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2012-01-05: ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth over $50 million from Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT), to provide electrical equipment that will improve reliability, strengthen the existing transmission grid and facilitate the integration of wind power. The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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This Technical Paper is aimed at analyzing the problems and the basic concepts to be faced when realizing a wind power plant
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2011-12-08: ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will invest over $ 400 million to double the capacity of its high-voltage cables manufacturing facility in Karlskrona, Sweden, to meet growing demand for subsea cables.
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2011-11-24: ABB, together with 16 companies and 17 associations, lends its voice to the call for a single electricity market to increase competition, improve security of supply, help deliver climate goals and integrate modern technologies including renewables.
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2011-11-23: ABB demonstrated its complete and leading smart grid solution at its “ABB Power World” event today, showing its support to future grid in the fields of a flexible power grid, optimized power generation, smart home, intelligent building, and intelligent production.
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2011-11-21: ABB is introducing a semi-integrated permanent magnet generator. The new generator design offers a reliable solution for multi-MW offshore wind turbines.
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2011-11-15: ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has agreed to acquire Powercorp, an Australian renewable power automation company. This acquisition strengthens ABB’s portfolio of control technologies used to manage the integration of renewable energy sources.
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2011-11-07: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it is providing funding for a team of leading energy organizations to perform a broad study that will assess the most promising sites for high offshore wind production along all of the U.S. coastal regions. The ABB-led team will investigate important technical and economic questions about the integration of offshore wind energy through a range of transmission technologies.
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2011-11-02: ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently announced it is providing 3 units of 50MVA main transformers to local partner Wuhan Kaidi Holding Investment Company. ABB transformers will help ensure the efficiency and reliable operations of Wuhan Kaidi Company’s three major wind farms located in the Liaoning Fuxin, Ningxia Yanchi, and Anhui Wangjiang areas of China.
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2011-10-21: ABB, the leading power and automation technology group launched its turbine control and protection product family for wind power systems at the China Wind Power 2011 Conference and Exhibition. ABB also showcased its full range of solutions and products for the wind power industry, covering the wind power generation industry from wind turbine product supply to grid connection, thereby exhibiting ABB’s technical strength as the leading wind turbine components independent supplier in the industry.
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2011-09-21: ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $14 million from Galvão Energia SA to supply a new transformer substation and lay power cables to facilitate the transmission of electricity from a wind farm currently under construction in the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte.
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Power plant owners are looking for a reliable system which can guarantee continuous operation and maximum production of energy with the lowest lifetime cost. The doubly-fed (DF) concept offers a cost-effective way to achieve variable speed operation, a good price per kWh, and to satisfy basic grid code requirements.
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2011-08-23: ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth more than $30 million to supply frequency converters for the offshore wind park, Global Tech I, in Germany’s North Sea. The order was booked in the second quarter
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2011-08-02: ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $1 billion from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to supply a power link connecting offshore North Sea wind farms to the German mainland grid.
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2011-01-27: New wind power generators from ABB combine a standard base construction with customized interface connections, lowering costs for turbine manufacturers and shortening delivery times.
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2010-10-14: ABB has won orders worth more than $50 million from a German transmission system operator to provide maintenance services for the grid connections of offshore wind farms located in the North Sea off the coast of Germany.
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2010-09-01: ABB introduces a new family of permanent magnet generators for 1.5 – 3.6 MW wind turbines. The new series offers an easy upgrade route to the next level of total power control and advanced grid compliance of the full converter concept.
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2010-08-20: Energy-efficient wind power generators will supply rising demand for wind power generation components in India and world markets
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2010-08-19: State-of-the-art power transformers to support integration of wind power and provide clean electricity to millions in north-east China
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2010-07-29: Major presence at the largest energy trade show in North America with more than 23,000 in attendance
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2010-07-16: HVDC Light transmission link will connect three North Sea wind farms to German power grid
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2010-06-07: ABB launches new slip ring generator series designed to fit most present 1.5 - 2.0 MW doubly-fed turbines. The generators feature an enhanced rotor design and modular interface.
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SafeWind is the slimmest medium-voltage switchgear on the market and small enough to fit through the narrow doorway of the turbine tower
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HVDC Light for large-scale offshore wind integration
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PCS6000 wind converter for 5 MW offshore wind turbines
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New transmission technologies are a valuable link to a clean and sustainable future
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ABB deliver generators and frequency converters to the wind turbines and substations and transformers for the wind farm
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2007-09-18: Innovative technology connects wind-generated electric power fraom the Borkum-2 wind park 100 kilometers off the coast of Germany to the grid
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