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Five ways to green existing power plants

The existing fleet of fossil-fueled power plants represents a massive investment. With permits and infrastructure already in place, conversion upgrades can produce fast results at greatly reduced cost compared to new construction. Here are some ideas (a recent article in PennEnergy) >> Read More

>> I'd like to talk to someone about conversion upgrades at my plant.

New Users Group Website Launched!

At the past Utopia / Automation & Power World conference held at the end of April in Houston, Texas, Power Generation proudly launched our new users group for the power and water industries, ABB DCS Users Group. As part of this event, ABB along with the newly created customer Steering Committee launched the first ever Users Group website. This dedicated secure website is designed to engage installed base users continuously throughout the year. With areas such as forums, improvement suggestion ideas, and member contact lists, users can actively share solutions, concerns, etc with each other and with ABB.

The following are the Steering Committee members. ABB would like to extend a special thank you for all their support for the launch of the new users group and website:

Three Quick Questions

Is your control system secure?

1 - How do I know if my plant control system is vulnerable to a cyber attack? >> Click here

2 - How do I proceed once the vulnerabilities are identified? >> Click here

3 - How do I get started with my remediation efforts? >> Click here

>> Have more questions? Talk to a cyber security expert.

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