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ABB technologies that changed the world
Part five: extended automation

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:26:03 GMT

2009-11-16 - ABB pioneered one of the world’s first distributed control systems in the early 1980s and remains to this day the global market leader and the company with the largest installed base of process automation systems worldwide.

Breaking ice and saving energy in the Antarctic

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:16:12 GMT

2009-10-26 - ABB is providing a complete power, propulsion and automation solution that will make an Argentine icebreaker more energy efficient and environmentally friendly as it works in one of the toughest and most sensitive environments on earth – the Antarctic.

Connecting renewable energy to the grid

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:56:54 GMT

2009-10-22 - Big cities need large amounts of electricity to function. Often, this is transported from generating sites located in remote areas hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away.

Saving energy with ABB drives

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:35:56 GMT

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.

Drinking water from the sea

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:24:09 GMT

2009-10-22 - It covers two-thirds of the earth's surface and makes up 75 percent of the human body. Water is the cradle of life, but some parts of our planet have almost none and many regions are critically short of drinking water. ABB water solutions are helping to turn that around.

Breaking records in paper mill productivity

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:12:58 GMT

2009-10-20 - A complete ABB power distribution and electrification solution is enabling a mega-size paper machine to break world speed and productivity records while minimizing power consumption in this, one of the world’s three most energy-intensive industries.

TU Darmstadt wins Solar Decathalon in Washington

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:10:10 GMT

2009-10-19 - Oct 19 - A solar house built by students of the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany with help from ABB has won a competition in the US capital to build the most innovative sun-powered home.

ABB collaborates with universities to harvest energy from the sun

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:04:00 GMT

2009-10-16 - Two teams participating in Solar Decathlon 2009, Team Germany and Team Spain, are being sponsored respectively by ABB in Germany and Spain, demonstrating ABB innovation in both renewable power generation and the building systems business.

Solar homes ready to compete in Washington

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:31:22 GMT

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.

Simply the FACTS

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:08:11 GMT

2009-10-12 - ABB’s FACTS business set a new record with 17 commissioned installations around the world in the first half of 2009