China’s Burning plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) project has entered a new stage of main structure construction, drawing widespread attention from across the scientific community. Behind the project’s progress, Sineng Electric, as one of its innovative technology providers, is playing a vital role by delivering comprehensive power quality solutions, ensuring the project’s power stability and operational safety throughout current and future research phases.
Occupying approximately 16 hectares with a total construction area of 153,700 square metres, the BEST project aims to develop a controllable fusion device—often referred to as a “man-made sun”—that can continuously generate fusion energy similar to the natural sun. Fusion energy is characterized by high efficiency, sustainability and clean safety, and is expected to become a potential solution to the world’s growing energy challenges.
As one of the world’s most cutting-edge scientific undertakings, the project imposes extremely stringent requirements on power supply reliability. Power quality issues could trigger cascading risks, including system shutdowns, data loss, hardware damage and even experiment failure. Facing such demanding conditions, Sineng’s comprehensive power quality portfolio provides a comprehensive and reliable safeguard against such risks.
The company’s Active Power Filter (APF) solution continuously monitors grid harmonics and generates compensating currents through converters to dynamically filter harmonic distortion. Meanwhile, the Static Var Generator (SVG) solution represents the forefront of reactive power compensation technology, enabling real-time dynamic adjustment of inductive and capacitive reactive power without over or under compensation, thereby effectively stabilizing system voltage.
From solar and energy storage to hydrogen and now fusion energy, Sineng Electric remains a proactive force in driving the global energy transition.