south africa contact issue 2.2012
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The customer magazineo ABB in India,
Middle East & Arica
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Motor racing goes green 06The International Solar Challenge promotes alternative energy innovationTransforming energy systems 17Saudi Arabia enters a new solar eraSpurring Africas growth 24Custom-made solar solutions or a continent on the move
Generating power rom the sun
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Motor racing goes green
The International Solar Challenge promotes
alternative energy innovation06 10Shining a light on EURO 2012
Centralized intelligent lighting or large spaces
Contact 2| 12Customer news magazine from ABBcopyright 2012web:www.abb.comemail:[email protected]:ABB GroupLayout:Shilahar Associates, Bangalore, IndiaCover picture: De Nittis PV plant, Foggia Puglia, Italy
Carlos Pone
CEO, South Africa
Sub-Regional Manager, Southern
Africa
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Dear riends,
Blessed with an abundance o sunshine,
much o the Arican continent receives
up to 325 days o sunlight a year. The
potential is enormousharnessing solar
rom just 0.3 percent o North Arica
could meet all o the energy requirements
o the European Union.
With the demand or electricity growing
exponentially in developing countries,
renewable energy is starting to assumea crucial role, especially as even
mature economies are switching to
energy-eicient technologies that lower
environmental impact.
As a clean, unlimited and sae energy
source, solar has assumed a key
role, as unlike its energy producing oil
counterpart, solar creates absolutely
no pollution. This could possibly be
one o solar energys most important
advantages.
ABB has extensive experience in the solar
power industry since the early 1990s
when we developed an automation
platorm or the worlds irst test acility
or concentrating solar power. Since then
we have contributed signiicantly to solar
power developments in Arica, Asia,
Europe and America.
We have optimized our technology to
generate approximately 15 percent more
energy than conventional alternatives.
In this issue o Contact we ocus on solar
technologies that will unlock the potential
in solar energy developments around the
globe. I trust that you will ind this an
engaging and inormative read.
Best regards,
Carlos Pone
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Local news04 Enabling substation communication
Seamless controls or complex supply
networks
07 Spotlight falls on solar desalination
Innovative, energy-efcient technology or
potable water
Global news08 Energy storage why do we need it?
Delivering reliable power on demand
Feature12 Harnessing Italys solar power potential
Delivering 14 PV power plants in Italy
In ocus15 Lethabo plant goes on stream
Complementing uel generation with solar
energy or higher output
16 Going green with hybrid power plants
Complementing uel generation with solar
energy or higher output
17 Transforming energy systems
Saudi Arabia enters a new solar era
18 Powering one of Indias largest solar plants
40 MW grid-connected solar power plant
commissioned in fve months
Events20 Increasing energy efficiency in hotels21 Managing a precious resource
For a better world23 Leading through innovation
Highly efcient CSP power plants
Glimpses o ABB24 Spurring Africas growth
Custom-made solar solutions or a continent
on the move
19 Clean power from MozambiqueSongo-Apollo HVDC link to transmit 2 gigawatts power rom thehydro plant on the Zambezi river to neighboring South Arica
22Solar integration and
export
Dedicated solutions
or grid integration and
commercialization o
solar power
Table o contents
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Digital control systems now orm an
integral part o modern substations and
or these systems to operate seamlessly
standard communication protocols are vital
as they connect the constituent parts o
the substation. Substation communication
protocols carry numerical data which isexchanged between the control center
and the various substations connected
to it. This achieves real time network
representation and acilitates remote
control o switching devices. This is how
substation automation provides the utilities
the necessary tools to meet their objectives.
Fully digital automation systems use RTUs,
bay computers, gateways and numerical
relays, all communicating over standard
protocols such as IEC 60850-101.
However, the true triumph o technologylies in its region-speciic application and
success. Nowhere was this more apparent
than in the challenge that our Power
Systems division aced in Egypt, when
installing substations that had to interace
with Arevas supervisory control and data
(SCADA) system.
It took the engineering team, led by
Khaled Abdallah and Medhat Yassin and
ably supported by Benn Doer and his
technical team rom Germany, 20 months
o hard work to create a solution thatsuccessully linked the 500/200 kilovolts
(kv) transormer substations via our RTU
560 products in the National Egyptian
Control Center. The team successully
installed ABB products with the Areva
SCADA work station via IEC 60850-101 set
o standards that allows or interoperability
between products rom dierent vendors.
Just one month prior to this, the same
solution was implemented at the Alexandria
Regional Control Center, in which ourRTU 560 products connected the 66 kV
transormer substations with Siemens
SCADA, using the IEC 60870-101 special
proile protocol. This greatly improved our
chances to participate in the Alex RCC
upgrading tender.
Among the ar-reaching eects o this
achievement, our Power Systems standing
in the region will be strengthened, and
this will relect in an increase in market
share, giving us a real chance to participate
in orthcoming telecommunication andnetwork projects like the Upper Egypt
RCC LOT 1 and 2 projects.
For more information:
www.abb.com/controlsystems
Local news
At the KNX Top Event 2012 held at
the Light and Building Fair in Frankurt,
Germany, ABB in Egypt, previously
nominated in 2006 and 2010, was
nominated or the Family Park project in
New Cairo City, together with Egyptian
Company or Intelligent Building a
certiied system integrator. We emerged
one o the top ive winners.
The KNX Award honors some o the
world's most outstanding projects or homeand building services technology. Our
project was singled out rom the 15,000
projects submitted and the 40 nominated.
On receiving the award, Tamer Hamdy,
Manager or KNX smart building systems
and wiring accessories, ABB in Egypt, said,
KNX is an energy-eicient solution or
modern buildings. It is no more a luxury,
now it is a necessity in the construction
sector to ulil energy saving regulations.
ABB is very proud to contr ibute to a better
uture with innovative solutions.The Family Park project eatures ully
automated lighting, dimming, visualization
monitoring, and control systems. KNX
solutions cover a landscape o 160,000
square meters eaturing all lighting control
circuits, dimming circuits in some areas,
dierent operation scenarios such as
central monitoring, current detection per
circuit and touch screens or local control in
some areas. In all, 4,500 meters o control
cables were installed to link all control
KNX solution is awinner10 percent saving atFamily Park projectin Egypt
Enabling substation communicationSeamless controls or complex supplynetworks
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panels, monitoring status o operation or
all motors, irrigation pumps and valves in
the park. According to our calculations,
the end customer can achieve an average
saving o 10 percent in power consumptionthrough the technology.
Based on the proven KNX technology,
accepted as the worlds irst open
standard, ABBs i-bus KNX supports
building system engineering with intelligent
and networked room and building controls
or lighting, shade, heating, ventilation and
air conditioning and allows lexibility with
planning and implementation.
Over the last 13 years our company has
executed around 240 similar projects in
Egypt and more in Tunisia, Algeria, Kenyaand Syria. In Egypt, some o our projects
include integrated solutions or the Nile
City Towers and Laarge headquarters;
lighting controls and room management
systems in the hotel sector in Cairo and
Alexandria; in addition to so lutions or the
commercial and banking sectors.
ABB in Egypt establ ished the i rs t
certiied KNX training center in Arica in
2009, oering the best KNX solutions or
energy saving in buildings, and providing
improved energy eiciency solutions orbuildings and green cities, thus supporting
the main network in saving energy and
covering multiple areas.
