Claus Vetter, group senior vice president and head of automation and communication products, systems and service at Hitachi ABB Power Grids. “Regulators are acknowledging the urgent need for reliable communications supporting critical infrastructure,” said Dr. Alongside cellular technology such as long-term evolution (LTE) and 5G, the 450 MHz frequency band and the applications in the eco-system will drive the next wave of industrial communications. This is particularly important in emergencies or disasters, where reliable connectivity can provide first responders with the data necessary to protect lives and property. The 450 MHz frequency helps address this critical connectivity need by providing wider reach at a reasonable cost. Global utilities and industrial players need more resilient and flexible communication networks as they transition to a decentralized, digitalized and decarbonized operating model. As natural disasters and cyber threats increase, wireless communication solutions on 450 MHz will play a vital role in ensuring reliable connectivity for customers’ mission-critical applications.Īs a leading provider of power grid and mission-critical industrial solutions, Hitachi ABB Power Grids wants to support the ecosystem and help promote its use in industrial and utility communications.
ZURICH, 24 June, 2021 – Hitachi ABB Power Grids has joined the 450 MHz Alliance which brings together carriers spectrum owners and equipment, terminal and solution vendors to drive development of mobile networks in the 450 MHz frequency band. Other battery projects it is currently working on include the first grid-scale BESS in Australia’s Northern Territory, which began construction in late August-early September, and an EPC contract to work on a 20MW/20MWh BESS in the Philippines with Philippine power company Aboitiz Power and renewables developer Scatec.Hitachi ABB Power Grids joins 450 MHz Alliance to develop critical communications solutions Named kīsikāw pīsim, which means ‘daylight sun’ in the local Enoch Cree Nation language, the project is one of Hitachi Energy’s first to combine batteries with solar PV, with most of the company’s projects to date having been standalone BESS. If energy production exceeds requirements at the water treatment plant, it can be exported to the grid. The site’s 13.6MW solar PV array is paired with a 4MW/8.9MWh BESS in a behind-the-meter microgrid.
The water treatment plant serves about two-thirds of drinking water consumed in Edmonton and 65 nearby communities, pumping around 250 million litres of water every day. In related news, a solar PV plant at a water treatment facility in Alberta, Canada, went online at the end of September, equipped with a Hitachi Energy BESS.Įdmonton-headquartered water and energy services company EPCOR held the power plant’s grand opening on 20 September, at EL Smith Water Treatment Plant in the city of Edmonton. “Hitachi and Hitachi Energy have been generating synergies by combining digital and energy technologies that are contributing to the global energy transition.” Hitachi Energy-supplied solar-plus-storage project opens at Canadian water treatment plant “Electricity will be the backbone of the entire energy system and the urgency of the energy transition requires us to collaborate and innovate across stakeholders and sectors, and the good news is that we can act now,” Hitachi Energy CEO Claudio Facchin, who is also a senior VP and executive officer at Hitachi, said. Hitachi said transfer of shares will be completed by the end of December. The company announced on Friday that it has signed an agreement with ABB for the remaining shares, which had always been the plan.
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The BESS is part of its Grid Edge Solutions portfolio, which also includes e-mobility equipment and other distributed energy resources (DERs) equipment, controlled and monitored by Hitachi’s digital software platform, E-Mesh. Powerstore is designed to be used in a variety of regions as it is adaptable to different grid codes. Powerstore is modular and can be configured for use with nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery cells from Samsung or lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells from CATL.
It also manufactures its own range of battery energy storage systems (BESS), called PowerStore, mostly aimed at the larger industrial and utility-scale applications. Hitachi Energy is involved in a broad range of power sector technologies and services, including high voltage DC (HVDC) transmission infrastructure, transformers, SCADA and control systems.
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