District energy solutions for sustainable cities

District heating and cooling (DHC) are the most efficient, fuel-flexible and environmentally friendly methods to produce and distribute energy. They are sustainable, affordable and community-based.

The core delivery from the ABB portfolio for DHC is the automation and control system for high efficiency heating and coling distribution including SCADA with district energy library, variable speed drivescommunication solutions as well as metering devices and interface solutions with third party suppliers (e.g. enterprise resource planning and optimization systems).

Starting from power system analysis, electrical design, power quality and system protection, ABB delivers a complete suite of Medium Voltage to Low Voltage systems for all plant areas.

Besides the ABB equipment, our solutions encompass all the mechanical equipment – heat exchangers, pumps, pipes, boilers, chillers, heat pumps, thermal enery storage, valves, etc. which are manufactured by selected partners and integrated by ABB into complete district energy solutions. 

Why ABB?

  • ABB has one of the largest product and system portfolio on the market for the district energy industry
  • Our references range from large metropolitan networks to small and medium-size networks for local municipalities
  • We enable networks to produce and distribute at the peak of efficiency, reliability and cost-effectiveness
  • Experienced in projects employing waste heat, geothermal and solar energy, biomass, low temperature networks and Power-to-X. 

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