For more information: www.abb.com/knx
Lighting up Cairo Festival CityStable, reliable power systems
Cairo Festival City is a liestyle concept
where oice, home and leisure are united
in a new mixed-use urban development.
Situated in the metropolitan Greater Cairo
area, it will attract an estimated ootall o
750,000 per week and provide employment
or over 5,000 people.The turnkey 100 megavolt ampere
substation that will power the development
was completed by ABB in Egypt or Carillion
Construction Limited. The air-insulated
switchgear (AIS) substation ensures reliable
power supply to Al-Futtaim Group Real
Estates mega project spanning three million
square meters, and connects it to the
national distribution grid.
Key products supplied included power
transormers, air-insulated switchgear,
neutral point earthing equipment, andauxiliary systems and cables. We also
supplied IEC 61850 substation automation,
control, protection and metering systems,
including equipment to enable remote
monitoring and control. In addition, our
building management system (BMS)
solution simpliies monitoring and control o
all substation buildings, including heating,
ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC)
systems.
The substat ions are equipped with
capacitor banks, to reduce electricitylosses and enhance stability by improving
the network's power actor, which is an
indicator o the usable power available in
the grid.
Our comprehensive oering, domain
knowledge and track record have helped
us establish ABB as a leading player in the
Egyptian market, adds Magdy Mahmoud,
manager o Substations business in Egypt.
We are proud to contribute to this mega
project.On completion, Cairo Festival City will
accommodate around 13,000 residents,
rom the large luxury Oriana villas to
spectacular apartments, oering a range
o liestyles or amilies, single persons and
working proessionals.
For more information: www.abb.com/substations
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A
t the internationally acclaimed
Solar Challenge that took place in
South Arica in September 2012,
ABB sponsored two alternative
energy race cars. The cars, designed,manuactured and raced by students
rom the University o Johannesburg (UJ)
competed in the 5,400 kilometer rally
around the country.
The unique concept o cars ueled
by renewables was the basis or UJs
Alternative Energy Vehicle project, which
began in 2010. Our Control Technologies
business took a keen interest in the
progress o the project, and has since
sponsored equipment to upgrade the race
cars in a distinctively competiti ve manner.Each car was equipped with a Freelance
Control System as well as a Compact 800
system. Our state-o-the-art technology
allowed the cars to maximize the energy
used, while optimizing their eiciency,
range and speed.
The two-week countrywide endurance
challenge took place in September and
university students rom around the globe
traversed some o the most arduous
terrain South Arica has to oer. This
was a groundbreaking eort that broughttogether students, academics and industry
proessionals to develop and promote
alternative energy innovation.
As the irst South Arican team to
participate in this challenge, each team o
UJ students participates in the project over
a three-year period rom undergraduate
to postgraduate level. This encourages
knowledge transer and peer monitoring.Two dedicated teams o 24 undergraduates
and our Masters students who provide
mentoring, worked on the cars.
Although the vehicles looked aesthetically
similar, they were each charged by dierent
power plants. The hydrogen vehicle used
a hydrogen uel cell to charge the batteries
and drive the electric motor. A hydrogen
uel cell takes hydrogen and oxygen
and produces electricity in a chemical
reaction. The by-product released during
the chemical reaction is water, which makesthe hydrogen uel cell an ideal candidate
to promote clean energy.
On the other hand, the turbine vehicle
used an electric generator mechanically
coupled to a gas turbine in order to charge
the batteries and drive the electric motor. A
single turbine and a turbo-prop converted
the thrust generated into rotational motion
at revolutions per minute (RPM). The
rotational motion produced by the turbine
was used to drive the electric generator.
The turbine operated on kerosene-typejet uel, but can also operate on methane
and other bio-uels. Both vehicles had a
iberglass shell, devised by industrial design
students, which served as protection or
University of Johannesburg's solar-powered race car
the various systems onboard the vehicle.
Going green is great or the environment
as alternative energy is a better solution.
However, i we dont manage the way we
store and use alternative energy we arebeing just as wasteul, said Keagan Smith,
one o UJs Alternative Energy Vehicle
project engineers, ABBs technology allows
or the eicient use o our energy sources.
The innovative solutions that are
developed through the education and
awareness obtained during the race indicate
that individuals, utilities and goverments are
trying to ind alternative ways to provide
energy. Even though the race is called the
Solar Challenge, the aim is to showcase
dierent alternative energy solutions tocombat declining petroleum supply and
cater to the increasing demand or energy.
For more information: www.abb.com/solar
Motor racing goes greenThe International Solar Challenge provides a common platorm or academics,racing enthusiasts and industry proessionals to develop and promote alternativeenergy cars
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At present, countries in the
Middle East ace a major
water challenge due to the
scarcity and rapid depletion
o reshwater resources. This is urther
complicated by the heavy inancial and
economic burden in providing desalinated
and treated wastewater. ABBs innovative
energy-eicient technology or the water
industry evoked a lively discussion at theevent, among researchers, executives,
decision and policy makers, and other
stakeholders.
Discussions at the 10th Gul Water
Conerence in Doha, Qatar, covered
water security and ood sustainability,
management o natural resources,
groundwater and surace water,
management o the municipal water
sector and desalination technologies
the topic we ocused on.
Solar desalination is a techniqueused to desalinate water using solar
energy. High drinkable water scarcity
zones usually correspond to high Direct
Normal Irradiance (DNI) areas such as
the Middle East. ABB oers products or
the complete water cycle rom collection,
through puriication and transportation
to distribution and re-use, serving
customers with enhanced, eicient and
reliable products and solutions.
Focus on energy efficiencyDesalination plants play an essential
role where increasing demand or
potable water outpaces the availability o
natural resources. Our portolio includes
a wide range o products and solutions
or Reverse Osmosis (RO), Multi-Stage
Flash (MSF), Multiple-Eect Distillation
(MED) and hybrid desalination plants,
with a speciic ocus on energy eiciency.
Juha Alopaeus, Country Manager,
ABB in Qatar, attended various sessions
at the conerence during the three days.He said: The event oered a useul
platorm to discuss ABBs technology
geared towards the water industry. Solar
desalination oers the most promising
Leading innovation in solar desalination technology
option or use o solar energy and
ABB has a strong ocus towards solar
desalination plant opportunities which
are o particular importance to this
region.
At the conerence, a white paper
on Solar Desalination: Important
Technology Aspects, was presented by
Shrikant Bhat, Control and Optimization
Group, Research Department, andSenthilmurugan S, rom Water Industry
Sector Initiative.
In addition, we hosted a networking
booth to discuss and present solutions,
systems and products or the water
industry with speciic ocus on
desalination, solar, pumping stations,
water distribution and irrigation networks.
For more information: www.abb.com/solar
Spotlight alls on solardesalinationInnovative, energy-eicient technology addresses the challenge o providing resh
drinking water in water-scarcity zones
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Energy storage why do we need it?
Its not that energy storage is a whole new
concept, it has, in act, been an integralcomponent o electricity generation,
transmission and distribution systems or
more than a century. Traditionally, energy
storage needs have been met by physically
storing uels or ossil-uelled power plants,
and by using generated power in pumped
hydro storage schemes.
