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ABB Ltd
8 June 2000



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ABB wins US$ 100-million distributed generation contract

In line with new focus on alternative energy solutions

Zurich, Switzerland, June 8, 2000 - ABB, the global technology group, said today
it has won a US$ 100-million order from Scottish and Southern Energy, a major
utility in the United Kingdom, for ten combined heat and power (CHP) plants.

ABB will build the natural gas-fired CHP plants - small-scale units that produce
both electricity and heat - over the next 1 1/2 years throughout the U.K., and
operate and maintain them for 17 years.  The plants will be linked and remotely
controlled and monitored using advanced IT systems to optimize load management
across the national grid. ABB Financial Services arranged part of the financing
for the contract.

Several of the plants will be used in greenhouse application: - where they
provide electricity for lighting, hot water for heating and CO2 to stimulate
plant growth.  Because the CO2 is injected into the greenhouse rather than the
environment, emissions are reduced considerably.  ABB has built and operated
similar greenhouse applications in the Netherlands. And in Germany, Microsoft's
new European headquarters will get all its power from a CHP plant supplied and
operated by ABB.

ABB said the order confirms its strategy to move fast in the alternative energy
solutions market. The group's alternative energy strategy includes CHP, fuel
cells, microturbines, and renewables like wind power.

The ABB Group serves customers in power transmission and distribution;
automation; oil, gas, and petrochemicals; building technologies; and in
financial services.  With novel IT applications, tailored software solutions,
growing eBusiness and a fast-expanding knowledge and service base, ABB is
building links to the new economy. The ABB Group employs about 165,000 people in
more than 100 countries.