Renewable Energy
ABB offers the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of products, systems, solutions and services to optimize the performance, reliability and return on investment of any renewable energy installation. Wind, solar, and energy storage – from residential rooftop to commercial and utility-scale applications.
With a global presence, vast expertise in renewable systems, grid connection, smart grids, and microgrids, and a proven track record dating back to the 1990s, ABB is your expert partner.
Reducing the carbon intensity of energy
Over 140 years of experience developing power electronics equipment with the most sophisticated engineering and power electronics professionals. ABB has expertise and experience needed to deliver a complete solution to maximize revenues by optimizing the efficiency and uptime of the wind farms.
Around the globe, ABB successfully manufactures, deploys, connects, and integrates renewable energy plants that require a deep understanding of utility-scale applications.
And, don’t forget about service. ABB offers a wide range of services to help you get the most power from your plant – ranging from remote monitoring to full operation and maintenance (O&M).
Delivering sustainable renewables
The challenge of using renewables in the energy mix is to balance supply and demand.
Balancing renewables power supply and end-user’s demand has always been a challenge, but as the renewables share of total generation is growing, this challenge is increasing.
In response to this, ABB supports its customers along the complete renewables power value chain, from consulting, generation, balance of system, storage and connection up to transmission, monitoring and control, as well as maintenance and optimization.
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Digitalization for renewables through ABB Ability™
ABB Ability™ is our unified, cross-industry digital solution, giving you the ability to know more, do more, do better, together.
ABB Ability™ is built on a state of- the-art hardware and software architecture for data collection, processing and storage, which has been developed together with Microsoft in order to enhance performance and guarantee the highest reliability and security.
Our leading integrated and collaborative digital solutions build on our knowledge and expertise in renewables, which contributes to:
Maximized service continuity through smart algorithms, even in an emergency
Savings of up to 30% on operational costs through energy management system
Reduction of more than 60% of installed components for the same function
Switchgear footprint reduction of up to 50% by embedding logics
Get to know ABB’s market leading solutions
Wind power solutions
From servicing existing onshore wind farms to developing next-generation service offerings, ABB’s advanced technology and electrical product offering delivers the safety, flexibility, and reliability you need.
Solar power solutions
ABB has the expertise and experience to deliver a robust solar solution – everything you need from the direct current (DC) output of the PV panels up to the medium or high voltage grid.
Energy storage solutions
ABB offers battery energy storage technologies that serve power requirements ranging from tens of kilowatts up to hundreds of megawatts in a plug-and-play, modular, scalable solution that meets current fire mitigation codes.
Service and support
ABB offers energy storage technologies that serve power requirements ranging from tens of kilowatts up to hundreds of megawatts.
Challenges facing renewable energy owners and operators
Contact your local ABB renewable energy expert to learn about our innovative solutions to these challenges