ABB partners with Boliden to reduce carbon footprint of its industrial products
ABB與Boliden合作，減少其工業(yè)產(chǎn)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(zhàn)略合作關(guān)系，在其電磁攪拌（EMS）設(shè)備和高效電動(dòng)機(jī)中使用低碳足跡的銅。其目的是減少溫室氣體排放，同時(shí)推動(dòng)向更加循環(huán)的經(jīng)濟(jì)過(guò)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(gòu)成了ABB戰(zhàn)略目標(biāo)的一個(gè)組成部分，即通過(guò)用低碳替代物來(lái)減少其產(chǎn)品中使用的原材料對(duì)環(huán)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(shí)現(xiàn)循環(huán)閉環(huán)的重要一步，ABB已經(jīng)將其電機(jī)設(shè)計(jì)成高達(dá)98%的可回收材料，其余2%的材料可進(jìn)行焚燒以回收熱量。與原始生產(chǎn)相比，回收銅、鋁和鋼可節(jié)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(xiàng)合作包括ABB通過(guò)芬蘭金屬制造專家Luvata下了第一份Boliden認(rèn)證回收銅的訂單。由這種材料制成的空心導(dǎo)線將被用于ABB的鋼鐵和鋁制造的電磁攪拌產(chǎn)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(gòu)買Boliden的低碳再生銅，以滿足其在歐洲生產(chǎn)的IE5超高效SynRM和電動(dòng)汽車電機(jī)的需求。兩家公司還簽署了一份諒解備忘錄，ABB將支持Boliden識(shí)別其運(yùn)營(yíng)單位的低效低壓電機(jī)。然后，這些電機(jī)可以在ABB的回收升級(jí)框架內(nèi)被替換為高效電機(jī)，舊電機(jī)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(yè)電氣設(shè)備的重要材料，但其生產(chǎn)是能源密集型的。為了解決這一問(wèn)題，Boliden開發(fā)了使用無(wú)化石能源開采的低碳銅，并使用回收產(chǎn)品中的二次原材料生產(chǎn)銅。這些產(chǎn)品的碳足跡比行業(yè)平均水平低65%。一個(gè)典型的75千瓦重650公斤的電動(dòng)機(jī)可能包含80公斤的銅，每生產(chǎn)一臺(tái)這樣的電機(jī)，使用Boliden的銅就可以節(jié)省大約200公斤的二氧化碳排放。每個(gè)攪拌器有多達(dá)2,700公斤的銅，因此每個(gè)攪拌器可節(jié)省多達(dá)6,700公斤的二氧化碳。