IPS/UPS

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Worldwide synchronous grids. IPS/UPS is shown in orange.

The IPS/UPS is a wide area synchronous transmission grid of some CIS countries, with a common mode of operation and centralized supervisory control. It has an installed generation capacity of 300 gigawatts, and produces 1,200 terawatt-hours (TWh) per year for its 280 million customers. The system spans eight time zones.[1]

  1. ^ Sergei Lebed (20 April 2005). "IPS/UPS Overview" (PDF). Brussels: UCTE-IPSUPS Study presentation. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2008.