Eurotunnel has awarded GE Power’s Grid Solutions (NYSE: GE) a contract to supply a Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) to improve the stabilisation of power supply on the catenary traction system of the Channel Tunnel. The new system will be stationed in Folkestone, Kent. Once complete, this project will be the world’s largest STATCOM application connected to a catenary traction system. With more than 4.2 million vehicles and 20 million passengers crossing the English Channel through the t
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