The invention relates to a load-flow controller (1) for a DC network (10). In order to improve existing load-flow controllers, according to the invention the load-flow controller (1) has four
voltage sources (61, 62, 63, 64), the load-flow controller (1) additionally having a first current path (71) and a second current path (72) which are in each case configured in such a way as to suppress a
direct current through the relevant current path (71, 72), wherein the
voltage sources (61, 62, 63, 64) are each designed to generate a
voltage having a DC component and an AC component. The invention further relates to a DC network (10) having such a load-flow controller (1), a first DC sub-network (11) and two lines (8), wherein the DC sub-network(11) is electrically connected to a
network connection (4), wherein a first line of the two lines (8) is electrically connected to a first transmission connection (41) and a second line of the two lines (8) is electrically connected to a second transmission connection (42). The invention further relates to a method for operating such a load-flow controller (1) or such a DC network (10), wherein a DC component is in each case generated by the voltage sources (61, 62, 63, 64) as a function of a first
direct current (i DC,1) between the
network connection (4) and the first transmission connection (41) and / or a second
DC current (iDC,2) between the
network connection (4) and the second transmission connection (42), wherein the voltage sources (61, 62, 63, 64) furthermore in each case generate an AC component, wherein the
AC components of the voltage sources (61, 62, 63, 64) are configured in such a way that these
AC components compensate one another in pairs in a voltage between the first network connection and the transmission connection (41, 42), wherein the AC component is generated in such a way as to counteract in at least some of the voltage sources (61, 62, 63, 64) an
energy exchange caused by the DC component.