ABB Review 2009 №03

Energy and environment
Challenges and opportunities aplenty. The heat is on to confront the challenge of climate change.
Controlling the gas flow. A power grid made of pipelines: ABB’s SCADA and System 800xA provide a delivery solution for natural gas.
Transmission and distribution
Restoring confidence. When a storm brings feeder lines down, it takes a coordinated restoration strategy to put them back up.
The power to make a difference. The connection of alternative generation calls for alternative transmission: HVDC Light.
The balance of power. How can a light solution provide a weighty contribution to transmission needs? The HVDC Light solution improves network stability.
Smarter grids are more efficient. Energy efficiency in transmission requires efficient network management.
Information, not data. As the growing ubiquity of measurement devices risks unleashing a data tsunami, ABB has the strategies to keep the control room in control.
Network management for smart grids. Working smarter before working harder: The operation centers of distribution networks are rising to the challenge of complexity.
Efficiency and standards
In harmony. It takes a standard to raise the standard: Global standards are making it easier to compare motor efficiency.
OPC Unified Architecture. Connected and going live: ABB played a major role in defining the OPC UA standard for interconnectivity in industrial automation.
Not lost in translation. How well do you know your subsystems? There is now a simple and safe way to import engineering data for subsystem integration.
Perpetual pioneering
High-voltage bushings. Electrifying experiences mean high-voltage equipment often needs stress control. ABB Review looks back on 100 years of high-voltage bushings.