Helping power plants optimize operations and reduce emissions

ABB automation and electrical systems help increase the efficiency of power plants and extend their lifespan. ABB is also the biggest supplier of equipment to generate wind power and of equipment needed to feed electricity into the distribution network at minimal loss.

Sustaining reliability while protecting the environment

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  • ABB's Optimax Combustion Optimizer software helps power plants to reduce harmful NOx emissions by 5 to 35 percent.

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  • Saving energy with ABB drives

    2009-10-22: Processes driven by electric motors consume vast quantities of electricity and even small improvements can lead to dramatic savings. ABB’s installed base of low-voltage drives, which control the power consumed by electric motors, saves an equivalent of 140 million tons of CO2 each year.

  • ABB robot systems increase productivity in the area of renewable energy

    2009-10-17: ABB Robotics has supplied four robot-based materials handling systems to Covilis, a company located 20 kilometers from Lisbon, Portugal. Covilis are currently the world’s largest, most efficient, and most advanced production company supplying tempered glass mirrors for solar thermal power plants.

  • Solar homes ready to compete in Washington

    2009-10-14: After four weeks at sea, a solar house built by students of the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany with help from ABB has been reassembled in the US capital and is ready to compete against other renewable energy entries in the Solar Decathlon. A winner will be announced on October 17.

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