Hitachi ABB Power Grids does virtual power plant and 'greener coal mine' projects in Southeast Asia
Published: 10 Feb 2021, 13:38 By: Andy Colthorpe The microgrid which includes 3MWp of solar PV at Indominco Mandiri coal mine in Indonesia. Image: Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Hitachi ABB Power Grids will supply battery energy storage and smart controls to Singapore’s first virtual power plant (VPP), on a project aimed at validating methods for integrating more renewable energy onto the city-state’s electricity networks. The project will help integrate electricity from different distributed energy resources (DERs) including solar in a way that simulates the workings of a utility...