1. After five years, the all-electric single-seater Formula Racing championship returned to China
2. On and off the field, ABB technology and solutions help reduce emissions and improve efficiency
3. China is ABB’s second largest market in the world, and ABB is committed to playing an important role in China’s energy transformation and industrial upgrading process

* Image from Formula FE public account

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will return to China with its first visit to the Shanghai International Circuit, bringing a feast of passion and speed to the audience.

At that time, 22 drivers will compete on the 12 corners, 3.05 km long circuit. The design inspiration of its track layout comes from the Chinese character “Shang”, which means positive and enterprising spirit.

CC-TCF901 Gu Chunyuan, chairman of ABB China, said,

“The return of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship to China is very encouraging. Since its first race in Beijing in 2014, ABB Formula E has continued to show the world the limitless potential of electrification and sustainable mobility. “In China, ABB is actively promoting industrial upgrading and energy transformation, providing leading power and automation solutions for many projects to increase electrification, improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.”

ABB racing car charging equipment

Last season, ABB applied its innovative ABB Ability™ OPTIMAX® energy management software solution to the Formula E FE World Championship, helping to significantly improve energy efficiency at the race site. Off the field, the technology has applications in the wider industrial and energy sectors. A famous university located in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, when constructing an integrated campus energy station, fully exploited the energy cost advantages of local power plants in steam supply, cooling storage and peaking and valley electricity prices at different times, and applied dynamic optimization technology to create a multi-energy complementary operation mode of centralized cooling. ABB OPTIMAX® dynamically predicts load demand through weather forecasting and optimizes the energy supply side in real time, balancing cooling demand in an economical way.

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China is ABB’s second largest market in the world and plays a key role in energy transformation and industrial upgrading. ABB’s major investments in recent years include the ABB Robotic Gigafactory in Shanghai, ABB Electric Mobility China headquarters, and ABB Xiamen Industrial Center.

ABB Xiamen Industrial Center “Green Microgrid” project is a model of green and low-carbon energy transition. By implementing ABB’s global Zero Emissions Vision Program, the project will reduce carbon emissions by 13,400 tons per year. The center, which houses ABB’s world-leading production line of low and medium-voltage switchgear and circuit breakers, has achieved about 50% green electricity replacement through the installation of 100,000 square meters of house photovoltaics.

CC-TCF901 ABB also helped Beijing Beikong Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions in its new waste incineration power generation project in Zhangjiagang’s Vein Technology Industrial Park. The high efficiency drives supplied by ABB will improve energy efficiency by around 30%, supporting the project to save more than 120,000 tons of standard coal and reduce CO2 emissions by more than 300,000 tons per year after commissioning.

ABB’s commitment to energy efficiency and carbon reduction is also reflected in the automotive industry. ABB will provide Volvo Cars with more than 1,300 robots and functional packages to help build the next generation of electric vehicles. ABB’s new OmniCore™ controller will help Volvo cars achieve energy savings of up to 20%. During the deployment of the robots, ABB will plan using its RobotStudio® offline programming simulation software to simulate and optimize the deployment of the robots prior to installation, ensuring that production is not interrupted. The program covers functional packages for a variety of production processes, from spot welding, riveting and gluing, to flow drilling and ultrasonic welding inspection. Each feature pack is a customer-proven, plug-and-play combination of hardware, software and services that will be deployed at Volvo Cars’ production sites in Daqing, China, and Torslanda, Sweden.

After the Shanghai event, the World Championships will return to Portland, USA on June 29 and 30. Sixteen rounds will be held in 10 cities around the world this season, including three brand new locations in Tokyo, Shanghai and Misano Adriatico.