ABB's energy efficient products, systems, solutions and services help customers produce and deliver more goods and power for each unit of energy they use. Different industries have different needs, and ABB has solutions for raising efficiency from the power plant all the way to the plug.
ABB supplies all the electric and automation equipment for power plants except for turbines and boilers. In power generation, ABB systems improve the efficiency of fuel combustion, boiler operations and energy consumption in support operations.
Power distribution
Even the movement of energy itself can be made more efficient. Electricity is sent through transmission and distribution systems to end users who are often hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away. Losses typically range from 6 to 8 percent, but can be as high as 10 percent.
Current technology can save substantial amounts of electricity and increase the capacity of transmission and distribution networks, so that more power can reach consumers over existing networks instead of building new transmission lines and power plants.
Industry
Industry consumes about 42 percent of all electricity generated, according to the International Energy Agency. The most energy-intensive industries are cement, chemical, iron and steel.
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. Our key technologies include controls, enterprise software, instrumentation, low-voltage products, drives, motors, robots and turbochargers.
Energy efficiency in buildings
Commercial and residential buildings account for about 38 percent of global end-user energy demand, mainly for heating, cooling and powering electric appliances. Adjusting the heating temperature, lighting and the energy consumption of electric appliances to the actual requirements offers a substantial energy-saving potential without compromising comfort or quality of life.
Every day, ABB ships one million products for the commercial and residential building 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: temperature control, lighting control and building automation.