ABB wins $110 million power converter order in Germany

ABB在德國贏得1億1千萬美元電力轉換器訂單

System to convert traction power for railways will be the largest in the world

該鐵路牽引電力轉換系統將成為世界上最大

Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 5, 2007 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has received an order worth $110 million from E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH to supply an advanced railway power converter system for a power station in Germany.

瑞士蘇黎世10月5日消息——領先的電力和自動化技術集團ABB公司獲得了來自E.ON Kraftwerke公司的一份價值1億1千萬美元的訂單，為在德國的一座電站提供一套先進的鐵路電力轉換系統。

ABB will supply the 400-megawatt (MW) system for E.ON’s new 1100 MW coal-fired power station, currently under construction in Datteln, in the Rhein-Ruhr region, to provide electricity to German railways. It will be the largest power converter system of this type ever built.

ABB將為 E.ON正在萊茵-魯爾地區Datteln在建的新燃煤發電站提供400兆瓦的系統，該電站為德國的鐵路提供電力。這將是該類型有史以來建成的最大的電源轉換系統。

“This project underscores our market leadership in power electronics,” said Tom Sjoekvist, head of ABB’s Automation Products division. “Building power converters for every kind of application is a core expertise at ABB, enabling us to deliver a system of record capacity that will also meet customer needs for operational and energy efficiency.”

ABB自動化產品部主管Tom Sjoekvist表示：“該項目充分凸顯了我們在電力電子技術方面的市場領導地位。為每一種應用建立電力轉換是ABB的一個核心專長，使我們能夠提供一個記錄容量系統，也將滿足客戶對業務和能源效率的需求。”

The railway power converter system will change the frequency of electricity produced by the E.ON power plant to the lower frequency used by rail systems in central Europe - from 50 hertz (Hz) to 16.7 Hz. Rail systems in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway all use electrical power at low frequency.

該鐵路電力轉換系統將把E.ON電廠產生的電力頻率轉換成在中歐鐵路系統所使用的更低頻率——50赫茲到16.7赫茲。在德國，奧地利，瑞士，瑞典和挪威的鐵路系統都使用低頻電力。

ABB is responsible for engineering, equipment delivery, installation and commissioning of the system, which will be delivered in 2010. The plant startup is scheduled for 2011.

ABB負責工程、設備交付、安裝和調試該系統，將于2010年交付。該電廠計劃在2011年投入使用。

ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 111,000 people.

ABB是電力和自動化技術領域的全球領導廠商，致力于為工業和電力行業客戶提供解決方案，以幫助客戶提高生產效率，同時降低對環境的不良影響。ABB集團的業務遍布全球100多個國家，擁有大約111,000名雇員。

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