As the global leader in power transmission and distribution technology, and a leading automation company, ABB can help to achieve energy savings at every step of the energy chain, from harvesting primary energy through transportation and processing to power generation, delivery and ultimate end-use. By reducing power consumption and losses, improving productivity and managing electrical equipment more effectively, ABB technologies can reduce the waste of energy and more than double the current productivity of the energy value chain.
Moreover, ABB is the market leader for key energy-savings technologies in emerging economies, where the energy-efficiency need and potential is greatest. Its customers are utilities in power generation, transmission and distribution, and we are also a leading automation and power technology supplier to all industries, including the transportation sector.
“Here in Vietnam we are responsible for manufacturing different types of power products, from transformers to medium voltage switchgear in our Hanoi factory and our new factory in Bac Ninh province,” said Mr Gary Marler, Country Manager of ABB Vietnam. “We also supply all the other products in ABB’s vast portfolio. We have built strong service engineering teams and service facilities to support our customers to use electrical power effectively. Besides that, ABB provides services on a global basis, meaning any service inquiry that cannot be handled locally can be forwarded and taken care of by other ABB experts in the region.”
In primary energy production, ABB helps companies recovering primary energy resources, such as oil, gas and coal, to run their operations more efficiently and use less energy to extract and deliver these products to customers. In coal mining, efficient motors and drives for hoist systems and conveyor belts can bring cost and efficiency improvements. ABB technologies can also improve the recovery rates of primary energy extraction. Its sub-sea electrification solutions can keep compressor motors running on the seabed, extending the life of oil and gas fields and improving the efficiency of extraction.
In transport, ABB technology can help lower energy losses and reduce CO2 emissions on land and sea. ABB Azipod ship propulsion systems reduce fuel consumption by up to 15 per cent. ABB also supplies connections so that vessels in port can get electricity from shore rather than generate their own power on board, helping reduce CO2 and other emissions.
In power generation, ABB systems improve the efficiency of fuel combustion, boiler operations and energy consumption in support operations. On average efficiency is now 40 per cent while a modern combined heat and power plant (cogeneration plant or CHP) that uses heat produced during power generation to warm nearby buildings can achieve an efficiency of as much as 85 per cent.
ABB supplies all the electric and automation equipment for power plants except for turbines and boilers. ABB’ s power combustion software and precise boiler control systems are helping to minimise losses and better use primary fuel sources by operating the process very close to its limits.
In power transmission, ABB is the recognised global leader in sophisticated power transmission and distribution technologies, such as high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electrical transmission and high-efficiency power and distribution transformers, which significantly reduce power losses.
ABB ultrahigh-voltage direct current (UHVDC) technology can save about 30 per cent of transmission losses on very long power transmission distances above 1,500 kilometres.
In industry, the vast majority of ABB’s industrial product range improves energy savings by helping factories run more productively with state-of-the -art control systems, automation products and electrical equipment.
ABB has delivered more than 2.5 million energy efficient motor control devices.
In commercial and residential buildings, every day, ABB ships 1 million products for the sector and is a leading producer of low-voltage devices and automated control and building automation systems that can help to achieve savings mainly in three areas, including temperature control, lighting control and building automation.