{"id":11923,"date":"2012-02-20T22:12:42","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T22:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=11923"},"modified":"2024-09-03T10:27:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T09:27:14","slug":"reactive-power","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/glossary\/reactive-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Reactive Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"bsc-defined-definition\">BSC defined definition<\/h2>\n<p>The product of voltage and current and the sine of the phase angle between them, measured in units of voltamperes reactive and standard multiples thereof.<\/p>\n<h3>BSC documentation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/the-bsc\/bsc-section-x-annex-x-1-general-glossary\/\" data-wpel-link=\"exclude\">BSC Section X, Annex X-1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgrideso.com\/industry-information\/balancing-services\/reactive-power-services\">National Grid: About reactive power services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11923","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"semantic_search":{"post_id":11923,"title":"Reactive Power","link":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/glossary\/reactive-power\/","categories":[],"tags":[],"content":"\n\n\n<div class=\"panel-content\">\n\t<p>Reactive power services are how voltage levels on the grid remain within a given range, as mandated in the Security and Quality of Supply Standard (SQSS). Generators or other asset owners are instructed&#xA0;to either absorb reactive power (decreasing voltage) or generate reactive power (increasing voltage). This is the product of voltage and current and is measured in units of voltamperes.<\/p>\n\n\t<h2 id=\"bsc-defined-definition\">BSC defined definition<\/h2>\n<p>The product of voltage and current and the sine of the phase angle between them, measured in units of voltamperes reactive and standard multiples thereof.<\/p>\n<h3>BSC documentation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/the-bsc\/bsc-section-x-annex-x-1-general-glossary\/\" data-wpel-link=\"exclude\">BSC Section X, Annex X-1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgrideso.com\/industry-information\/balancing-services\/reactive-power-services\">National Grid: About reactive power services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>","s3_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/11923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/11923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210700,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/11923\/revisions\/210700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}