Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has been awarded an $11 million contract from the Indonesian state-owned utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to extend existing substations across Indonesia in order to strengthen reliability of its Java-Bali transmission and distribution networks and meet the growing demand for power in Java.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB and Cavotec have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly offer shore-to-ship power solutions to global ports markets, boosting “green ports”.
Switzerland, Geneva: CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) came to standstill after a small weasel gnawed through a 66 kV transformer inside an electrical facility outside the main building, causing a wide power outage around CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) and shutting down the 27-km long particle smasher on Friday morning.
Switzerland, Zurich: Orders worth $300 million have been placed for the supply of converter transformers for two long-distance ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission links in China capable of transporting up to 10,000 MW of power at the 800 kV voltage level.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB will supply the complete integrated electrical and automation system for an experimental electro mechanic module Mo.S.E. in Venice, Italy, which is a flood barrier system designed to block the high tides and storm surges that enter the Venetian Lagoon.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has been selected to participate in the FITNESS (“Future Intelligent Transmission NEtworkSubStation”) project of SP Energy Networks, a UK-based electricity transmission and distribution network operator, to provide a digital substation scheme to protect, monitor and control the transmission network in parts of Scotland.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has received an order worth around $140 million from transmission system operators Energinet.dk in Denmark and 50Hertz Transmission in Germany to design, supply and install an HVDC (high voltage direct current) converter station in Bentwisch, Northern Germany.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won an order worth around $100 million from Mass Global Holding to deliver a gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation that will help integrate 3,000 MW of electricity generated by a combined cycle power plant, utilizing Iraq’s natural gas resources.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won an order from SP PowerGrid to supply four 66 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substations for the city-state of Singapore, the manufacturer states in the press release.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has received an order worth around $130 million from a U.S. electric cooperative Great River Energy to upgrade an existing ± 400 kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) connection between Underwood, North Dakota and Buffalo, Minnesota in the U.S.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has commissioned and handed over the LitPol Link, a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link connecting the power grids of Lithuania and Poland, to the Lithuanian transmission system operator Litgrid.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has nominated four new members for election to its Board of Directors, aiming to strengthen its expertise in areas related to the shift in the centre of gravity of the company’s activities.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB will supply a substation for the Shams Ma’an photovoltaic project, the largest of its kind in Jordan, which will help the country reach renewable targets of 10 percent of its energy mix by 2020.
Switzerland, Basel: Haefely Hipotronics, a Switzerland-based provider of high voltage test equipment solutions, has announced the appointment of Sinemax International Company as its authorized representative in Taiwan.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won orders worth over $300 million for critical power technologies to enable two new ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) power transmission links.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won orders worth $23 million from Power Grid Corporation of India to supply 765 kV ultra-high voltage power transformers for substations in the northern Indian states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB will deliver an integrated power and automation solution for Fibria’s new pulp mill in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won orders worth around $30 million for the construction of a new 400 kV substation to power a new steel complex in Algeria’s north-eastern Jijel province.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won orders worth around $18 million to provide turnkey solution encompassing the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the power plant electrification and automation systems, the pooling stations and multiple substations for solar power plants being built as part of India’s push for solar energy and renewables.
Switzerland, Basel: Haefely Hipotronics, a Switzerland-based high voltage test equipment and system solutions provider, has appointed EAYDIN Engineering Consulting & Trading Inc. as its authorized representative for the industry sector in Turkey.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has appointed Bazmi Husain as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective January 1, 2016.
Switzerland, Zurich: The first high- and medium-voltage GIS bays using a new eco-efficient gas mixture have been commissioned by ABB.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has received orders worth $85 million from Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Rail to supply traction equipment for projects to expand public rail networks in Switzerland, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has launched Transformer Intelligence™, new sensor based monitoring solution for transformer assets, at its US Automation and Power World event in Houston, Texas.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has been awarded a $24 million Nairobi substation upgrade project by Kenya Power, the national electric utility and the country’s largest power transmission and distribution company.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has signed a contract worth around $50 million with Bombardier Transportation South Africa for the supply of traction transformers and associated products for 240 freight locomotives that will form South Africa’s electric rail fleet.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won a $28 million order to supply an electrical Balance-of-Plant (eBoP) solution for a new independent water and power producer (IWPP) project in the United Arab Emirates.
Switzerland, Zurich: Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Rail has placed orders worth $40 million with ABB for train projects in Europe and the United States.