ABB - News Letter
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Editors note:
Under a turnkey project funded by the Asian Development
Bank, ABB supplied all of the systems infrastructure to
support the new Philippines power Market, including
web-based trading, grid security, and metering systems
based on the Network Manager BMS product. ABB’s
partner Navita Systems of Norway provided the financial
settlement systems under a subcontract to ABB.
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Secretary said.
ABB has won a multi-million dollar contract “ABB is proud to help Ireland create and launch
to provide the computer systems and software a single, competitive energy market for the whole
infrastructure for the new Single Electricity Market island,” said Samir Brikho, head of ABB’s Power
(SEM) for the island of Ireland. The contract is a Systems division. “This contract solidifies our
joint procurement by the Electricity Supply Board position as the world’s pre-eminent supplier of
National Grid (ESBNG), the Transmission System state-of-the-art systems for buying and selling
Operator and Market Operator in the Republic power.”
of Ireland and System Operator Northern Ireland
(SONI), the grid operator for Northern Ireland. The Irish power trading market resembles systems
ABB has built in other parts of the world, such
Under the agreement, ABB will act as prime as the United States, Canada, Korea, East China,
contractor, working closely with Navita, a leading Australia and the Philippines. The computer
provider of energy trading systems. The system will systems will simultaneously manage the trading
be used to trade electrical power consumed by all of bulk power while maintaining the security of
homes and businesses in Ireland, more than 25,000 the electrical grid and handle all of the financial
gigawatts annually. It will also provide a uniform settlements of the market in two currencies – UK
power market across the island with improved pounds and euros.
North-South power trading.
ABB will design and build the systems in Santa
ABB will provide all hardware and software Clara California, and then integrate them with
infrastructure for the project. Dual, interconnected existing metering systems, business systems and
computer systems in Dublin and Belfast will be energy management systems in Dublin and Belfast.
used to support internet power trading, financial ABB staff from both the US and Ireland will be
settlements, energy dispatch and grid security. utilized on the project.
When the market opens in July 2007 it will be the
most advanced electricity market management
system in Europe.
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Östkraft has chosen Network Manager as their Östkraft’s remote control system will be totally
new remote control system and is scheduled to be renewed after the delivery. Östkraft will then be the
delivered in 2006. The order also includes replacing first Danish energy company with the opportunity
RTUs in all 60/10 kV stations and relay protection to be upgraded from a BECOS-32 platform to
for the 60 kV network, which will be delivered in Network Manager with all its possibilities.
2007.
ABB has delivered remote control to Östkraft for
Network Manager is ABB’s new SCADA/DMS more than 40 years – from the relay-based systems
platform and the system at Östkraft will be the first from BBC to the newest Network Manager system
Network Manager Distribution system in Denmark. of today. With this new order ABB will be glad to
Earlier releases of Network Manager have been continue this cooperation for many years.
sold worldwide, but Östkraft will have the newest
LINUX-version, which was released to the market ABB is looking forward to delivering the first
2005. Network Manager system for the distribution level
in Denmark and we expect soon to be able to
Consequently, today ABB can offer the Danish start a Network Manager Users´ Group for those
customers the same support as we currently offer to companies who choose to be upgraded to the new
BECOS-32 customers. platform.
In the delivery for Östkraft 16 RTU560 for all The know-how and experience that ABB has
60/10 kV stations are included and the attained through many years of remote control
communication between Network Manager and deliveries for the Danish energy market can be
RTUs will be based on the IEC-60870-5-104 sustained and developed together with the Danish
protocols. energy companies.
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From Left, Mahmoud Shaban, Dr. Abdullah Al-Awaji & Donal Irwin
Dr. Abdullah Saleh Al-Awaji, GCCIA Chairman
talking about RTU560
and Deputy Minister, Ministry of Water and
Electricity, visited the exhibition on the last day. “The customer turnout was more than double the
On arrival at the exhibition, he was received by number the organizing committee had expected,”
Mahmoud Shaban, Abdullah Al-Hobayb and senior said Mahmoud Shaban. The visitors included the
SAABB officials. Dr. Al-Awaji was taken on a tour British, German, Swiss, Norwegian, Sri Lankan and
of the exhibition by Mahmoud Shaban. Bangladesh ambassadors to the Kingdom.
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