Low Voltage News

ABB has been recognized in the 2018 Red Dot Awards for its first non-frame light switch range, which was crowned as winner in the Product Design category. Billed as the Academy Award equivalent for design, the Red Dots are one of the world’s most famous honors for industrial design that recognize the most outstanding products in the world. Paavo Tammisto, Global Product Group Manager of ABB’s

The Käppalaverket (Käppala Wastewater Treatment Plant) in Lidingö, Stockholm treats the wastewater of 650,000 residents all day, every day. Wastewater from 11 municipalities arrives via an underground network of pipes that stretches tens of kilometers. From showers, WCs and kitchens in local homes and offices to the Arlanda Airport’s wastewater more than a million cubic meters of wastewater enters

ABB has introduced the new EtherNet/IPTM communication interface EIU32.0 for its UMC100.3 Universal Motor Controller. It increases the existing assortment of Ethernet interfaces for Modbus TCP and Profinet, providing connection to all relevant networks used worldwide. The main applications are intelligent motor control centers (IMCCs) in the process industry. Peter O. Müller, Global Product

Rural Australia has been hit by successive droughts and poor crop prices, with farmers struggling to earn a living. Subsequently, many have been forced to abandon their farms and incomes. However, a potential solution was identified by local business owner Mark Yates of Yates Electrical Services, based in Paringa, South Australia. He was convinced that solar energy could make a significant

IONITY, which plans to build a network of electric-vehicle service stations across Europe to make long trips as feasible for electric vehicles as for fossil-fueled vehicles, today opened its first station – in Neuenkirch, Switzerland on the A2 motorway. The station, a pilot project near Lucerne, features six of ABB’s most advanced high-speed chargers, the Terra HP. The 350kW Terra HP chargers can

Delivering up to 65 percent savings on installation and logistic costs for ground mounted utility scale applications, the ABB PVS-175-TL delivers the largest capacity on the market for a 1500Vdc string inverter. Together with all the key benefits of traditional string inverters, its innovative modular design means that up to 65 percent fewer inverters are required to complete the optimal power

Batisoke Cimento is one of the first companies in the world to install ABB Ability™ MNS Digital, a scalable, modular low-voltage (LV) smart switchgear solution to optimize operations at their cement manufacturing plant located near the city of Aydin in western Turkey. With MNS Digital operating cost savings of up to 30 percent can be achieved. Batisoke Cimento is also the very first in the world

ABB is adding an advanced, new molded case circuit breaker (MCCB) for higher-voltage solar power plants to its Tmax PV range. The breaker, designed to protect combiners, switchgear and inverters up to 1500V DC, is the latest addition to ABB’s complete range of protection solutions for utility-scale solar plants. The shift to higher voltages is helping reduce the cost of utility-scale photovoltaic

Due to the delicate nature of this ecosystem, there is a critical need to avoid any environmental impact. All research bases are bound by agreements and treaties pertinent to this icy continent, with continuous monitoring programmes to assess the impact of activity there. Like many other nations, Uruguay has maintained a base in Antarctica for more than 50 years. Artigas, like other Antarctic

Drawing on its 25-year heritage of solar and its experience of working in extreme environments, ABB is helping power a sustainable research base in Antarctica for the government of Uruguay. Spanning 14,000 square kilometers and with extreme conditions including temperatures as low as -89.2°C and winds in excess of 200 km/h, Antarctica is one of the most inhospitable places in the world. It is also