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The power grid (also referred to as the electrical grid) is an interconnected network that generates and delivers electric energy to its consumers. In the early days of electricity (the late 1800s), energy systems were small and localized. As technologies evolved, larger plants and longer transmission and distribution lines were constructed to provide more electricity to a growing population. As a result, today, the power grid has become extraordinarily complex and widespread.
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VAR is a unit of reactive power of an alternating current, equal to the product of the voltage (in Volts) and the current (in Amperes)
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Ho, QD., Gao, Y., Rajalingham, G., Le-Ngoc, T. (2014). Introduction. In: Wireless Communications Networks for the Smart Grid. SpringerBriefs in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10347-1_1
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