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ABB SUPPORTS GROWING WIND POWER MARKET IN CHINA
03 March 2007 - ABB Automation Technologies
| China invests more money in renewable energy than any other country, and a significant amount is being spent to develop wind power. If present trends continue, China could become the world’s biggest wind power market by 2020, with help from ABB. |
Two of the most recent wind power schemes to be announced are the 150 megawatt Jiangsu Rudong wind park near Shanghai, and the 100 MW Jilin Tongyu wind power project in northeastern China. Both projects will be extensively equipped with ABB power products and feature ABB innovations developed specifically for China’s wind power market. ABB’s scope of supply includes compact secondary substations, distribution transformers and ring main units for Jiangsu Rudong, and tamper-resistant padmounted transformers for Jilin Tongyu. The RMUs and padmounted transformers are both rated at 35 kilovolts and were developed by ABB to meet the requirements of wind energy companies operating in the Chinese market. ABB is unique in offering high-end 35 kV RMUs in China, a new technology that brings robust reliability to a demanding switchgear application. Leading investor in renewable energy
According to the U.S.-based Worldwatch Institute, China invested some $6 billion in renewable energy (excluding hydropower) out of a global total of $38 billion, making it the world’s leading investor in renewable energy. About $600 million of this went into wind power. Renewable energy is forecast to make up ten percent of China’s generating capacity by 2010, rising to 20 percent by 2020. Some authorities, like the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association, expect China to become the world’s biggest wind power market by 2020. ABB’s global capability in wind power products and systems is unrivalled. It ranges from generators and low voltage products for wind turbine manufacturers, to grid connection systems, high voltage DC and AC submarine cables, and onshore and offshore substations for wind park owners.
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About: ABB Automation Technologies
ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs around 105,000 people.
ABB has streamlined its divisional structure to focus on two core businesses: Power Technologies and Automation Technologies. The Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals division is slated for divestment. ABB Power Technologies serves electric, gas and water utilities as well as industrial and commercial customers, with a broad range of products, systems and services for power transmission, distribution and automation. ABB Automation Technologies blends a robust product and service portfolio with end-user expertise and global presence to deliver solutions for control, motion, protection, and plant integration across the full range of process and utility industries. In addition to ABB's automation activities directed at the oil and gas industries, ABB Lummus Global continues to design and supply production facilities, refineries and petrochemical plants. ABB's former Upstream business, divested in July 2004, is now part of Vetco International (www.vetco.com). |
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