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ABB technology powers Robben Island, Mandela's infamous prison

Long a prison colony whose most famous inmate was Nelson Mandela, Robben Island, South Africa, is now site of a museum, where former political prisoners serve as guides. But the harsh geography that made the island hard to escape also posed challenges to providing steady electricity – until ABB arrived with a solar-powered solution.

November 06, 2017. By Moulin

Long a prison colony whose most famous inmate was Nelson Mandela, Robben Island, South Africa, is now site of a museum, where former political prisoners serve as guides. But the harsh geography that made the island hard to escape also posed challenges to providing steady electricity – until ABB arrived with a solar-powered solution.
 
A World Heritage Site, Robben Island, lies 9 kilometers off the coast of Cape Town and previously relied on fuel-thirsty, carbon-emitting diesel generators as the only source of electric power. Now the island, visited by 2,000 tourists a day, is sustainably self-sufficient as a result of a solar-powered ABB microgrid – essentially a small-scale electric grid – that enables Robben Island to run on sun-energy at least nine months of the year. The project is part of a sustainable tourism initiative funded by the South African government.
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