Driving sustainable growth through energy addition
Economic realities are reshaping decarbonization as organizations work to maintain operational excellence. Energy-intensive industries are under growing pressure to secure sustainable energy, meet strict regulatory requirements, deliver measurable ROI to shareholders, and ensure verifiable lifecycle value and long-term viability.
At the heart of these demands is meeting the new requirements of energy addition: expanding and integrating renewables and storage into existing grids and operations to meet demand reliably, affordably and sustainably.
Here, we share lessons and examples from across the sector on how organizations are meeting these challenges head-on, driving competitive advantage and market leadership, with content focused on the key themes shaping decarbonization in an expanding energy ecosystem and ABB’s commitment to enabling lower-carbon futures:
In today’s energy environment, you can’t afford downtime. A layered, modular approach to transition projects integrates new technology with legacy systems. As lower-carbon options scale, this ensures affordability and secures supply and cost management.
Fragmented systems, siloed data and tech from multiple vendors increase operational complexity. Connecting assets, processes and data deliver real-time visibility and streamline workflows. By integrating automation, electrical and digital domains, you reduce operational risk, boost productivity and create a unified, efficient system that supports lower-emission, higher performance operations that do not compromise profitability.
Make energy addition achievable, reliable and commercially compelling: advancing a lower carbon economy built on performance and resilience. Collaborate with technical and engineering experts early, ensuring systems are right-sized and right-designed to minimize cost, operational reliability and support long-term profitability.
Demonstrating value: Case studies in energy systems integration
Explore detailed, real-world examples of how phased investment delivers measurable ROI, minimizes financial risk, and sustains shareholder value.
IRPC Thailand
IRPC Thailand
Enhancing efficiency and optimizing cogeneration plants for IRPC Thailand to improve commercial output.
Petrochemical
Kreigers Flak CGS
Enabling smart operations and optimizing energy flows for cross-boarder hybrid energy system stretching from the Baltic sea to Germany and Denmark.
Offshore wind
DS Smith
Improving efficiency with digitalization for DS Smith’s power plant lowers gas consumption.
Power generation
Schwarzenbruck
Unlocking efficiency potential by controlling and optimizing energy flows for Schwarzenbruck
Wastewater
Helping shape lower-carbon futureS
ABB Energy Industries empowers operational teams to lead the transition to a lower carbon economy. Our automation, electrification and digital and energy solutions reduce carbon emissions, optimize energy use, and ensure seamless integration with legacy systems—delivering measurable sustainability and operational excellence. We partner with customers to move forward with confidence and outperform in a rapidly evolving energy landscape, combining engineering specifications for electrification projects, energy addition strategies and automation technologies for energy efficiency to master the integration of new systems with legacy infrastructure. We provide the technical depth required to ensure progress without disruption and deliver a measurable technical ROI.