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In 2009, a novel patented control paradigm of solar PV farms was developed by this book’s author, whereby solar PV farms can be operated in nighttime as a STATCOM with full inverter capacity and during daytime with inverter capacity remaining after active power generation, for providing various grid support functions [35, 92, 97]. This new control of solar PV system as STATCOM was named PV‐STATCOM [100]. In 2013, an enhanced patented control was developed whereby solar PV farms can operate as a STATCOM with full inverter capacity at any time in the day during periods of system need. Different applications of PV‐STATCOM for providing benefits to transmission and distribution systems, including its first‐in Canada field demonstration in 2016, are described in subsequent chapters.