ABB’s approach to project management has changed profoundly over the past five years. Stephen Trotter, General Manager of ABB UK’s power systems projects business outlines some of the initiatives that are helping the company deliver first-class projects.
Geraint Hancock, contract delivery manager with Central Networks Infrastructure Services, updates on progress at the new Port Ham switching station.
Andy Osiecki outlines how ABB’s unique automated factory acceptance test system is taking quality assurance procedures for NICAP bay solutions to a new level.
A £130 million ABB contract with Statoil is the first in the world to bring power from the mainland to an offshore platform using HVDC Light technology. It offers cost and space savings, as well as environmental advantages
ABB’s 36kV XLPE cable will interconnect the wind turbines at Burbo Bank offshore wind farm and transport 90MW of power 6.5km to shore
The global IEC 61850 standard for communication in substations is set to bring open, interoperable systems and flexible architectures to substation automation applications
ABB has embarked on a £137 million ($240 million) investment programme
Hadyard Hill wind farm with its 52 wind turbines is capable of generating 120MW.
ABB’s service engineers have been trained in the strict routines needed to obtain a clean sample to BS 5263
ABB's dedicated HV test van carries a variety of sophisticated equipment for the fastest possible location and repair of faults in underground cables up to 11kV
The innovative 25-year PFI (Private Finance Initiative) is now half-way through its first five-year phase and ABB is comfortably ahead of its target.
ABB has successfully energised and transferred to National Grid the sixteenth and final outgoing circuit of the 132kV substation