Significant Progress on Perth Wave Energy Project
for the deployment of the CETO units and subsea pods. Onshore plant construction completed Final construction of the onshore plant, located on Garden Island, Western Australia, has been completed with the site and building works complete and the onshore hydraulic pod, motors, generators, process control system and grid connection also installed. Unit Installation and Project Commissioning Carnegie expects to complete its onshore system integration tests shortly before commencing offshore installation of the CETO units and final commissioning the Project. Carnegie will implement a conservative
Making Seaweed More Useful: ABB Control Technology
Using ABB’s control system technologies for an advanced, 24 hour chemical process, FMC Biopolymer converts seaweed to alginate for use in thousands of products. ABB has supplied process automation, motors and drives to FMC Biopolymer for more than 20 years. To further develop the process control system capabilities, the company has chosen to upgrade their main automation system from ABB's Advant to ABB's award winning Extended Automation System 800xA. Processing wet seaweed to dry powder only takes 24 hours.If you are going swimming or fishing along the Norwegian coast this summer you