Recently however, there has been a
shit in the power landscape towards using
and integrating renewable energy, mostly
wind and solar energy. Although renewable
power generation is more sustainable inthe long run, the delivery o reliable power
on demand remains a major challenge.
Wind and solar power installations
are aected by seasonal and diurnal
changes and can only generate power
intermittently and with a highly variableoutput. This is where energy storage plays
a crucial part in supporting the grid
when the wind is blowing or the sun is
shining, excess power should be stored
and made available during both, suboptimal
generating conditions and during peak
demand.
Such undamental changes in the
architecture and controllability o the grid
must be supported by smart, eicient power
transmission and distribution networks. For
these networks to deliver and distributepower eiciently, the storage o energy at
appropriate times and locations becomes
vital; both, to balance generation with
consumption, and to maintain grid stability.
Delivery o power on demand depends on reliable energy storesto provide power bridges that support short-term gaps, saeshutdown and back-up needs
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The right energy storage solution for
the job
ABB has a long history o deliveringenergy storage solutions, including pumped
hydropower schemes that go back over a
century and more than a decades experience
in battery energy storage systems.
Our technologies address a wide range o
power needs rom merely tens o kilowatts
up to hundreds o megawatts, thus, utilities,
industrial customers and rail operators
around the world continue to deploy these
technologies. These acilities help balance
power demands and supplies, by stabilizing
network voltages and requencies, providingpower bridges to support short-term gaps,
and sae shutdown and back-up needs.
Eventually, our solutions are designed to
enhance fexibility, increase energy securities
and minimize environmental impacts.
Examples o our recent installations
worldwide include Switzerland, Sweden
and the UK.
Switzerlands largest battery energy
storage project
ABB recently commissioned the largestbattery energy storage project o its
kind in Switzerland with EKZ, a leading
distribution utility and one o the largest
energy companies in Switzerland.
To provide additiona l power to the grid
on demand, we supplied and installed
a battery energy storage solution usingLithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries that can
provide one megawatt o power or a
duration o 15 minutes.
The storage acility is integrated with
EKZs power distribution network and is
being used to evaluate perormance in
key areas such as balancing peak loads,
intermittent power supply and the viability
o the solution or grid optimization.
Battery energy storage increases the
role of renewables in SwedenFalbygdens Energi is a Swedish utility
with a signiicant portion o wind power
connected to the grid in the Swedish city
o Falkping.
ABB was selected to supply an
innovative dynamic energy storage solution,
or the utilitys power distribution network,
to maximize the integration o renewables
into the power chain. For this project, we
utilized our battery energy storage expertise
to store locally produced energy rom wind
turbines to create a storage capacity o75 kilowatts (kW) in cycles o up to 60
minutes. The stored energy will then be
used to stabilize the grid and help balance
peak loads during the day.
Dynamic energy storage installation
in the UK
ABB recently worked with UK PowerNetworks, which supplies power to over
eight million homes and businesses in
the UK, to develop a dynamic energy
storage solution. The installation enables
renewable energy generated by local wind
power plants to be ed into the power
network when needed. It also ensures that
some o the energy is kept in reserve to
regulate power low to compensate or the
intermittence o wind power and to support
power quality in the event o a ault.
To meet these needs, we implemented aturnkey DynaPeaQ solution, incorporating
SVC Light, which included eight stacks
o 13 Li-ion battery modules located in an
11 kV grid.
Together, these high-power density
modules can store up to 200 kilowatt hours
(kWh) o electrical energy.
The installation provides dynamic voltage
control in the distribution system and, at
the same time, enables dynamic storage
o surplus energy rom the wind power
plant. This surplus energy is used to levelout peaks in grid loading to provide grid
stability.
For more information:
www.abb.com/energyefficiency
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Shininga light on
EURO 201260,000 ootball ans enjoyed ideal lightingconditions throughout the Group matchesand during the knockout stages withcentralized, intelligent lighting controls orlarge spaces
As the 14th UEFA European
Football Championship EURO2012, kicked o, all eyes were
on Poland, one o the hosts o
the event, where 16 teams were battling
it out or the coveted trophy.
On June 9, 2012, 30,000 ootball ans
gathered beneath the lights controlled
by ABBs i-bus KNX technology at the
Arena Lviv stadium in the Ukraine while
watching Germany play Portugal at Arena
Lviv, a dedicated ootball stadium and one
o eight around the world to host UEFAs
Euro 2012.Although the stadium was reputed to
be the smallest venue, rather than its size
counting against it, proved to be an added
attraction or ootball ans or an up close
look at the action on the pitch. During the
three Group B matches, in the evenings,ans and players alike, depended on optimal
lighting throughout the stadium, creating
bright moments o the ield. Our control
system ensured that no one had to sit or
play in the dark. It provided centralized
control o lighting systems and, through its
intelligent sotware provided energy-eicient
lighting by optimizing the brightness o the
stadium to suit the natural light conditions.
On June 11, Sweden played Ukraine
in the irst o the tournament matches
at the Stadium, in Kiev. At this stadium60,000 ootball ans enjoyed ideal lighting
conditions throughout the groups matches
and during the knockout stages.
One hundred i-bus KNX DALI gateways
connected the lighting systems in the
stadium rom the locker rooms to theVIP lounge and the KNX-based building
control system helped rapidly control the
brightness and light so that the ans got
the best ootball experience.
Many English and French ootball ans
had already experienced optimal lighting
at the airport o Donetsk, Ukraine, where
our modern building system technologies
controlled the lights, and guided ootball
ans towards their group matches.
ABB has been part o such big events in
stadiums similar to those used in the EuroCup on earlier occasions, like the 2010
World Cup. At this event we supplied dry-
type transormers which served the Green
Point stadium in Cape Town, which has
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Our technologies make us partners in major sports stadiums around the world
a retractable roo and a seating capacity
o 68,000. Similar transormers in the 500to 1000 kVA range have been installed
in the Soccer City stadium, located in
Soweto, Johannesburg. This stadium, with
a seating capacity o around 100,000, was
the ocal point o the tournament and was
chosen as the venue or the opening and
closing ceremonies and key matches o
the tournament.
For more information: www.abb.com/knx
Maximum lexibility
Oers saety and security or both people and property
Energysaving with climate, shutter, heating and lighting control
Quick and simple adaptation to individual needs and use o premises, such
as sports stadiums
Replaces separate control solutions typical o technology with a single,
optimal, energyeicient system
KNX: One system. One standard.Many interconnected unctions.
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Photovaltaic panelsDeNittis PV plant, Foggia Puglia, Italy
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Successul delivery o 14 photovoltaic power plants in Italy with
a combined generating capacity o 100 MW in just 9 months
Harnessing
Italys solarpower potential
2011 was a year o intense activity in
the solar photovoltaic (PV) market.
With new installations adding 29
gigawatts (GW) o solar energy
across the globe, the solar PV market
marked a tremendous 58 percent year-on-
year growth. Italy came to the oreront as
the single largest solar market, or the irsttime overtaking Germany, the world leader
in PV. As the engineering, procurement and
construction (EPC) partner o 14 PV plants,
ABB was ready to step up to the challenge
when the window o opportunity appeared.
We are proud o having taken part in this
deining moment in Italys solar power
industry especially as this is a success
we can replicate elsewhere in the world.
The challenge
Setting up the 24 megawatt (MW)Canino PV power plant in Lazio was a test
o our mettle in end-to-end project delivery.
