Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has completed construction and commissioning of a new synchronous condenser installation at Rassau, in Ebbw Vale, South Wales.
The Rassau Synchronous Condenser is expected to support the stable decarbonization of electricity supply as the United Kingdom rapidly increases the uptake of variable renewables in the drive to net zero.
Quinbrook partnered with Welsh Power in the development of the project from concept stage, and with Siemens Energy for the construction of Rassau, which can now provide multiple grid support services.
Historically, grid stability in the United Kingdom’s power systems has been maintained by large synchronous power plants predominantly fueled by carbon-intensive coal and gas. These older fossil plants are being phased out, and non-synchronous renewable generators, such as wind and solar, pose new reliability challenges, as they do not possess the same grid stabilizing properties. Due to the rapid prolif
