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Case studies
See how we transform electrical systems for better reliability, availability, sustainability and predictability
EnBW, one of Europe’s largest energy companies, partnered with ABB to modernize their electrical system by upgraded their switchgear with cutting-edge digital switchgear solutions, not only ensuring critical energy production efficiency but also elevating safety, sustainability and predictability at the plant.
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By upgrading the hospital’s power systems, adding next-gen vacuum circuit breakers to cut the use of SF6 gas and enhancing equipment life, we help ensure reliable power for over 500,000 patients every year.
Since 1988, we’ve worked with SIA to keep their auto manufacturing plant powered safely and sustainably, while production jumped from 4,087 cars to 298,837. We also helped them become the first U.S. auto plant to achieve zero landfill, showing their dedication to sustainability.
Our retrofit at Mälarenergi in Västerås, one of Sweden's largest cogeneration plants, boosts efficiency, cuts CO2 emissions, and extends equipment life, supporting their goal for net-zero CO2 emissions.
We upgraded Fink Steels’s furnace breaker in Quebec, slashing maintenance costs and enhancing production efficiency. This shift to a single, advanced breaker reduces total ownership costs by nearly 35%, marking a move towards maintenance-free operations and minimizing environmental impact.
Belgium energy supplier Engie embraces the circular economy with a retrofit switchgear upgrade that also reduces total cost of ownership. Modernization of aging circuit breakers with the latest vacuum technology delivers a more efficient and reliable energy supply, ensuring safer and future-proofed energy power plants.
We upgraded an energy-from-waste facility in North London, serving 1.9 million residents. The upgrade, involving a modern digital protection and control scheme for five generators, helps sustain energy production and waste processing efficiently.
For the Käppala plant treating wastewater for 650,000 residents daily, we replaced old circuit breakers with smart Emax 2 breakers, enabling preventative maintenance and remote monitoring. This upgrade was achieved with minimal downtime, significantly enhancing plant reliability.
Collaborative planning was the key to success on the massive electrical maintenance shutdown at the INPEX Ichthys floating offshore facilities in the Timor Sea. ABB was the chosen partner on the first major inspection and testing of the systems that form the electrical backbone of the extraction and offshore processing facility.
Steel Dynamics Heartland Division teamed up with ABB to modernize their steel processing operations with smart power and control relays that ensure reliable power supply and quick response to any anomalies, protecting SDI Heartland’s operations from unexpected interruptions.
ABB partnered with the City of Cape Town to modernize their electrical infrastructure that provides power to 4.8 million residents of the Western Cape. Thanks to ABB’s full-circle end-of-life service, the old SF6 breakers and gases were disposed of safely and sustainably.
The world’s most northerly paper mill, Billerud in Karlsborg, Sweden has relied on ABB technology for many years to ensure production runs around the clock. With the help of our local Service team, Billerud upgraded its aging switchgear to give it a new lease on life and enhance the reliability, safety and sustainability of the plant’s electricity needs.
Two of Finland’s major hydro power plants operated by Kemijoki Oy, located in the freezing Arctic Circle, are now SF6 ‘greenhouse gas’ free thanks to an ABB turn-key generator circuit breaker retrofit that gears them up for a more resource-efficient future.