There were many layers o complexity in the
execution o the project: hilly terrain, poor
Turnkey solution design, engi-
neering, supply, installation and
commissioning Quick turnaround qualiies our
customers or high eed-in tari
Trusted engineering, procurement
and construction (EPC) consortium
partner
Best-in-class substation monitor-
ing and control system eiciently
transers power rom plant to grid
High optimization and low power
losses push peak perormance
ratio above customer expectations
Electrical balance o plant (EBoP)solution
ABB solar oerings Remote monitoring, operation,
diagnostics and maintenance
rom a dedicated control center ina remote location
Full range o power and automa-
tion equipment transormers,
switchgear, inverters, protection
devices, medium voltage cabi-
nets, medium and high voltage
cables, distributed control sys-
tems and control sotware, low
voltage systems, auxiliary systems
(such as lighting and ventilation)
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soil condition, the magnitude o installation
over a 95-hectare site and just as daunting,
management o a 500-st rong workorce.
Civil works, installation and commissioning
were carried out simultaneously at dierent
places on the site and the plant was
delivered in just ive months.
The Canino plant supplies 103,488
modules, making it the largest lease nancingPV project ever undertaken in Italy. As a
result o high optimization and substantially
lower power losses, the site is operating at
87 percent instead o the expected peak
perormance ratio o 81.5 percent.
In Foggia, three plants with a combined
capacity o 39 MW were completed six
weeks ahead o schedule. We were
responsible or remote monitoring the
plants rom a dedicated PV control center
in Genoa, almost 400 miles distant. Also
in Foggia, our plants in a 10-kilometerarea were set up three weeks ahead o
time, despite delays caused by heavy
winter rains. The multi-plant project has
a combined capacity o 15 MW.
The Helios ITA-3 parks with two 5 MW
plants, in Brindisi and Mesagne were
completed in under ten weeks, well ahead
o schedule and under budget. Each plant
comprises 22,500 polycrystalline modules
mounted on single-axis trackers. Remote
operation and maintenance are carried out
via the control center in Genoa.In Sicily our company was the EPC
contractor or Falck Renewables that
operates solar, wind, biomass and waste-
to-energy plants in Italy, UK, France and
Spain. The three PV power plants at
Spinasanta, Cardonita and Sugherotorto
with a combined generating capacity o
13.1 MW use almost 57,000 photovoltaic
cells and a support structure at a tilt angle
o 20 degrees.
In Liguria we provided a turnkey solution
or a large-scale roo-top PV plant. Located
on the roo o a commercial building in
the town o Cairo Montenotte, the plant
incorporates 3,840 PV panels on ixed
structures and provides 0.864 MW o
electric power. This power is not used by
the acility; instead it is transerred to a 15
kilovolt (kV) distribution network.
The success
Our turnkey solutions reduce the cost
and risk o constructing and operating
photovoltaic power plants, consequently
allowing or rapid deployment. It was a real
challenge to meet the time constraints on
the delivery o all 14 power plants. Even so,
12 were completed ahead o schedule and
a 24 MW plant was built and commissioned
in ive months.
There is good reason why we are second
to none in speed and eiciency: or one,as leaders in power and automation, we
draw on our vast manuacturing capacity
or solutions. Both, procurement channels
and supply chain processes are designed
or speed and eiciency. Secondly, we
meet pressing deadlines by successully
collaborating with local subcontractors in
Italy with a proven track record. Lastly, our
EPC competence and electrical expertise
come into play in managing and executing
complex processes on site.
In conclusion, we have a long andsuccessul track record as EPC partners.
Over a period o 45 years we have
successully completed 300 EPC projects
worldwide in diverse industries power
generation, oi l and gas and water, to name
a ew. With our EPC center o excellence
located in Genoa we were perectly
positioned to execute turnkey projects
or the local Italian market.
For more information: www.abb.com/solar
ABB has long been at the ore ront o
the solar power industry.
In the 1980s ABB developed the plant
automation platorm or the worlds
frst concentrating solar power (CSP)
test acility in Spain, and is now a
leading supplier o turnkey CSP plantsbased on the uniquely cost-eective
technology o its partner, Novatec Solar.
In 2010 we delivered comprehensive
Did you know?solutions or the worlds irst
integrated solar and combined cycle
power plants in Algeria, Egypt and
the United States.
And, in PV power plants we have an
extensive reerence list o solutions
that not only covers the length andbreadth o Italy, but much o the
northern Mediterranean as well.
Over a period o 45 yearswe have successullycompleted 300 EPCprojects worldwide indiverse industries.
A trusted partner for turnkey solar PV plants
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Completing the irst South Arican
solar power plant in record time,
ABB has surpassed industry
expectations. The greenield
photovoltaic (PV) power plant, based
adjacent to the Lethabo power station
in Gauteng, was completed in just 75
days and will provide power or the plantsadministration buildings, while reducing
the acilitys auxiliary power consumption.
Th e Le th abo proj ec t, wh ich was
commissioned by Eskom, South
Ar icas national util ity, was inaugurated
in November 2011 by national Public
Enterprises Minister, Malusi Gigaba. ABB
was tasked with pioneering a single axis
tracking solar PV system with a peaking
capacity o 575 kilowatts (kW) and an
annual production potential o 12.5 million
kilowatt hours (kWh).Similarly, ABB also won the Eskom
PV contract or installing a ixed-tilt solar
PV power plant at the Kendal station, in
Mpumalanga, with a 620 kW capacity and
an annual production potential o 11.4
million kWh. This project was successully
launched on November 25, 2011.
Both PV projects orm part o a pilot
scheme aimed at eventually reducing
Eskoms carbon ootprint. To optimize
product iv i ty , h igh-e ic iency ABB
monocrystalline PV panels were selectedbecause o their uniquely eicient concept
or PV power plants. The approach
combined high levels o customization, rapid
turnkey delivery and system optimization
technologies that enable the plants to
generate around 20 percent more energy
than alternative designs.
The PV plants are des igned to operate
independently to produce electrical power
or use by the existing power stations and
will be capable o remote operation and
monitoring.The technologies, several o which are
patented by us, include a programmable
logic controller (PLC) that increases tracker
accuracy and an automatic switching
The world-class technology will give ABB in
South Arica the opportunity to transer skills
in solar technology, urther complementing
and enhancing local capabilities in engineering
and project management."
Goetz-Dietrich Wol
Manager of Power Generation business in
South Africa
The inaugural ceremony at the Lethabo solar PV plant in November 2011
Lethabo plant goeson streamABB builds irst South Arican solar power plant in record time as part o a pilot
scheme to reduce the national utility's carbon ootprint
system that optimizes the number o panels
connected to each inverter enabling the
plant to harness more energy at all times,
even during periods o poor light like dawn,
dusk and cloudy weather.
ABBs tu rnkey sol ut ion in cl uded
the design, engineering, erection, grid
connection and commissioning o the
groundbreaking solar plants. The electrical,control and automation equipment as well
as the optimization technologies to be
deployed were also manuactured by us.
Rapid delivery was acilitated by our
well-proven concept o pre-assembled,
actory-tested electrical balance o plant
modules, and by our expertise in project
execution, which, in the case o Lethabo
and Kendal, have cut weeks o the
conventional delivery time to enable the
plants to be ully operational in record time.
