The new facility will enable sustainable, flexible and secure energy systems in India and worldwide. “Hitachi Energy works closely with customers, governments, institutions and partners to enable a sustainable energy future by deploying state-of-art technologies. This new manufacturing unit for power quality solutions reinforces our commitment to facilitate India’s energy transition to net-zero,” said Claudio Facchin, CEO, Hitachi Energy. “It also supports the Make in India initiative”, he added.
Karnataka is fueling its ambitions of industrial growth through a prism of sustainable development goals. “Karnataka is a leading contributor to India’s industrial ambitions. With long term committed partners such as Hitachi Energy, we continue to invest to make the state a global manufacturing hub,” said Basavaraj Bommai, Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka.
Manufacturing of electrical equipment is an energy-intensive process. Keeping sustainability goals in mind, we have adopted some innovative processes for the factory that reduce electrical energy consumption per process step by almost 40 per cent.
The new manufacturing facility doubles the existing capacity to produce advanced capacitor units, banks and power electronic compensators for low, medium and high-voltage systems, which are used in the power utilities, industries, renewables and transportation segments. Power quality products play an important role in improving power stability by enabling increased capacity and reduced energy losses.
According to the International Energy Agency*, the energy demand in India is set to double over next 20 years driven by urbanization and industrialization. “The power quality products and solutions manufactured at the new factory in Doddaballapur will help reduce energy loss, thereby reducing carbon footprint while meeting the expanding demand,” said N Venu, Managing Director and CEO, India & South Asia, Hitachi Energy.