shunt banks
4 x MSC (Type
20.52Mvar 242 kV)
Unit output 270 to 833 kvar

Bank voltages 257 to 348 kV
Very high seismic requirements, internally fused and

unfused capacitors

Unit output 570 kvar

Bank voltage 242 kV
Fuseless capacitors,
high humidity environment
(Northern Brazil)

SVC Bom Jesus

da Lapa II
TAESA Brazil
2010, 2011,
and 2015
2010: filter I and

filterII for SVC (B);
2011: surge
capacitor (S);
2015: TSC (B)

Unit output 786.0 to 916.0 kvar (B)
and 0.1 F (S)
Unit voltages 5.7 to 13.4 kV (B)
and 24 kV (S)
MSC ANDE
RIEDER & CIA

CLYFSA
Paraguay
2009 to 2016
12 x MSC
(6 Mvar and 12Mvar
24 kV)

Unit output 500 kvar
Bank voltage 24 kV
First SVC application with

internally fused capacitors
delivered in 2010 (FiltersI
and II). In 2011, surge
capacitors were delivered,
and in 2015, internally fused
capacitors were delivered
forthe TSC.
Twelve capacitor
banks supplied from 2009
to 2016. Bank components:
internally fused capacitors,
reactors and current transformers
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Siemens
Power Capacitor Factory
Siemens Power Capacitor factory is located in the
industrial complex in Jundia, Brazil, the largest
production complex of Siemens in Latin America.
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History 50 Years of Experience
Power Capacitor
Factory
1959
Laelc starts operations, manufacturing Power Capacitors

forseveral projects, including Itaip HVDC, the first
600kV HVDC of the world in the 80s.
1979
Laelc buys the technology to manufacture internally

fusedcapacitors.
2007
Siemens acquires from Laelc the technology to manu

facture power capacitors and capacitor banks.
2009
Siemens Power Capacitor factory starts commercial operation and was awarded its first large HVDC order for India.
Today Siemens Power Capacitor are globally present in several

countries around the world with a product portfolio for
alltypes of application.
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Power Capacitors
Technical Data
Siemens entered the Power Capacitor market with
aproduct for the most diversified applications. Longterm, reliable technology and intensive R&D investments lead to a state-of-the-art product, compliant
with the most stringent technical and environmental
requirements, including extremely low temperatures
(like 50C in northern Canada), extremely high
temperatures (like+50C in India), high humidity
(likeinthe rainforests of northern Brazil) and the
mostextreme seismic zones (like in NewZealand).
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Capacitor Banks Applications

Flexible AC
Transmission
Systems
(FACTS)
Parallel
Compensation
Static Var Compensator (SVC)

Mechanically Switched Capacitor with Damping Network (MSCDN)
Mechanically Switched Capacitors (MSC)
Series
Compensation
Thyristor Controlled Series Compensation (TCSC)

Thyristor Protected Series Compensation (TPSC)
Fixed Series Compensation (FSC)
AC Harmonic Filters
AC PLC Filters
Long Distance and Back-to-Back HVDC AC & DC Filters
AC & DC Surge Capacitors
Capacitor Unit Design

Technology
Internally fused, externally fused, fuseless, and unfused
Rated voltage
With internal fuses: up to 15 kV

Without internal fuses: up to 24 kV
Frequency
50 Hz/60 Hz
Rated power
Up to 1000 kvar (50 Hz)

Up to 1200 kvar (60 Hz)
Current
Max. 180 A
BIL
95 kV, 125 kV, 150 kV, 170 kV, 200 kV
Dielectric
Polypropylene film and oil
Impregnant
Biodegradable PCB-free oil
Discharge resistor
75 V/10 min or 50 V/5 min
Losses
With internal fuses: < 0.20 W/kvar

Without internal fuses: < 0.12 W/kvar
Temperature range
50/+55 C
Standards
IEC, IEEE, ABNT, CSA, and others
Quality certificates
ISO 9001; ISO 14001; OHSAS 18001
Final figures to be confirmed during project

For other standards please consult the factory
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13213-080 Jundia SP Brazil.
Phone: +55 11 4585 3150
Phone: +55 11 4585 3124
For more information, please contact
our Customer Support Center.
Phone: +55 11 4585-8040
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general descriptions and/or performance features
which may not always specifically reflect those
described, or which may undergo modification in
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Other selected projects

Finland & Estonia

HVDC Black Sea

MSCDN Lincs Wind Farm

MSCDN Dudgeon Wind Farm

High Voltage MSC

Other selected projects

In May 2011, Hudson Transmission Partners, LLC awarded

West 49th Street

Total rated power

122 to 1,019 kvar

Rated unit voltages

In February 2013, the capacitor plant in Brazil supplied

Total rated power

922 to 934 kvar (TSC and

Rated unit voltages

7.1 to 9.1 kV (TSC and STF)

The HVDC system operated by Adani Power Ltd. has a

Total rated power

815.6 to 852.0 kvar

Rated unit voltages

In December 2010, Fingrid and Elering awarded the

Anttila and Puessi

Total rated power

113 to 849 kvar

Rated unit voltages

Internally fused, fuseless

HVDC Black Sea

In August 2010, Energotrans Ltd. awarded a contract

Total rated power

220 to 722 kvar

Rated unit voltages

Siemens was awarded the FACTS systems forthe 1,800km

Five substations along

Total rated power

743.8 to 825.4 kvar

Rated unit voltages

The Lincs project, owned by Lincs Wind Farm Ltd. is located

Total rated power

180 to 867 kvar

132 and 13.9 kV

Rated unit voltages

The Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Project is located in

Total rated power

233.5 and 396.9 kvar

8.51 and 96.03 kV

Rated unit voltages

4.25 and 9.60 kV

High Voltage MSC

In June 2011, a transmission company from ISA Group

ISA Group Substations,

Total rated power

Rated unit voltage

2011 and 2013

Siemens was selected to supply the SVC system in the

Total rated power

917.3 to 999.8 kvar

Rated unit voltages

6.1 to 9.1 kV (TSC and STF)

Other selected projects