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2009-06-09 - Power grids are facing their biggest challenges ever. Concern for the environment and advances in technology are leading to the creation of “smart” grids that are more efficient, flexible and reliable. A new Web portal provides an overview of ABB’s established technologies and the R&D projects that are helping to build the grid of the future today
2009-05-04 - Substation performance is evolving rapidly with the introduction of the global IEC 61850 standard for communication networks and systems – a standard fully implemented by ABB in the world’s first multi-vendor substation automation system in 2004.
2009-04-17 - U.S. 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 of how funds from the U.S. federal stimulus package are creating green jobs while expanding the country’s renewable energy portfolio.
2008-12-11 - Two mega-greenhouse projects in the Netherlands and the U.K. – each the size of 70 soccer fields and thought to be the largest in the world – have selected a range of ABB products to ensure reliability at their power-exporting, carbon dioxide-recycling facilities.
2008-10-31 - ABB has developed ultra-low-noise power transformers to help electric utility Consolidated Edison (ConEd) meet the newly enforced noise regulations of New York City, thought to be the toughest in the world.
2008-09-15 - A new power link that ABB has built to connect the electricity grids of Norway and the Netherlands is a landmark piece of engineering that brings Europe a step closer to a secure, competitive and environmentally sustainable continent-wide electricity grid.
2008-09-05 - ABB’s high-voltage power cable factory in Sweden is one of the most modern cable factories in the world, and has supplied dozens of power projects around the world, including the 580-km long link that now connects the power grids of Norway and the Netherlands. NorNed, the world’s longest submarine power link, passed operational tests at the end of June.
2008-09-04 - ABB is delivering an unprecedented number of orders for high-voltage cables that can be used to interconnect power grids and link offshore wind farms and oil and gas platforms to mainland power systems.
2008-09-04 - Many ABB cable installations are milestones in power transmission history, reflecting 140 years of expertise and close collaboration with customers all over the world.
2008-08-07 - Reykjavik Energy selected ABB to upgrade and integrate five utility automation systems - geothermal power plants, district heating, water and wastewater – into a single state-of-the-art control system operated from a central control room.