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ABB to Divest Cable Business to NKT Cables
NKT Cables is acquiring ABB’s global high-voltage cable system business with a total enterprise value of 836 million euros (US$934 million). High voltage cables are key components in sustainable energy networks, used...
ABB Wins $85 Million Orders to Strengthen Power Grid in Canada
Ultra-high voltage circuit breakers and power transformers to support upgrade of Quebec grid
Zurich, Switzerland, September, 2016 – ABB has won orders worth over $85 million from leading Canadian utility Hydro-Québec (HQ) to...
ABB Introduces the World’s most Efficient Electric Propulsion System for Marine Vessels
ABB’s Azipod XL model increases fuel efficiency by up to an additional 10 percentZurich, Switzerland, September 2016 – Azipod XL, the latest version of ABB`s market leading podded electric propulsion system, further...
ABB Solutions Equip Sports Infrastructure in Rio de Janeiro
ABB has many products integrated within Rio de Janeiro’s sports infrastructure, built to hold sporting events and leisure in the city. Without ABB as one of the equipment suppliers for large lighting...
ABB Sells First Order for 15-Second Bus Charging
Last week, the U.S. government pledged to push the electric-vehicle industry toward charging a car in less than 10 minutes. Now, that sounds like a long time.
In Switzerland, a new line of...
Solar Impulse Proves Innovation, Technology and Pioneering Mindset Can Address Global Challenges
Solar Impulse has made history by completing the first ever round-the-world flight powered only by energy from the sun. The plane landed at its starting point in Abu Dhabi at 04:05 am...
ABB Wins $30 Million Order to Strengthen Norwegian Grid
ABB has won an order worth more than $30 million from Norway’s transmission system operator Statnett for two substations that will strengthen grid reliability and boost power supplies. The increased transmission capacity...
ABB Wins 1st Commercial Order for Breakthrough 15-Second Flash Charging Technology to Enable CO2-Free Public Transport in Geneva
ABB has been awarded orders totaling more than $16 million by Transports Publics Genevois (TPG), Geneva’s public transport operator, and Swiss bus manufacturer HESS, to provide flash charging and on-board electric vehicle...
IHS Names SMA, SolarEdge, Schneider Electric, Sungrow, Huawei and ABB as Leaders in PV Inverter Supplier Scorecard
SMA, SolarEdge, Schneider Electric, Sungrow, Huawei and ABB were all identified as solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter industry leaders with above average scores for both market presence and market momentum, according to an...
Helping to Deliver Egypt’s Renewable Energy Vision
Egypt has set ambitious targets for the roll-out and expansion of renewable generation and transmission infrastructure over the next few years. And ABB is in an excellent position to help the country...
ABB EV Road Trip: Doing on the Ground what Solar Impulse is Doing in the Air
Solar Impulse has proved that clean, electric transport is capable of great things in the air. Now, Solar Impulse Main Partner ABB is embarking an its own electric vehicle adventure: a symbolic...
Transportation: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
On Thursday, the 23rd of June, Bertrand Piccard and Solar Impulse successfully made a historic, zero-fuel flight across the Atlantic, from New York to Seville, Spain.
The flight comes at a time when...
Solar Impulse Arrives in Europe, Pointing the Way to the Future of Transportation
Seville, Spain, and Zurich, Switzerland, June 23, 2016 – Earlier yesterday, Solar Impulse, a groundbreaking solar aircraft, completed a 71-hour transatlantic flight from New York to Seville in the course of its...
ABB Inverter Dramatically Boosts Performance of Solar Power Installations
Zurich, Switzerland, June 20, 2016 – ABB’s PVS980 central inverter – an essential component in every solar installation that converts direct current (DC) produced in solar panels into alternating current (AC) for...
Solar Impulse 2 Begins Transatlantic Stretch of Global Journey
The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft set off from New York’s JFK airport early on Monday, embarking on the transatlantic leg of its record-breaking flight around the world to promote renewable energy.
The...
ABB Connects Power to the Indian Grid from one of the World’s Largest Solar Plants
ABB has successfully commissioned five substations to integrate a 648-megawatt (MW) solar project at Kamuthi in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to the national transmission grid. The project was awarded...
