Making power plants energy efficient

Energy efficiency is ABB's business. So too is raising productivity for industry and increasing power plant output, as well as ensuring that facilities and processes operate reliably and the power grids they are connected to are stable. These four themes – energy efficiency, productivity, reliability and stability – are intimately connected. When ABB improves the energy efficiency of a power plant or industrial facility, it improves productivity and equipment reliability as well, while reducing the plant's carbon footprint and securing the stability of the surrounding power network. ABB does this across a broad range of industries, predominantly in energy-intensive sectors like power generation. Integrated power and automation solutions ABB has a singularly broad and comprehensive offering in power generation. It covers the complete scope of supply in power plant instrumentation, control and electrical equipment, which ABB integrates into a plant-wide solution called integrated ICE. Integrated ICE is a capability unique to ABB. It builds on the company's vast product and systems portfolio in power and automation technologies, and on 125 years of expertise and innovation in power generation. It extends across all types of power generation (from fossil-fuel and nuclear to hydro and solar), and includes the full The Italian utility Enel has transformed its Torrevaldaliga Nord thermal power plant from heavy fuel to " clean coal " with the help of ABB power and automation technologies, increasing the electricity generated from each ton of fuel by 15 percent. ABB's central control system connects 3,500 instruments across the plant, gathering and analyzing data that enables Enel to operate the plant at maximum efficiency – and to reduce the plant's emissions of nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and dust by more than half.