By Anthony Allard, Head of North America, Hitachi Energy The debate around the progress of the clean energy transition has often centered on generation, specifically, whether we can produce enough wind and solar power to displace fossil fuels. This is a valid concern, but equally critical is the need to make sure that we have…
Offshore Grids: The energy transitions next frontier
By Hitachi Energy The European Union’s North Sea countries recently vowed to build more than half of the bloc’s needed offshore wind capacity by 2050 in order to reach EU climate neutrality. At the heart of the ambition to turn the North Sea into a green energy powerhouse lies the idea that countries will collectively…
Power electronics: Revolutionizing the world’s future energy systems
By Frede Blaabjerg, Professor of Power Electronics and Drives, Aalborg University and Simon Round, Corporate Executive Engineer, Power Electronics and Digital, Hitachi Energy Power Electronics (PE) is not a topic of everyday discussion. Nevertheless, it is a vital transformational technology that is quietly operating in the background – unseen and unheard – yet, embedded into…
Improving grid resilience in the face of wildfires
On behalf of Hitachi Energy and Craig Savage, Head of Network Performance and Management Systems, United Energy Australia Increasing heat waves, longer warm seasons and shorter cold seasons. This is the alarming picture which the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints in its latest report which has been described as a ‘code red’ for humanity.…
Offshore synergy: Combining oil and gas experience with grid technology leadership for sustainable energy
By Hitachi ABB Power Grids Wind power is one of humanity’s biggest hopes for an affordable, carbon-neutral energy future, being one of the preferred technologies – alongside solar – for energy companies to invest in. Although wind power is abundant on land, we must go to the seas and oceans to satisfy our current and…
The Great American Reset: Building a resilient and sustainable grid
By Anthony Allard, Executive Vice President and Head of North America, Hitachi ABB Power Grids Placing electricity at the heart of the reset The impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic has presented North America with a golden opportunity to focus growth investments on modernizing its aging energy infrastructure. The North American electricity grid, whose origins…
Transmission investments can pave the way to a carbon-neutral future in the U.S.
By Hitachi ABB Power Grids The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory showed the United States produced over 6.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MMT CO2 Eq) in 2018. To decrease these emissions, many U.S. states have developed GHG reduction goals. To achieve these goals states will not only have…
Connecting the dots: The carbon-neutral energy system will be highly interconnected
By Alexandre Oudalov, Manager of the Power Systems of the Future, Hitachi ABB Power Grids Delivering renewable energy to where it is needed Governments around the world are facing a monumental challenge: a massive increase in renewable power production capacity will be needed to meet legally binding climate targets –how to deliver this huge wave…
Hitachi develops 5-MW offshore wind-turbine generator system
Hitachi, Ltd. has developed a 5-MW offshore wind-turbine generator system with a downwind configuration. The HTW5.2-136 features a 15% larger rotor swept area to increase output in light-wind regions that have annual average wind speeds below 7.5 m/s. The new system is scheduled to begin a trial run in October onshore at the Fukashiba Wind…