Energy efficiency is ABB's business

Raising efficiency along the energy chain

ABB helps to raise efficiency at every stage along the energy value chain, from the extraction of primary energy sources to the production of electricity, and from the transport of power to its end use by consumers.

ABB helps sugar mills to harvest energy

April 10: India’s sugar mills are investing in bagasse cogeneration plants and turning to ABB for complete automation and electrical balance of plant (eBOP) solutions that help generate new revenues and provide reliable carbon-neutral power and process steam at near-zero fuel cost.

ABB technology wins energy efficiency award

March 4: An ABB technology that helps cement makers reduce their energy consumption by controlling a range of processes in their plants was picked as the “most innovative technology for electrical energy efficiency” at a global conference for the cement industry in London.

ABB converters save energy and costs

Feb. 20: Industrial motors use about 30 percent of electricity produced in the world, but fewer than 10 percent are equipped with the most efficient speed control that exists. The result is that the motors are run at full speed and then throttled to reduce output ­­– similar to driving a car with one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brake.

Desalination for Australia’s Gold Coast

Jan. 15: ABB water-cooled motors and drives have been selected to power the first large-scale desalination plant on the Australian east coast. Lowest harmonics, fastest switching response, smallest footprint – and ABB’s unrivalled reference list of energy-efficient solutions for desalination plants - were the reasons why.

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