COMPANY REPORT
ABB SOUTH AFRICA
ABB SA Longmeadow campus
ABB has already played a big part in South Africa’s solar energy mix after it contributed to two solar PV power plants national power utility Eskom Holdings. ABB provided a fixed tilt solar PV power plant with a station capacity of 620kw and production potential of 11.4 million kWh per year. At the Lethabo site, the installation comprised a single axis tracking solar PV power plant with a peaking capacity of 575 kW and a production potential of 12.5 million kWh per year. Away from the projects in Limpopo, ABB has other valuable orders which the company is readying itself for; showing the boom in the renewable industry is still on-going.
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Other orders include a $13 million order to supply medium voltage induction motors ranging from 375kW to 10mw. The contract entails design, manufacturing, testing and delivery of state-of-the-art ABB equipment. The upgrade of the existing motors commenced in September 2012 and expected completion is scheduled for September 2013. In line with what we mentioned above, and as part of this new contract, ABB will train 24 apprentices to qualify as boiler makers, welders, fitters, armature winders, turners and quality controllers. These apprentices will be taught technical skills in a controlled environment at the local facility in Alberton, South Africa.