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In this paper Static Synchronous Compensator
(STATCOM) is used for voltage stability and the
compensation of reactive power. The STATCOM contains an
Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) based voltage
source converter for voltage control and reactive power
compensation. The STATCOM is used to control the reactive
power with the voltage source converter in combination with a
DC voltage source. The values of the DC link capacitor and
battery source were optimized using the Genetic Algorithm
technique and the simulations results for the same were
observed under the inductive as well as capacitive load
conditions. The comparison of voltage compensation for
various conditions show that the performance of STATCOM
tuned with GA was the best and closest to the nominal value of
voltage. The simulation is done in MATLAB for STATCOM
and Voltage Source Converter (VSC).