last highlighted date: 2024-11-25
Highlights
- The company was formerly known as Hitachi ABB Power Grids, following a joint venture with Hitachi Ltd. and ABB Power Grids in 2020, and was rebranded in 2021 as Hitachi Energy Ltd.
- In July 2020, ABB divested its power grid business and sold 80.1% of that to Hitachi Ltd., leading to the formation of Hitachi ABB Power Grids.[1]
- In October 2021, Hitachi ABB Power Grids changed its company name to Hitachi Energy. In December 2022, it was confirmed that Hitachi acquired the remaining 19.9 percent shares from ABB Ltd.[2]
- Hitachi Energy offers high-voltage switchgear and breakers, high-voltage direct current, transformers, substations, and power-system automation.
- Hitachi Energy has been involved in several notable projects, such as:
- Supplier for Changji-Guquan UHVDC transmission line in China, the world’s first transmission line operating at 1,100 kV voltage (2018)[3]
- Fluoronitrile-based gas replacement for the greenhouse gas sulphur hexafluoride for National Grid in Kent, UK (2021)[4]
- HVDC converter stations for high-voltage direct current submarine power cable North Sea Link (2021)[5]
- Renewable energy microgrid for the remote community of Gull Bay First Nation in Canada (2022)[6]
- Offshore platforms and onshore HVDC converter stations for electricity grid operator TenneT[7]