ABB deploys microgrid with large battery energy storage in Australia
Zurich, Switzerland, April 17, 2018 – Securing power supply for off-grid mining operation and lowering environmental impact for a clean-energy futureABB has supplied a containerized microgrid solution to support a gas-fired power station to optimize and automate its operations, increase energy efficiency, reduce fossil fuel consumption and enable uninterrupted power supply from Alinta Energy’s Newman Power Station, which supplies mining operations in the Pilbara. ABB’s microgrid solution includes a 30 megawatt (MW) battery energy storage system, which is one of the largest of its kind to be