ABB, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland has won a multi-million-dollar order from Energy Development Corporation (EDC), and its subsidiary Green Core Geothermal, Inc. for a major retrofit to upgrade six clean energy geothermal units at Palinpinon 1 and Palinpinon 2 power plants in Valencia, Negros, the Philippines. ABB will also deliver a new Control System Integration (CSI) solution for these plants and an area control center facility.
The plants have a total capacity of approximately 200 MW, running with Fuji-make turbines and were initially commissioned in 1983 and completed in the mid-1990s. The aim of the project is to deliver a modern control system integrated across all plants that can be easily upgraded over time to take advantage of the latest digital technology as it develops.
The new solution will increase operational and maintenance efficiency and assist management decision-making by providing improved access to better operational information. It will also facilitate central control and remote monitoring of the power plants and steam fields from one location.
The scope of the contract includes the conversion of a mechanical electro-hydraulic governor to a digital version and the replacement of the existing low-pressure turbine hydraulic equipment with a new a high-pressure solution. ABB will also provide performance calculation and comprehensive cyber security solutions to protect the customer’s assets.
At the heart of the solution will be ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus, part of the ABB Ability™ digital portfolio, the company’s unified, cross-industry digital offering, extending from device to edge to cloud.
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