For more information: www.abb.com/solar
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Complementing uel generation with solar energy or higher output and lower uel
consumption and CO2 emissions
Going green with hybridpower plants
Worlds first solar hybrid coal-fired power station of ABB in Liddell, Australia
At present, ossil uels dominate the
electricity generation landscape
o the Middle East where, both
the costs o inland uel-burning
and the environmental impact o CO2
emissions have raised concerns.
ABBs integrated solar combined cycle
(ISCC) addresses this issue by employing
the regions abundant solar irradiance intohighly eicient, reliable and environmentally-
riendly hybrid power plants. The concept
combines conventional ossil uel-powered
steam turbines and a solar thermal steam
generator to provide reliable and clean
power.
Unlike classic, open-cycle, gas-ired
power plants, releasing high temperature
lue gasses directly into the atmosphere,
ABBs combined cycle solution makes
use o this residual thermal energy, by
producing steam in a heat recovery steamgenerator (HRSG). In parallel to this heat
recovery generated steam, ABB Novatecs
Fresnel-based solar boilers produce a
second stream o superheated steam.
Due to the high solar thermal steam
parameters achieved in the solar boilers,
the two streams can operate independently,
resulting in high lexibility.
Increased energy efficiency decreased
emissions
This solar-augmentat ion process resultsin an increase o output power o the
otherwise low-eiciency, ossil uel-ired
power plants. In addition, it results in a
signiicant reduction in uel consumption
and CO2
emissions. This hybrid approach
with the integration o solar power helps
mitigate the eects o the luctuant nature
o solar irradiation. By modulating the uel
input o the plant, these luctuations can
be compensated, resulting in a permanent
coverage o the grids power needs.
ABB Novatecs power plant in Liddell,Austra lia , is the wor lds irst integration
o solar thermal technology with a
traditional coal-ired power station. The
project commenced in early 2011 and
was completed in January 2012. The 9.3
megawatt (MW) power station consists
o our rows o linear Fresnel relectors,
covering an area o 18,000 square meters,
almost the size o three ootball ields.
Enhanced oil recovery
Apart rom utility electricity generation,the idea o complementing uel generation
with solar energy can be particularly
useul or reducing the uel consumption
o energy-intensive industries. For the
major oil producers in the Gul Cooperation
Council (GCC), the solar-based enhanced
oil recovery (EOR) displays the potential
o signiicantly increasing the amount o
extracted crude oil, while lowering the uel
costs. By injecting solar generated steam
into the oil beds and heating them, the
viscosity o the heavy crude oil can bereduced and acilitate its pumping to the
surace. Already technologically proven,
the concept can increase the amount o
extractable oil rom aging wells by upto
60 percent. The on-site inrastructure,
together with the pre-existing operating
licenses, urther enhance our high-eicient,
clean electricity generation concept into a
proitable turnkey solution.
ABB innovation and development o
hybrid power plants provide a more energy-
eicient option or electricity generation inthe Middle East, which relies heavily on
ossil uels. In addition, the EOR method
can increase the amount o oil extracted
by using solar generated steam both
technologies are a vital step orward to
lowering the environmental impact o CO2
emissions, which is an increasingly pressing
issue, both in the Middle East and around
the world.
For more information: www.abb.com/solar
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The Kingdom o Saudi Arabia is
likely to spearhead the regions
emerg ing t rend towards
adoption o alternative and
renewable sources o energy. In 2010,
the Government o KSA established theSaudi Energy Eiciency Board (SEEC),
as energy eiciency was identiied as a
national priority. One o the objectives
o the SEEC was to propose a national
energy eiciency plan in order to rationalize
energy usage in the country. Thus, KSA's
irst grid-connected solar power plant
was inaugurated in 2011. The Kingdom o
Saudi Arabia is entering into a new era o
producing electricity through solar energy
in the country. Saudi Arabia launched its
irst solar power plant on Farasan Islandin June last year. This marked a signi icant
step in the government's eorts to produce
clean energy.
Solar key to a bright future
Saudi Arabia has set an ambitious target
o installing more than 40 gigawatts (GW)
o solar power capacity by 2032, o which,
60 percent would come rom concentrated
solar power (CSP) and remaining rom
photovoltaics (PV). Concentrating solar
power technology is being looked at asa pathbreaking initiative by the country
as it will need to install much more CSP
capacity than any other country has ever
done, while continuing to develop other
sources to achieve its overall renewable
energy target. The CSP target could be
responsible or the generation o 75 to
110 terawatt hours (TWh) o electricity per
annum once it starts operations.
According to research report , 'GCCRenewable Energy Sector Analysis,'
solar holds the key to renewable energy
development in the Gul Cooperation
Council (GCC) region as it is the single
most abundant renewable source o energy
available there. Huge investments and
research studies are happening in eorts
to tap the solar energy in the region as
part o the renewable energy development.
Almost 85 to 90 percent o the money being
spent on renewable energy development
is being put in solar energy. The researchreport documents all the initiatives being
taken in the individual countries to help
boost their power production rom solar
energy. The uture o solar power in the
GCC region, according to the report, is as
bright as sunshine.
Saudi Arabia is one o the top ranked
nations with respect to residential
consumption o electricity. Almost hal o
its power consumption is accounted or
by residents.The key drivers or a strong
initiative towards renewable energy is thegrowing understanding and acceptance
by the public and private sector o the
beneits o using solar power.
The government has been pushing or
Novatec Solar technology holds the key to renewable energy development
renewable energy as an alternative source
to meet the growing domestic demand.
About 20 percent o the countrys electric ity
is produced currently by utilizing exhaust
gases old power plants and through solar
energy projects.
ABB as preferred partner
We have been working closely with the
public utilities, Saudi Aramco, the worlds
largest oil producer, and the KA-CARE,
the Saudi government body responsible to
drive renewable energy. We are committed
to be a strong industry partner and play a
leading strategic role in order to achieve
the Kingdom's ambitions to transorm
its energy system into a sustainable and
eicient generation park. Localization,knowledge transer, R&D eorts, education
are just some keywords which explain what
partnership means or us.
For more information: www.abb.com/solar
Transorming energy systemsSaudi Arabia enters a new solar era as renewable energy options hold the promiseo sustainable and eicient generation o electricity
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Inrastructure conglomerate, Adani
Group, commissioned a 40-megawatt
(MW) solar power plant in Bitta in
Gujarat's Bhuj district in December
2011. The plant marks Adani Groups
oray into the renewable energy sector
and was commissioned in a record time
o ive months. Over our lakh thin ilmphotovoltaic (PV) modules are mounted
on approximately 21,700 mounting
structures to generate 40 megawatts
o electricity. The Group envisions
setting up an even bigger 100 MW solar
power plant in the uture, as a urther
commitment towards clean and green
energy. Currently, the power generated
rom this solar plant is connected to
Netra substation in the same district.
For ABB, this was one o the biggest
solar substation orders in India. Thescope included supply, erection and
commissioning o a 66 kilovolt (kV)
switchyard with two 66/11 kV, 25/31.5
megavolt amperes (MVA) power
transormers, 11 kV medium voltage
indoor switchgear, 10 two-way ring main
units (RMU) and 18 three-way RMUs.
