ABB plans to start production of central inverters in South Africa next year to support the rapidly growing local photo-voltaic (PV) market and local content requirements. The line for its PVS800 range of central inverters will produce 630 kW, 875 kW and 1000 kW models and will have an aggregate capacity of approximately 500 MW a year.
ABB has a long-established presence in South Africa as a producer of power converters, and has a dedicated service organisation complete with training centre to support its expansion. The organisation sees South Africa as one of the world’s fastest growing PV solar markets thanks to the government’s commitment to increase power generation from renewable sources under the country’s renewable energy independent power programme.
ABB installed its first two 500 kW PV solar projects near Johannesburg in 2011, and has since gained a delivery pipeline of approximately 90 MW of central inverters. This product series, rated from 100 to 1000 kW, is designed for multi-megawatt PV power plants and is based on ABB’s highly successful frequency converter platform, which has achieved global sales of more than 100 GW over the last 10 years.
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