ABB partners with Boliden to reduce carbon footprint of its industrial products
ABB與Boliden合作，減少其工業產品碳足跡

ABB is working with Boliden, the Swedish mining and smelting company, to build a strategic co-operation to use low carbon footprint copper in its electromagnetic stirring (EMS) equipment and high-efficiency electric motors. The aim is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while driving the transition to a more circular economy.

ABB正在與瑞典采礦和冶煉公司Boliden建立戰略合作關系，在其電磁攪拌（EMS）設備和高效電動機中使用低碳足跡的銅。其目的是減少溫室氣體排放，同時推動向更加循環的經濟過渡。

The partnership with Boliden forms an integral part of ABB’s strategic ambition to reduce the environmental impact of raw materials used in its products by replacing them with lower carbon alternatives. Apart from using recycled copper, ABB has committed to increase the use of recycled electric steel (e-steel) and recycled aluminum. The move is also an important step in closing the circularity loop that has already seen ABB designing its motors to be up to 98 percent recyclable, with the remaining two percent of materials available to be incinerated for heat recovery. Recycling copper, aluminum and steel offers energy savings of between 75 and 95 percent compared to virgin production.

與Boliden公司的合作構成了ABB戰略目標的一個組成部分，即通過用低碳替代物來減少其產品中使用的原材料對環境的影響。除了使用再生銅之外，ABB還承諾增加使用再生電工鋼（e-steel）和再生鋁。此舉也是實現循環閉環的重要一步，ABB已經將其電機設計成高達98%的可回收材料，其余2%的材料可進行焚燒以回收熱量。與原始生產相比，回收銅、鋁和鋼可節省75%至95%的能源。

The co-operation includes ABB placing the first order for Boliden’s certified recycled copper through Finnish metals manufacturing specialist Luvata. Hollow conductor wire made from the material will be used in ABB’s EMS products for both steel and aluminum manufacturing.

這項合作包括ABB通過芬蘭金屬制造專家Luvata下了第一份Boliden認證回收銅的訂單。由這種材料制成的空心導線將被用于ABB的鋼鐵和鋁制造的電磁攪拌產品。

Furthermore, as of 2023, ABB will purchase Boliden’s low-carbon and recycled copper to cover the demand for its IE5 Ultra-Premium Efficiency SynRM and e-mobility motors produced in Europe. The two companies have also signed a memorandum of understanding that will see ABB supporting Boliden in identifying inefficient low-voltage motors across its operating units. These motors can then be replaced with high efficiency motors within ABB’s take back upcycling framework, with the old motors recycled to provide raw material for Boliden’s recycled copper.

此外，從2023年起，ABB將購買Boliden的低碳再生銅，以滿足其在歐洲生產的IE5超高效SynRM和電動汽車電機的需求。兩家公司還簽署了一份諒解備忘錄，ABB將支持Boliden識別其運營單位的低效低壓電機。然后，這些電機可以在ABB的回收升級框架內被替換為高效電機，舊電機的回收將為Boliden的再生銅提供原材料。

Copper is a vital material for manufacturing industrial electrical equipment, but its production is energy intensive. To address this, Boliden has developed low-carbon copper that is mined using fossil-free energy and also produces copper using secondary raw material from recycled products. The carbon footprint of these products is 65 percent lower than the industry average. A typical 75-kilowatt (kW) motor weighing 650 kg might include 80 kg of copper. Using Boliden’s copper saves approximately 200 kg of CO₂ emissions for every one of these motors manufactured. Each stirrer has up to 2,700 kg of copper, saving up to 6,700 kg of CO2 per stirrer.

銅是制造工業電氣設備的重要材料，但其生產是能源密集型的。為了解決這一問題，Boliden開發了使用無化石能源開采的低碳銅，并使用回收產品中的二次原材料生產銅。這些產品的碳足跡比行業平均水平低65%。一個典型的75千瓦重650公斤的電動機可能包含80公斤的銅，每生產一臺這樣的電機，使用Boliden的銅就可以節省大約200公斤的二氧化碳排放。每個攪拌器有多達2,700公斤的銅，因此每個攪拌器可節省多達6,700公斤的二氧化碳。