Global technology leader ABB Philippines is expanding its reach in the country's energy and transportation sectors by providing various digital solutions to be showcased in the upcoming ABB Philippines Digital Summit this month.

ABB Philippines Country Managing Director and Local Business Manager for Electrification Division Olivier Coquerel said during a virtual press briefing that the company offers mobility solutions for electricity vehicles focusing on ABB E-mobility, ABB Power Quality Solutions, ABB High Efficiency Motors, Digital Automation Solutions for Renewables, among others.

"We'll have a lot of collaboration with RE [renewable energy] companies like Aboitiz, Ayala, Solar Philippines. We'll continue to work and provide solutions for them. We will have more and more digital solutions, whether it is to check the assets of the industry or monitor energy consumptions, we have a lot of solutions in that space," said Coquerel.

ABB Ltd. of Switzerland is now working with SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. for a battery energy storage system project.

"We are helping a lot of solar companies to basically inject their solar into the power grid, that's one area where we'll be very active," he said, adding that aside from solar, ABB will also assist RE firms that are into hydro and geothermal.

In the transportation sector, it is in discussions with Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC) to reduce its energy consumption by 30 percent.

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