Thailand's First Demonstration Project of Optimized Performance Enabling Network for Volt/Var(Q) (OPENVQ) in Power Transmission Networks

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and the Ministry of Energy of the Kingdom of Thailand (MOEN) exchanged letters of intent (LOI) to carry out a demonstration project with the aim of achieving low carbonization and enhancements in power system operations. Based on the LOI, Hitachi, Ltd. (Hitachi), the consignee of the project, and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) commenced the demonstration project of optimized performance enabling network for volt/var(Q) (OPENVQ) in December.