Basics of reactive power -- Reactive power consumers -- Effect of reactive power on electricity generation, transmission and distribution -- Reactive power in standard energy contracts -- Methods for the determination of reactive power and power factor -- Improvement of power factor -- Design, arrangement and power of capacitors -- Determination of required power of capacitors -- Types of reactive power compensation -- Compensation of existing installations -- Control of reactive power -- Discharging devices for power capacitors -- Protection of capacitors and compensations -- Switching of capacitors -- Installation, disturbances and maintenance -- Reactive power compensation in electrical plants with generators -- Effects of perturbation considering especially the impact of harmonics on power factor correction capacitors -- Resonances in electrical power systems -- Reactor-protected capacitors and filter circuits -- Dynamic reactive power compensation systems -- Compensation effects at rectifiers -- Environmental and climate protection using capacitors.