Dhinesh D, Project Manager or the
Power Systems business, ABB in India
said, Meeting the rigorous parameters
set by the customer, within the short
time rame speciied, proved to be atremendous challenge. Despite this, we
were able to deliver all products, rom
transormers to RMUs, on time. The solid
support o our supply chain and divisions
and the overall coordination o eort
was critical to the successul execution
o this project.We are also executing
765 kV projects or Adani Group in other
locations; in Tiroda, Koradi and Akola.
The Groups entry into the solar
space was greatly acilitated by
Gujarat Governments policies and thepreerential tari regime established to
encourage participation o developers
in this priority area. This state-speciic
initiative has set an example at the
Powering one o Indiaslargest solar plants
Adani 's 40 MW solar plant in Bitta
40 MW grid-connected solar power plant in Gujarat commissioned in just ivemonths or Adani Group, who made a paradigm shit rom thermal to solar powergeneration
national level. Gujarats solar capacity
today corresponds to two-thirds o the
installed capacity o the entire nation.
For more information: www.abb.com/solar
We are partners in diverse
photovoltaic solar plant projects
across Gujarat, varying in scale
rom 1 to 40 MW, and in location
rom desert to inland waterways.
In Chandrasan, we supplied the
compact substation and ring main
unit or SunEdisons 1 MW canal-
top solar power plant that coversa one-kilometer stretch o the
Narmada Canal.
Did you know? In Surendranagar we supplied two
PVS 800, 500 kW solar inverters
and one 1,250 kVA solar compact
substation or Rajesh Power
Services Private Limiteds 1 MW
plant, commissioned ahead o
schedule.
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Cahora Bassa Dam, Mozambique
Clean power rom Mozambique
Asmall but ast growing eco-
nomy, Mozambique in south-
east Arica is poised to
become the largest exporter
o coal, and with hydro power and more
recently, the discovery o two enormous
gas ields in Mozambique waters, a
major energy exporter.
The Cahora Bassa hydro plant on
the Zambezi river produces 2,075
megawatts (MW), most o which is
exported to neighboring South Aricavia a 1,400 kilometer (km) high voltage
direct current (HVDC) transmission line.
Jointly owned by Hidroelctrica de
Cahora Bassa in Mozambique and
Eskom, South Aricas public utility, the
HVDC transmission system comprises
two parallel lines stretching rom the
Songo converter station in Mozambique
to the Apollo station near Johannesburg.
First installed in the late 1970s, the
Songo-Apollo link was largely destroyed
during 25 years o civil war. Finally, arestoration project repaired or replaced
nearly all the 4,200 transmission line
towers, bringing the system back online
in 1998.
In 2006, Eskom contracted ABB to
upgrade the Apollo converter stations
capacity rom 1,920 MW to 2,500 MW,
and also lay the groundwork or a uture
upgrade to 3,960 MW. Now ABB is
modernizing Apollos sister station in
Mozambique.
The capacity at Songo station
remains the same, but it will get new
converter transormers, smoothing
reactors, arresters and measuring
equipment. The DC equipment will becommissioned in the second hal o
2013 and the transormers a year later.
As with the Apo llo upgrade, this project
will enhance availability and reliability,
ensuring a steady low o power rom
Cahora Bassa.
The two gigawatts o clean, reliable
hydropower supplied by Mozambique
is critical to South Arica, beset
with recurring power shortages. For
Mozambique, the energy exports
represent an important source oincome. The Cahora Bassa plant is
already one o the largest generation
acilities in the South Arican power
Songo-Apollo HVDC link to transmit 2 gigawatts power rom the hydro plant onthe Zambezi river to neighboring South Arica
pool, and the HVDC transmission linelinking it to the South Arican market
will provide an eicient highway or the
plants output or years to come.
Demand or clean energy is increasing
rapidly and inrastructure projects like
Songo will play a vital role in the Arican
continents economic success story.
For more information:
www.abb.com/energyefficiency
HVDC transformer at Songo
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Renewable Energy World, New Delhi
SOLARCON, Bangalore
Automation solut ions for buildings
With the worlds ocus irmly on the need
or increasing the proportion o renewables
in the energy mix, ABB shared its porto lio
o solar energy solutions at Renewable
Energy World 2012 exposition in New Delhi
and SOLARCON in Bangalore.
The intensive preparation that went
into displaying our solar portolio and the
in-depth discussions that ollowed with
various clients and visitors really paid o.The renewables industry is going through
a consolidation phase in India and the
demand and opportunities or extending
power inrastructure have resulted in an
open, proessional and speciic exchange
o inormation.
Subir Pal, Country Manager, Industry
Segment Initiative (ISI)
Events
Hotel Show, DubaiIncreasing energy eiciency in hotelsRising energy demands and energy costs
world over have brought more and more
people around to the view that energy
eiciency is the alternative uel. At The Hotel
Show in Dubai, UAE, ABB showcased thei-bus KNX technology which encourages
eicient energy usage. Meanwhile, the
thrice-nominated KNX team rom ABB in
Egypt walked away with the 2012 KNX
Award at the Light and Bui lding Fair in
Frankurt, Germany.
The hotel industry has started to ocus
more on automated solutions that provide
greater energy eiciency, convenience and
ease o use. Buildings with our technology
are easier to manage and control, it allows
an everyday working or living environmentto be easily adapted to the individuals
needs while saving energy.
Tarek Zakaria, regional manager or
KNX building technology, Middle East and
Arica
Solarcon, Bangalore and Renewable Energy World, New Delhi
Capturing the power o the sun
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Aquatech, New DelhiManaging a precious resourceConservation is the most environmentally
sound way o reducing demand or water
that is a ast depleting resource all over
the globe. ABB shared its contributions
to sustainable resource management atAquatech, the largest international water
show in India.
We rolled out our complete package
o solutions or instrumentation, control
and electrical (ICE) on a LCD screen,
rom motors, switchgear and automation,
through desalination, water supply, sewage
treatment and eluent treatment plants to
lit irrigation, canal automation and non-
revenue water. We got great mileage
rom Aquatech, closing two orders or
instrumentation on the spot. Ravindra Akki, Country Water ISI,
Manager, India
Events
Forthcoming events in the region
Central Arica and Egypt
IndiaSouthern Gul andPakistan
Let ABB present convincing evidence on
how we can increase asset perormance
by 6%.
Ask or proo on how we can achieve
the extra output and we will show you how
we can lower cost and add more value
to your business by ocusing on the real
issues you are grappling with today: Extend asset lie and reduce operational
expenditure
Reduce emissions and energy
consumption
Make optimal use o assets and take
quick decisions
Stabilize power input and improve power
quality
Saer operations
Vis it us at Adipec 2012, November 11-14,
Abu Dhabi National Exhibi tion Center(ADNEC), Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Get to know the latest technology trends
at Middle East Power Systems Conerence
MEPCON 12 rom December 23-25. The
15 th international conerence at Alexandria
in Egypt will explore power systems in
depth, rom smart grids and power
electronics to FACTS and HVDC
transmission systems.
Visi t us at ELASIA 2013, the international
exhibition on power, electrical and lighting
rom January 4-6, 2013, at BIEC, Bangalore,
where you can see the very latest low
voltage product oerings rom ABB.
Vis it us at Seatrade Midd le East Marit ime,
November 27-29, 2012, Dubai World Trade
Center UAE, Stand M1.
