Adjustable reactive power compensator for power networks

A reactive power compensator for an electric power transmission or distribution network comprising reactive components (9) for compensating reactive power and an autotransformer (6) with pairs of primary windings (5) and secondary windings (7), the primary windings for connecting the autotransformer (6) to power lines (3) and the secondary windings (7) for connecting the autotransformer (6) to second poles (9b) of the reactive components (9), the primary windings (5) being star-connected to form a star-point (8) and the secondary windings (7) being connected to the star-point (8) of the autotransformer (6).