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ABB News
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ABB solution will monitor and manage dozens of hydro plants in North America
The solution will enable Brookfield Renewable Power, one of the largest generators of emission-free energy in the Americas, to monitor, control and manage its entire fleet of power generation facilities in North America. Brookfield Renewable Power ...
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ABB to provide innovative substation solution in the UK
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has received an order from CE Electric, UK for a substation that will improve the security and reliability of power supplies in the county of Yorkshire in the north of England. The new ...
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ABB solution greens global shipping
The ABB solution was developed for a ro-ro (roll on-roll off) terminal at the Swedish port of Gothenburg in 2000 and was the first in the world to provide ships with high voltage electric power delivered by cable from onshore during their time in ...
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ABB wins US$52m power orders in India
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth $52 million to provide power products and solutions for a super-critical coal-fired power plant in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The contract was awarded by ...
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Celebrating Global Wind Day
The European Wind Energy Association and the Global Wind Energy Council are promoting awareness of wind energy as a principle means of reducing our appetite for fossil fuels and fighting the effects of global climate change. Local events to ...
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ABB wins orders worth US$100m to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s power network
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth $100 million for substations to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s transmission and distribution network. ABB will design, supply, install and commission three 110-kilovolt ...
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ABB’s 15-week transformer makeover for Duke Energy `a miracle`
When a 46-year-old GE transformer failed and a 40-year-old spare transformer with questionalble reliability was pressed into service, ABB offered the fast solution needed. When a 46-year-old GE transformer at Duke Energy’s W.C. Beckjord generating ...
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ABB wins US$100m substation orders
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won substation orders worth around $100 million from Powergrid, India’s national transmission utility, to boost capacity and help improve grid reliability. The orders were booked in the ...
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German and South Korean leaders review ABB renewable-energy capabilities at trade fair
The leaders were also introduced to ABB’s FlexPicker, a lightweight robot widely used in the food and beverage industry to raise productivity by improving the speed and hygiene of packaging operations. Merkel and Han were met at the stand on the ...
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US Vice President visits ABB plant, praises wind project as fruit of stimulus plan
US Vice President Joe Biden visited the ABB distribution transformer factory in Jefferson City, Missouri, on April 16 to recognize the plant’s contribution to a wind farm in the state. Biden pointed to the Lost Creek wind project as a prime example ...
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The good life doesn`t need a lot of energy
German-based Busch-Jaeger, a wholly owned subsidiary of ABB, recently launched to great industry acclaim its new Living Space concept for intelligent, energy-efficient building control. Awarded the prestigious Red Dot prize for the “Best of the ...
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ABB technologies that changed the world Part one: HVDC
Some of the world’s biggest cities – New York, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Delhi and Johannesburg – receive huge volumes of electric power, often transported over thousands of kilometers with remarkably low losses and minimal ...
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ABB wins US$62 million energy order in Oman
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth approximately $62 million from Vale to supply electrification and automation systems and related equipment for a new iron ore pellet plant in Oman. The new Vale plant, ...
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ABB reports solid operational results in a demanding market
ABB reported solid operational results in the fourth quarter on strong revenue growth and steady cash flow, despite a difficult global market that impacted orders. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and net income in the quarter were reduced ...
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ABB wins US $53 million order to boost power transmission capacity in South Africa
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth US $53 million from the South African power utility, Eskom, to strengthen the transmission network in the Western Cape region. ABB will design, manufacture, install and ...
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ABB wins US$95m order for power substations in Saudi Arabia
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth US$95 million from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), Saudi Arabia’s national power transmission utility, for substations to help strengthen the country’s distribution ...
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ABB cuts energy consumption in Shanghai metro
The solution consists of more than 200 active harmonic filters and reactive power compensation devices that are being deployed in part of the city’s rapid transit system to eliminate harmonic distortion, stabilize the power network and help reduce ...
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ABB cuts energy costs in Singapore buildings
ABB i-bus is the most widely used building installation system in Singapore. It has the largest installed base across the entire range of building uses – offices, factories, hotels and resorts, universities and schools, apartments, villas and ...
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ABB wins power orders worth US$75m in US
ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, has won orders worth a total of $75 million from Oncor Electric Delivery for technology to maintain the reliability of the grid in the north Texas area while lowering environmental impact. ...
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ABB delivers longest underwater power link
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, helped TenneT and Stattnet, the Dutch and Norwegian transmission system operators, officially open a 580-kilometer power link between the two countries. The project brings the goal of a ...