New Delhi: ABB India on Monday announced the dispatch of its first wind power converter manufactured locally, underscoring the engineering major’s sharpened focus on renewable energy and wind power solutions in the country.
The converter has been produced at ABB’s state-of-the-art Nelamangala facility near Bengaluru, following the company’s acquisition of Gamesa Electric’s power electronics business in December 2025. The delivery to a wind turbine original equipment manufacturer (OEM) marks ABB’s formal entry into local manufacturing of advanced wind power conversion technologies in India.
The development is significant as India looks to deepen domestic manufacturing capabilities in clean energy equipment under the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Make in India’ initiatives. ABB said the integration of Gamesa Electric’s wind energy conversion technologies expands its renewable portfolio, which already includes utility-scale solar inverters and power conversion systems for battery energy storage systems (BESS).
“Wind energy plays a critical role in the energy transition. By delivering advanced power conversion technologies that are locally manufactured in India and engineered for effective grid integration, we are strengthening the integration of wind power into the grid,” said Anoop Anand, President – Motion High Power Division, ABB India.
India is currently the world’s third-largest wind manufacturing base and is expected to meet about 10% of global wind demand, with installed wind capacity projected to scale up to 107 GW by 2030. Against this backdrop, ABB’s local manufacturing push positions it to tap into rising domestic and export demand for wind and grid-integration technologies.
Globally, ABB has delivered more than 60,000 wind converters and generators over the past 15 years. The acquisition of Gamesa Electric’s power electronics business has expanded ABB’s serviceable installed base of wind converters by around 46 GW, equivalent to nearly one-fifth of India’s current renewable energy capacity, the company said.
ABB said its India-made renewable energy solutions would support the country’s target of achieving 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030, with grid reliability, regulatory compliance and localisation emerging as key priorities in the next phase of growth.