Power Update

ABB has worked with US utility partners to manage the potential damage a storm can cause and facilitate the speed of recovery in the aftermath. The biggest issues when storms hit are power outages, which can cause enormous economic and societal consequences. Businesses can’t function, and homes are left in the dark. ABB technology has already helped mitigate these consequences. 

ABB microgrids empower the Last Frontier, bringing reliable electricity to remote and isolated areas. The vision is clear – we want to help power the world without consuming the earth – and the grid is now (un) locked in every sense! So let’s write the future. Together.

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It has often been said that nothing can make or break a utility like a storm. The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, which devastated vast swathes of Texas, Florida, Georgia, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico, has raised awareness about what is working – and not working – in efforts to improve grid resiliency in the face of increasingly extreme storms.