ABB powers up Lucknow cricket stadium, fans set to see some high voltage cricket action soon

Technology leader ABB has extended reliable power solutions for Uttar Pradesh’s biggest cricket stadium in Lucknow. The new Ekana International Cricket Stadium and Sports Complex, renamed as Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium, is part of the state government’s drive to make the capital city a hub for sporting activities. ABB India’s power management technology is enabling the return of competitive international cricket to Lucknow at the new stadium, said a company statement. 
 
Lucknow is set to bring back international matches with this modern and world-class sports infrastructure, for which ABB is ensuring high reliability, faster fault diagnosis, and improved power savings. Key to achieving such standards is a continuous and reliable power supply for matches both during day and night. Sports like cricket rely heavily on energy intensive technology to monitor and track events during matches to aid accurate decision making with real-time data, gigantic screens, high speed videography, strategically positioned sensors and cameras on the field, it said
 
“We are proud to enable the next level of growth for Indian cities,” said Sanjeev Sharma, Managing Director, ABB in India, adding “Reliable power is the foundation of the next generation of a smarter and more inclusive city infrastructure. ABB’s power technology solutions will ensure the support is in place to build such state of the art infrastructure facilities, be it sports or transportation for a modern city with a rich heritage like Lucknow.” 

 
ABB has provided key power equipment like low-tension (LT) and medium-voltage (MV) panels and modular ArTuK distribution switchboards and switchgear that can be monitored remotely through communication-based products, so that key power equipment like circuit-breakers can be managed optimally. 
 
The ABB solution will also enable operators to control equipment, either from within the substation or from a remote location, it said, adding that these technology solutions offer reliability with lowest loss per watt of power and greater safety of power supply.
 
ABB India has also supplied and commissioned 1 MW of solar inverters for the Lucknow Metro Project and leads the market with more than a 30 percent share for solar inverters. This initiative furthers the government directive for mass mobility infrastructure, be it metros or airports, to generate and use more green energy and reduce grid dependence, the statement added. 
 
ABB is a pioneering technology leader in power grids, electrification products, industrial automation and robotics and motion, serving customers in utilities, industry and transport & infrastructure globally.