And ind out more on increased uptime on
turbochargers and reduced operation cost.
Mepcon12
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Solar integration and export
We support our customers right
rom selecting the optimal
generation solutions through
to enabling the reliable
and proitable employment o their solar
power. This translates to developing and
embedding dedicated solutions or grid
integration and commercialization o solar
electricity. There are a range o solutions
available such as: micro-grid approaches
or distributed generation, dedicated energy
high voltage direct current transmission
that has built the highway that makes this
export possible, technically reliable and
economically easible. Through HVDC
transmission, large amounts o power can
be sent over long distances, with both,
low capital expenditures and signifcantly
decreased resistive and capacitive losses.
ABBs HVDC Light, specical ly designed or
underground or underwater transmission,
is the ideal candidate or exporting ME
solar energy undersea. Together with theother 11 industry ounders o the Desertec
Solar Initiative, we are ocusing on the
easibility, fnancing and construction o
the interconnection plan.
The solar plants to be built in North Arica
need to be interconnected, but most o all,
the power needs to be transmitted over to
Europe through HVDC as it is across the
sea.
Smart energy management
The gradual shit rom a centralized
power low, to a multi-actor energy market,
calls or a strategic employment o the
generated power. Our dedicated toolsenable customers to both optimally operate
their plants and proitably participate in the
energy market. By employing Intelligent
Solar Inormation Systems (ISIS), the solar
plant owner can easily perorm a real-time
remote monitoring and operation o his
installation via Internet Explorer.
Ded ica ted demand/ response
management tools ac i l i tate the
coordination between the solar plant,
other generator types and the loads
existing in the grid and thus enablethe strategic operation o the plant. Tools
such as Ventyx Virtual Power Plant, enable
both the utility to incentivize the selling
o c lean so la r energy and the
environmentally conscious users to
choose it.
For more information: www.abb.com/solar
Dedicated solutions for grid integration and commercialization of solar power
management tools and high voltage direct
current (HVDC) transmission lines or
enabling the export o the Middle Easts
solar power.
Micro-grids integrate solar power
Depending on the penetration level
share o the total instantaneous power in the
grid the reliable integration o electricity
originating rom intermittent sources such
as solar irradiation requires precise pre-
processing steps, voltage and requencyregulation and control. ABB PowerCorp
manages to ully integrate solar power into
the existing grid, by employing SMART
GRID control and automation techniques
(Distributed Power Control and Dispatch
Systems), as well as an innovative, ast
and highly charged/discharged eicient
lywheel storage or grid stabilization.
HVDC the highway for solar export
Favorable trends around solar generation
in the Middle East and North Arica (MENA)
region have brought the vision o exporting
solar electrici ty, considerably closer to reality.
It is ABBs groundbreaking discovery o
Dedicated solutions or integrating solar power in the utility grid and trans-continental transmission via HVDC enable our customers to optimize operationsand boost proitability
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We are committed to providing
the most eicient, reliable
and competit ive solar
solutions or high direct
normal irradiation (DNI) regions between
1,800-2,500 kWh/m2/year and hot climatessuch as the Middle East. To support this,
ABB has established strategic partnerships
with the provider o the best perorming
concentrated solar power (CSP) solution:
Novatec Solar.
ABB Novatecs CSP solution
In March 2011, ABB acquired 35 percent
o Novatec Solars shares and integrated
their innovative Fresnel Linear Collector
technology into the company's power
generation portolio, making ABB a turnkeysupplier o highly eicient and cost-eective
CSP power plants. Linear Fresnel relectors
use long, thin segments o lat mirrors to
ocus sunlight onto a ixed absorber located
at a common ocal point o the relectors.
These mirrors are capable o concentrating
the suns energy to approximately 30 times
its normal intensity. Novatec Solar is the
pioneer developer o the irst commercial
CSP Plant called Puerto Errado in Murcia,
Spain, operating since 2009 at a power
plant eiciency o 38 percent.Employing the Fresnel relector principle,
ABB Nova tecs CSP plan ts achieve
perormances appreciably higher than the
traditional parabolic trough plants. Super
thin, lat and light panels are used which are
not only inexpensive to manuacture, but
also easy to transport, install and maintain.
The secondary re lector contributes to
the superheating o steam up to 500
degrees centigrade, which translates intoa signiicant eiciency gain, especially
in regions with high environmental
temperatures.
Solar steam and its range of applications
Besides CSP plants or power
generation, there are other ways o using
process steam generated directly in
Novatecs Linear Fresnel Collectors. ABB
Novatecs solar boiler can successully be
employed or retroitting low-eiciency gas-
ired plants, a predominant component othe current Middle Eastern energy mix.
The CSP augmentation employed in the
integrated solar combined cycles (ISCC)
power plants is based on heat recovery and
steam superheating in Fresnel boilers. The
integrated solar combined cycle concept
is a hybrid power plant. It is a conventional
gas turbine combined cycle and a solar
thermal steam generator that provides
reliable and clean power. Due to the high
solar thermal steam parameters achieved
in Novatecs Fresnel-based solar boilersABB's ISCC cycle provides high solar
shares at very low cost.
Another clever way o us ing so lar
generated steam is or oil recovery
Highly efficient and cost-effective CSP power plants
purposes, the so-called Enhanced Oil
Recovery. According to a recent report
by SBI, conventional oil recovery methods
are only able to extract about 10-30
percent o the potential oil rom any given
reservoir, leaving nearly 70-90 percent othe reservoirs oil in the ground source.
Injecting solar steam into the oil ields,
heats the reservoir, reducing the viscosity
o the untapped heavy crude oil and
acilitating its pumping. EOR technologies
can increase the quantity o extractable
oil rom aging wells up to 60 percent.
(Source: US Department o Energy http://
www.ossil.energy.gov/programs/oilgas/
eor/index.html)
Further applications which are o great
interest and ocus in the Middle Eastare solar cooling and solar desalination
where ABB's long experience enables the
design o all components in a way to reach
economical optimum regarding output and
eiciency.
For more information: www.abb.com/solar
Leading through innovationApplying a range o eicient and reliable solutions suitableor harsh desert climates, rom concentrated solar power to solar steam
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Spurring Africas growth
A
rica has an abundance o natural
resources and many Arican
countries are counted among
the astest growing economiesin the world. So, on the one hand the
continent continues to grow exponentially,
while on the other, the World Bank has
estimated that more than 500 million
Ar icans are l iving without electricity. It is
estimated that by 2015 Arica will produce
20 percent o global oil and by 2040 the
Arican population may exceed that o India
or China. With growing economies and
booming populations, providing reliable
electricity is becoming a huge challenge.
Transmission and distribution gr ids inmany parts o Arica are operating close
to capacity, and although new grids are
being built rapidly, many Aricans still have
no access to electricity.
A lucrat ive marketplace, Ar ica has
been identiied by ABB as a key growth
market. With our industry expertise and
comprehensive environmentally-consciousportolio, we are currently operational in
more than 15 countries on the Arican
continent: namely Algeria, Angola,
Botswana, Cte dIvoire, Democratic
Republic o Congo, Cameroon, Egypt,
Ghana, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic
o Congo, Kenya, Mauritius, South Arica,
Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
To accomm odate th e grow th on
the Arican continent, South Arica and
Egypt have been identiied as centers o
excellence in an initiative called the FocusArica Re-wire strategy. The two countries
will continue to drive sales in Arica by
recruiting and training additional sales
engineers who will be active in the market
Custom-made solar solutions expand local engineeringcapabilities, beneitting both, the people and the environment othe Arican continent
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Johannesburg the commercial hub of South
Africa
with existing customers while developing
and extending our customer base.
