Electrification Service news & case studies archives

Heineken Guadalajara has collaborated with ABB since 2012, benefiting from the installation and maintenance of key electrical systems, including the main substation and uninterruptible power supply (UPS). As a globally renowned brand, maintaining a reputation for excellence is paramount for Heineken. At its Guadalajara facility in Mexico, operations run continuously, producing 30 million liters of

Lee Todd, Head of Advisory Services for ABB Electrification Service, argues that sustainability starts with safety, reliability and availability of power.

Stefano Corti, head of the Modernization product line at ABB Electrification Service, explains how businesses that want to optimize should consider digitalizing their electrical infrastructure.

Marco Egman, Global Product Line Manager for Care with ABB Electrification Service, argues that a shift toward OpEx spending, and away from CapEx, relies on a robust digitalization strategy.

The Czech Republic’s only crude oil processor and operator of its largest network of filling stations has renewed a service contract with ABB following a successful 12-year partnership. ORLEN Unipetrol, which produces, distributes and sells fuels and petrochemical products, such as plastics and fertilizers, has agreed a tailored, wide-ranging five-year Power Care agreement with ABB Electrification

Global building materials supplier Cemex is committed to providing innovative and sustainable products for the construction industry and when their own sites require solutions, they prioritise sustainable development, as well prioritizing reliability and safety. Cemex’s Rudniki plant in Poland is one of the country’s largest cement suppliers and a leading producer of four types of cement as well

In less than an hour, Helsinki University Hospital switched from the time consuming, physical inspection of its transformers to ABB’s cloud-based digital solution. Jari-Pekka Korhonen, Operations Manager for the hospital, explains: “We operate both dry and oil transformers, which require regular monitoring and inspection. For the oil transformers, this required a complete shutdown to take samples

ABB Electrification Service has brought to market a breakthrough digital monitoring solution for power and distribution transformers in collaboration with Danish start-up Oktogrid. ABB Ability™ Asset Manager for Transformers (TRAFCOM) will enable industries to swiftly modernize outdated electrical grids, ensuring they can handle increased power demands with enhanced performance, reliability, and

Norway’s largest district heating and waste incineration company has completed a notable modernization project to refurbish the switchgear in its waste-to-energy plant at Klemetsrud, in the outskirts of Oslo. As their trusted partner, engineers from ABB’s Electrification Service team in Norway were determined to deliver a smooth and on-schedule delivery.

Running a piece of equipment to the point of failure – requiring reactive maintenance – can cost up to 10 times more than a program of predictive or preventive maintenance. But what are the differences, and which approach is best for your business?

Businesses are forever seeking energy supply that is reliable, affordable and clean. Often, these three characteristics are sought in that order. This is the energy trilemma, something of a “holy trinity” of energy supply because achieving the three concurrently can prove challenging, especially today.

ABB has teamed up with Steel Dynamics Heartland Division (SDI Heartland) to modernize aging substation equipment with an upgrade of switchgear doors, protection relays and controls at its 18-breaker substation. SDI Heartland produces various types of value-added, flat rolled steel by further processing hot-rolled coils into pickle and oiled, cold rolled and galvanized products. With a facility

Today, our consumption of resources is so great that we need 1.7 Earths to satisfy our demands. That’s like earning $100,000 per year but spending $170,000, and asking our children and grandchildren to pay our debt. Without a new way forward, this level of deficit can’t be maintained. So more than ever before, a circular approach to the way we do business is incredibly important. What is

One of the first things your business can do to improve circularity and reach its sustainability targets is to implement a preventative, data-driven maintenance and servicing program.

A major European waste to energy incinerator plant has successfully modernized its aging network of circuit breakers with just minutes of downtime thanks to an innovative solution from ABB. The Nordværk energy plant in Aalborg, Denmark, which provides renewable energy for thousands of households in Northern Jutland, took advantage of ABB’s Direct Replacement (DR) solution to remove and replace

ABB is supplying innovative power distribution solutions for data centers worldwide as they scale and deploy artificial intelligence (AI). The latest, located in Sichuan province, China, will be one of the region’s largest with 500 petaflops of computing power in its first phase.

The City of Cape Town, which is responsible for delivering energy to the 4.8 million residents of the Western Cape, has awarded ABB a three-year contract for a phased retrofit of legacy medium voltage (MV) switchgear within its electrical infrastructure. The new contract follows the success of an initial 2020 project, which saw more than 400, 11kV oil filled circuit breakers and over 100 SF6

Upgrading more than 1,000 draws in 120 cubicles across five switchgear rooms in only 10 weeks; that was the focus of an electrical infrastructure modernization project for one of Europe’s largest energy companies, EnBW, at their Altbach energy plant in Stuttgart, Germany. To deliver against such a comprehensive scope in a tight timeline, EnBW engaged the support of ABB to install and commission

According to the OECD, we are going to need 2.3 planets to meet global material resource needs by 2040 if we continue to grow consumption at the current pace. If we keep going as we are now, material extraction will double the 2015 levels by 2050. Hence, developing and implementing material management strategies that keep us within planetary boundaries is more crucial than ever. In a circular

ABB today announced a minority investment in GridBeyond, a leading technology player providing energy management solutions based on artificial intelligence and data science that will enable our customers to optimize distributed energy resources and industrial loads. The investment was made through ABB Ventures. This newly formed strategic partnership will contribute to the continued expansion of