1. ABB Alternative energy solutions
Technology to meet growing demand for clean energy
Stephen R. Burgin
Hello, my name Stephen Burgin. I'm here to talk to you about ABB’s alternative energy solutions. World energy consumption is growing xx percent per year, and electricity growth is even higher. Let me tell you a bit about the impact of that growth and what we can technology we offer….
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2. Energy consumption is driving global warming
Global warming is one of the most detrimental and undisputed ….
Exceptional century. Temperature records in tree rings and elsewhere (purple) reveal that the 20th century (red is instrumental records) was unique in the millennium.
(source: Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change IPCC)

3. ABB’s has appropiate technologies
Adressing global warming, environment and general efficiency of electricity production and delivery
Emission free
Nature is on our side with windpower
Efficiency
Microturbines for distributed heat and power
We are mainly concentrating on the following alternative energy technology areas: distributed heat and power - here I will talk to you about microturbines, windpower and invisible power...
Invisible
Underground transmission cables

4. Nature is on our side The offshore windpower option:
Higher power output with the new windformer system
Beyond the horizon and out of sight

5. Windformer - emission free energy
Conventional windmills
Do more with less:
Higher power output per windmill
Variable speed generator with HV output
Link to the grid by DC connection
On- and offshore applications
Reduced visual impact
Low maintenance
Solution with windformer
Link to the grid….:
- avoids the neeed for syncronization of multiple sources

6. Efficiency by localizing energy production
Microturbines for local CHP
100kW optimal rating
High compactness
High level integration
Low emissions
Low maintenance
High level integration with ABB products
Low emissions
thanks to ABB unique lean
premix burner
Dattwill: commercial operations since early 2001.
More than 50 units sold

7. Invisible power transmission
IGBT power electronics, the enabling technology
ABB HVAC
with reactive
compensation
Conventional HVAC
Key technologies:
New converter technology enabled by - Power electronics with low losses at low costs
- High computing power of controls New cable technology
New filter technology
IGBT is the enabler to increase power conversion frequenzy
Pulse switch modulation
ABB HVDC
ABB HVDC-Light

8. ABB technologies change today’s landscape
Vision HVDC
Power: 50 MW
HVDC Light
Traditional HVDC
ABB is the first company using IGBT technology
Plant size: m2
1000 m2
350 m2
Frequency: Technology:
50 Hz Thyristor
1 kHz IGBT
5-10 kHz IGBT++

9. Next: Fuel cells Cooperation with DuPont: Direct methanol fuel cell
No reformer for hydrogen, thus lower costs and simpler logistics
First generation available in 2001
Bio methanation, establishing appropiate cooperation

10. Next: Biogas High rate bio-methanation New fermentation technology
High energy yield
Dry and wet anaerobic process
Use biogas in microturbines to generate
Electricity
Heat / chilling
Bio methanation, establishing appropiate cooperation

11. From micro-grids to virtual utility
A vision 2010: Energy rotation
Biomass
High-rate
Bio- methanation
Biogas
Gas micro-turbine
Agriculture
Fertilizer
Households
Photosynthesis
CO2
Energy rotation
Decentralized biogas turbines generating electricity and heat feeding into micro-grids for villages and farms
Waste can be used as Fertilizer
Use of local wind power
Connection to transmission grid
Centralized control could operate microgrids as virtual utility
Optimal solutions for agricultural areas esp. in third world countries

12. From micro-grids to virtual utility
A vision 2010: Agricultural microgrids
Grid
Decentralized biogas turbines generating electricity and heat feeding into micro-grids for villages and farms
Waste can be used as Fertilizer
Use of local wind power
Connection to transmission grid
Centralized control could operate microgrids as virtual utility
Optimal solutions for agricultural areas esp. in third world countries
Micro-grids

13. Clean technologies to meet growing energy demand
Microturbines for heat and power
Windformer for offshore application
Biogas as turbine fuel
Fuel cells
Virtual ultilities for maximum efficiency
New power electronics chips
Highly economical converters
New cable technology
Stable underground transmission
Compact, small substations