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  • ABB to cable world's largest offshore gas platform

    ABB will supply AC subsea power cables to the world's largest offshore gas platform, Troll A, about 70 kilometers off the west coast of Norway.
    By: ABB
    10 January, 2012 | 1 minute
  • Highlights from PI NA General Assembly Meeting 2011

    Automation.com, January 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor The 17th Annual PI North America General Assembly Meeting was held October 4-6, 2011 in Phoenix, AZ and included vendors and users who provided updates on PROFIBUS and PROFINET technologies. Topics included PROFINET survey, GE IP, Chrysler-Fiat, Wireless and PROFIenergy.
    09 January, 2012 | 5 minutes
  • ABB to supply power equipment in Texas

    The project is part of the Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) program, aimed at increasing the contribution of renewable energy in Texas by up to 18 gigawatts.
    By: ABB
    05 January, 2012 | 1 minutes
  • ABB to supply world’s longest underground cable

    ABB will rovide a high-voltage underground cable system for the South-West Link power transmission project in southern Sweden.
    By: ABB
    04 January, 2012 | 1 minutes
  • Siemens acquires Pace Global Energy Services

    Pace Global is an energy consulting and management company that helps organizations maximize value and manage risk in today’s complex energy and environmental markets.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    04 January, 2012 | 3 minutes
  • Rotork CVA specified for flow control on gas turbines

    CVA electric actuator has been specified for critical valve control duty on high temperature gas turbine pre-heater equipment supplied to the power generation industry.
    By: Rotork PLC
    03 January, 2012 | 1 minute
  • FCI publishes Flare Gas Flow Measurement Applications Brochure

    Brochure explains how the precision metering of flare gases and feed lines optimizes the disposal of waste gases in oil/gas land-based and offshore production fields as well as refineries.
    By: FCI - Fluid Components International
    22 December, 2011 | 2 minutes
    Sponsored By FCI - Fluid Components International
  • Manufacturing Intelligence Market to expand 13%

    The market will exceed $750 million in 2011 and is expected to reach more than $1.4 billion by 2016, according to ARC.
    21 December, 2011 | 3 minutes
  • SCADA growing in Power Transmission & Distribution

    ARC says the current SCADA T&D market is $2.4 billion, and it is expected to grow to $3.8 billion at a CAGR of 8.9 percent--especially in China.
    21 December, 2011 | 2 minutes
  • Managing Process Plants for Failure

    Automation.com, December 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Companies are looking for ways to improve efficiency and profits but the use of and Real-Time Optimization (RTO) including Advanced Process Control (APC) is still limited. Why?
    19 December, 2011 | 4 minutes
  • Global Automation Market recovering

    ARC says the global automation markets are on track to return to pre-recession shipment levels in 2011.
    19 December, 2011 | 2 minutes
  • ABB to power Facebook’s first datacenter outside the U.S.

    ABB will build two high- and medium-voltage air- and gas-insulated switchgear substations that will supply power to a datacenter being built in Luleå, a coastal town in northern Sweden.
    By: ABB
    19 December, 2011 | 1 minutes
  • TandD offers free Current Readings Monitor Software

    Software program enables multiple users in different locations to simultaneously view Current Readings data from the data loggers in list and/or graph form.
    19 December, 2011 | 1 minute
  • Metso controls renewable diesel plant

    Metso supplied two DNA automation systems with HART for the Neste Oil renewable diesel plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
    By: Metso Automation
    19 December, 2011 | 3 minutes
  • ABB invests in photovoltaic solar power company

    ABB will invest $20 million for a minority stake in California-based GreenVolts, a provider of turnkey concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems
    By: ABB
    15 December, 2011 | 2 minutes
  • WAGO Power Measurement Module Earns UL 508

    The drop-in module eliminates stand-alone monitoring components, cost-effectively supplying UL 508A industrial control panels with energy consumption and machine health data.
    14 December, 2011 | 1 minute
  • Paradox Engineering and NEC to develop smart grid projects

    Paradox Engineering and NEC Italia will develop Smart Energy solutions for utilities, multi-utilities and municipalities.
    By: Paradox Engineering
    14 December, 2011 | 2 minutes
  • Mike Caliel appointed CEO of Invensys

    Caliel is taking over from Sudipta Bhattacharya who has decided to leave next year to take up a new role outside Invensys.
    By: Schneider Electric
    13 December, 2011 | 1 minutes
  • Siemens Solar energy system powers California jail

    A 1.4 megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) array will generate enough electricity to power Merced County’s correctional facilities.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    13 December, 2011 | 2 minutes
  • RuggedCom provides communications for photovoltaic power plant

    RuggedCom provided a communications network for the 200MW Golmud Photovoltaic Plant, the largest photovoltaic plant in China.
    By: RuggedCom, Inc.
    13 December, 2011 | 1 minutes
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