Microhm has comprehensive marine experience, and supplied water and air-cooled break and submerged load resistors. Microhm products are designed to withstand adverse marine conditions.

For large-scale wind farms where varying wind speeds effect the quality of power an SVC can be fitted to regulate transmission voltage. The SVC can also improve availability by reducing the impact of power fluctuations.

 

Despite being less common than wind or solar power, wave and tidal power has a number of benefits. It is considerably more predictable than other options constantly improving turbine technology is beginning to offset high-installation costs.

 

 

Tidal turbines and wave turbines work in a similar way and so require the same resistors from Microhm, including crowbar resistors, DBRs and load test resistors.

 

Microhm designs and manufactures a range of resistors for wind turbines and generators, including NERs, DBRs, load tests, crowbar resistors, pre-insertion resistors and resistors for static VAR compensators .

 

Protection resistors are used to short circuit rotor windings through a resistor in the instance of grid disturbances, causing high-voltage or current in turbine generator rotors. These resistors are able of withstanding high-currents without being damaged.