ABB's Monthly Newsletter: Products, services, people, technologies & events

February 2012

 

Feature

 

Asset attention – protect your equipment against unplanned outages

Why are classic preventative maintenance practices ingrained in today's power industry culture when there are newer, predictive, condition-based, and reliability-centered alternatives that can provide more value? The prevailing attitude is that time-based preventative maintenance is considered cheaper and easier, but in fact, it is no longer practically or economically feasible to maintain strategic, high-risk equipment using fixed time or cycle-based preventative methods. Click here to read about the alternatives.

 

Highlights

 
Smart Grid
 

The next level of smart grid evolution

Smart grid technologies are key to supplying the world with high quality, clean, reliable and sustainable power. However, smart grid technology is not a single silver bullet, but rather a collection of existing and emerging technologies working together. When properly implemented, these technologies will increase efficiency in production, transport and consumption; improve reliability and economic operation; integrate renewable power into the grid; and increase economic efficiency through electricity markets and consumer participation. >> Read More

>> I'd like to talk to someone about smart grids

 
Data Centers
 
Powering the cloud - energy impacts and solutions for data centers

The cloud continues to play an increasingly important part in our lives, allowing us to communicate with friends, collaborate with colleagues and manage our increasingly digital lives. Every time you upload a video, share a photo, email a friend, tweet your location or check your bank balance, your device talks to a data center. Rows of servers storing trillions of megabytes of information live in vast, energy hungry computing complexes that power the web. So what exactly is the energy impact of data centers? >> Read More

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Better World
 
What does the future of energy hold?

Should small scale electricity contributions such as rooftop solar panels be encouraged with tax incentives? How should renewables be funded? Take this quick energy survey to weigh in on these, and other energy topics, and instantly see how your answer compares to your industry peers, including CFOs, government employees, and energy professionals. After the survey, produced by Bloomberg Businessweek Research Services, in partnership with ABB, review the findings, case studies, and video debate on subsidizing renewable energy. >> Read More

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Smart Grid Blog

 

Regulatory impact on electric vehicles

Electric vehicles represent two distinctive things to the grid. First, they represent a major load source, and second, they represent an opportunity to mitigate the impact of that load through smart charging. In a sense, you could say that EVs are driving the development of smart grid, but what is driving EVs? >> Read More

White Papers
Read White Paper
Experiences with condition monitoring of HV circuit breakers
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Balancing the demands of reliability and security

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Videos
 
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What to look for in a remote condition monitoring system
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video2

Wind 101: FAQs about modern wind farms
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video3

Reliability life cycle analysis
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Experiences with distribution system smart grid implementations using advanced communications
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Events
Renewable Energy World
February 14-16, 2012
Long Beach, CA

  IEEE Transformers meeting
March 11 – 15, 2012
Nashville, TN
     
TechCon
February 28 – March 1, 2012
Chicago, IL

  AFCOM Data Center World
March 18 – 22, 2012
Las Vegas, NV
     
NRECA Tech Advantage
March 6 – 9, 2012
San Diego, CA
   
     

ABB Automation & Power World 2012
April 23-26, 2012
Houston, TX

ABB's "best show on earth" - and you're invited! April 23rd - 26th at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Featuring the Technology & Solution Center, where you can network with hundreds of technical experts and technology partners. Earn PDHs and CEUs...choose from over 400 educational workshops, customer case studies, hands-on training, and panel discussions. Click here to register now!

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