ABB holds technology day for Nepali companies

Katmandu, Nov. 21:

ABB, the 130 year old global pioneering technology leader in power grids, electrification products, industrial automation and robotics and motion hosted the ABB Technology Day on Wednesday for 250 Nepali companies.

Companies across industries such asutilities, transport & infrastructure sectors engaged in a series of workshops with ABB experts, which was also accompanied by an exhibition of latest technology across sectors.

Nepal is looking at increasing the installed power capacity to 15000 MW by 2027 with more than 10 percent coming from renewable energy sources and also reduce power transmission and distribution losses to 15 percent in the next two to three years.

“ABB technologies are deployed for communication in more than 80 percent of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA)‘s power sub-stations,” said the company.

ABB has provided technology solutions and systems for various hydro projects in the country from unified automation systems, digital governors, synchronizers and various other power management solutions in projects like Lower Modi, Panauti, Sunkoshi and Puwa Khola.

“ABB’s association with Nepal goes back a long way with instrumental energy projects. We are hosting our first Technology Day for Nepal at a time when the country is taking a big leap for the next level of growth to improve the lives of its citizens,” said Karthik Krishnamurthi, Country Head of Sales and Marketing & Account Management, ABB India.

Mahesh Mahato, Managing Director, Cosmic Electrical Engineering Associates Private Limited said that as Nepal was planning a massive expansion in its hydro power generation in this decade and providing licenses for new solar plants to be set-up for clean power in the country, exposure to the next level technologies of digitalization and analytics is needed to make a strong, reliable and sustainable grid in Nepal. 

Similarly, the company said that ABB’s energy efficient motors and drives can also increase efficiency by more than 15 percent for steel plants helping enhance productivity and reduce energy costs.

“ABB has provided technology solutions to optimize space, safety, cost and energy savings for the power requirements of datacenters, which will be the mainstay of data, telecom and start-up companies in the valley,” it said.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 22 November 2018.