ABB expands in Aberdeen
May 4, 2012
ABB’s former Commerce Street site has relocated to Altens to become its UK base for oil and gas, marine and turbocharger service and spare parts.
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Symphony Plus in tune with current and future power generation needs
April 4, 2012
Symphony Plus, the latest generation in the Symphony family of distributed control systems, continues ABB’s tradition of delivering power generation software that helps drive plant productivity and energy-efficiency. It has been developed to enhance operational security and plant safety as well as
ABB forms engineering joint venture for offshore wind power integration
March 8, 2012
ABB has signed an agreement with Inocean AS Norway, to set up an engineering services joint venture specialising in offshore wind integration projects.
Dimming of luminaires
March 7, 2012
i-bus KNX universal dimmers from ABB were voted Products of the Year in the KNX UK Association annual awards. According to model, they feature a phase control or phase angle control that can be set to suit the lighting load. Incandescent and
Drives save €1,000 a week for county council
February 17, 2012
An ABB low voltage AC drive has cut pump maintenance costs for a local authority by €1,000 a week. The water services department of Laois County Council in the Republic of Ireland had problems with the sewage pump at its Connolly Street
Advertorial: ABB delivers energy efficient data centre power from ‘grid to chip’
February 10, 2012
The developers and operators of today’s new-generation data centres make major demands on their power network infrastructure. Downtime due to loss of power simply cannot be contemplated, so operators insist on total reliability and availability. ABB has responded by developing a unique
National Grid awards five-year substation contract extension to Electricity Alliance Central
February 6, 2012
National Grid’s Electricity Alliance Central (EAC), a consortium of ABB, Morgan Sindall and Atkins, has been awarded a five-year contract extension to deliver major enhancements to the UK’s electrical transmission infrastructure. These enhancements will primarily involve the design, construction and commissioning of
ABB wins HV electrical contract for E.ON’s biomass energy project in Sheffield
February 3, 2012
ABB has been awarded a major contract by energy company E.ON to supply the HV installation for a biomass-fired renewable energy plant under construction at Blackburn Meadows, near Sheffield. The £120m renewable energy plant will be set near the site of the
Video shows water plant saving €500,000 a year
January 17, 2012
A new ABB video produced with Energy Live News shows how a water treatment works in Ireland is saving over €500,000 a year on energy costs using variable-speed drives. In the video Lar Spain, senior engineer for Leixlip Water Treatment Works, explains
ABB gives its name to new educational facility
November 28, 2011
ABB has given its support for a new facility built by City College Plymouth aimed at encouraging the uptake of energy efficient, sustainable technologies in industrial, commercial and residential projects in the UK. Named the ABB Energy Centre, the hi-tech facility is