As a center o excel lence, South Ar ica
provides support to Angola, Congo,Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. These
countries orm part o the sub-Saharan
region. Predictions in the World Banks
latest Global Economic Prospects report
indicate that the sub-Saharan Arican region
is expected to record a 5.3 percent growth
in 2013 as global irms and domestic
demands remain robust. Despite a slower
projected growth, developing countries
are expected to account or more than
hal o the global growth rom 2012 to
2014. Huge investments in inrastructureare an integral part o the springboard or
economic growth or both South Arica
and or the whole southern Arican region.
The re liable supply o e lect ric ity, thereore,
remains a pressing issue on the continent.
While globally coal remains the main
source or the production o electricity (40
percent), with natural gas accounting or
more than 20 percent, almost hal o the
electricity-producing countries o the world
have an emission actor o below 500 g
CO2 / kWh in 2009. However, Arica, withits large share o coal in the power mix,
continues to be a very high CO2
emission
producer, presenting both challenges and
opportunities or the introduction o greater
levels o energy eiciency through the
deployment o alternative and renewable
sources.
Through energy eiciency, companies and countries can improve their
sustainability signiicantly, allowing them
to ocus their eort on other important
elements such as sta and ski l ls
development.
Globally, the energy eiciency o thermal
power plants alone has improved by three
percentage points since 1990. However,
strong disparities still exist between
developed countries and the developing
world, where eiciency is low, mainly due
to aging plants and the large share o coalin thermal generation. Arica in particular
needs to be smart and orward thinking with
its technology and automation investments.
With its recognized expertise in power
grid eiciency improvements, ABB has
worked with many power companies and
authorities around the world to reduce the
rate o transmission and distribution losses.
However, most o these improvements were
eected in developed countries, mainly
through the use o low-loss conductors
and transormers, the standardization andupgrading o transmission and distribution
voltages, and reactive power control. It is
now our aim to play an even bigger part
in driving the ast-track developmental
agenda or Arica, particularly south o
the Sahara by strategically deploying the
most suitable o our many innovations.
ABB recent ly launched a new conceptor turnkey concentrating solar power
(CSP) plants based on a low-cost, highly
eicient and highly scalable technology
that uses considerably less material, land
and water than any other CSP technology.
The ABB-Novatec Solar concept can be
used to generate energy in a wide range
o applications including stand-alone or
hybrid power plants, as uel-savers in
existing power plants, in desalination and
district cooling plants, and in industrial
processes that require steam. This is aine example o a solution ideally suited to
the Arican continents requirements.
Expanding local engineering capabilities
and working with customers to develop
custom-made solutions that will beneit
the people and the environment while
making the business more sustainable
is ABBs key objective or Arica. It has
the technology, the expertise and the
experience to leverage its ootprint with
production in all ive divisions.
One o sub-Saharas most recent winsis the ive-year Full Service contract with
Namibia Custom Smelters (NCS). ABB
will manage all maintenance to improve
productivity and equipment reliability at the
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copper smelting and converting plant in
Tsumeb, some 425 kilometers north o the
capital, Windhoek. We will also provide
process optimization, energy consulting
and equipment lie cycle services, mainly
through the retained maintenance sta and
management who will be urther trained
to meet our perormance standards.The plant houses two pr imary smelt ing
urnaces and three converters. It has an
annual production capacity o 200,000 tons
o copper concentrate rom the treatment
o complex copper concentrates containing
gold, silver and arsenic. The smelter is one
o only a ew in the world which is able to
treat arsenic-bearing copper concentrates.
Another exci ting project is the Rand
Water project in South Arica. This project
includes the supply, delivery, installation and
cold commissioning o 78 switchgear panelsto our Rand Water sites namely, Amazimtoti,
Vereeniging, Lethabo and Palmiet. Rand
Water is an organ o state, reporting to the
Department o Water and Environmental
A ai rs. Thei r di str ibu ti on ne tw ork
includes over 3,056 kilometers o large
diameter pipeline, eeding 58 strategically
located service reservoirs. Its customers
include metropolitan municipalities, local
municipalities, mines and industries and
it supplies, on average, 3,653 million
liters o water to these customers daily. Inorder to ensure continuity o supply, Rand
Water invests huge resources to expand,
upgrade and maintain its inrastructure.
An important aspect o this inrastructure
development program involves the security
and quality supply o its electrical energy
to the various treatment, pumping and
distribution stations. In order to achieve the
sae and reliable supply o electrical energy,
they have embarked on a medium voltage
switchgear replacement project which spans
across the various areas o its operation.ABB in South Arica was awarded phase
one o the switchgear replacement project
in February 2012 at a value o R21.5 million.
Our superior technology and compliance
to the IEC 62271 standard, coupled with
extensive experience and credibility in the
water industry, were some o the key actors
in winning us this order. The estimated
date o completion or phase one is June
2013, and once complete, it will assist in
enabling Rand Water to continue to supply
high quality potable water to the Gautengregion.
A pioneer project in the region involves
a 2 x 300 megawatt (MW) interconnection
between a converter station in the Caprivi
strip in Namibia, close to the border o
Zambia, and another converter station,
about 300 kilometers north o Windhoek.
Known as the Caprivi Link Interconnector,
the project spans over a distance o 950
kilometers, with AC voltages o 320 kilovolt
(kV) and 400 kV on the two ends o a
bipolar 350 kV DC overhead line. This isthe frst HVDC Light project to be built
with overhead lines. ABB was responsible
or system engineering including design,
supply and installation o the two converter
Enhancing local engineering capability
stations and earth electrodes. This is the
rst time that this technology will be used or
overhead transmission lines. The Caprivi Link
Interconnector will increase grid reliability
and enable the establishment o power
trading in the southern Arican region.
The Ar ican continent cer tainly has
established itsel as the worlds currentocus or business growth opportunities
and ABB is poised to leverage those
opportunities, while contributing in a signicant
way to the sustainable development o a
great continent.
For more information: www.abb.co.za
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ABB has been in the energy business or120 years. Using energy more eicientlywill not only contribute the lions share oemissions reductions needed, it is arguablythe most sustainable and cheapest way toreduce emissions and address global energysecurity. Energy-eicient systems can pay
or themselves in energy saving, sometimeswithin months, and urther reduce operationand maintenance costs in the long term. Plugin to the next issue o Contact to understandhow we help our customers squeeze the mostvalue rom each unit o energy they use.
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Executive editor:Karen Wilds
Editor-in-chief:Sanaj Natarajan
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Connect renewable power to the grid?
Naturally.
Electricity generated by water, sun and wind is most abundant in remote areaslike mountains, deserts or far out at sea. ABBs leading power and automationtechnologies help renewable power reach about 70 million people by integratingit into electrical grids, sometimes over vast distances. Our effort to harnessrenewable energy is making power networks smarter, and helping to protect theenvironment and fight climate change. www.abb.com/betterworld