5年5百萬美元 幫助開發綠色技術并培訓畢業生。 瑞士蘇黎世2008年1月24日消息，北美著名大學之一的麻省理工學院（MIT）和在電力自動化技術行業領先的ABB公司宣布建立能源研究合作關系，滿足世界對清潔能源和能源有效性的需求。 ABB將加入MIT的能源研究計劃，支持在各個領域的研究，包括納米流體、電力電子、智能機器人和設備加熱管理。作為MITEI持續支持的會員，ABB將在MITEI管理董事會上占有席位，提供關鍵性投入和研究投資。 MITEI主任Ernest Moniz教授說：“MITEI與ABB之間的合作，為面對全球挑戰提供技術解決方案帶來了巨大機遇。ABB集團的投資組合提供了一系列潛在的焦點研究領域，這些領域恰好是MIT擁有堅實研究力量，可做出巨大貢獻的領域。ABB對可持續性、能源有效性及降低綠色氣體排放的貢獻，從研究前景來看是非常令人興奮的一件事。” ABB的首席技術執行官Peter Terwiesch說：“此合作是ABB結合我們領先工業技術能力及國際邊緣技術研究戰略的重要一步。新技術是利用潛在能源有效性面對飛漲的能源要求和環境焦慮的關鍵。” ABB每年用在研發上的費用約110億美元，因為技術在滿足能源和環境挑戰方面起著決定性作用。飛漲的能源需求將節能提上日程，這也是ABB研發的關鍵領域，研發經費由其一半的研究投資組成。 除支持研發程序以外，ABB的五年五百萬美元協作將支持畢業生培訓和MITEI的能源研究“種子基金”項目。此基金設立用于推進創新能源技術的發展，促進學院研究者的理念。 MITEI副主任Robert Armstrong教授強調說：“在此合作基礎之上，ABB將支持10名畢業生，成為ABB－MIT合伙能源研究員。ABB開發下一代能源技術的承諾將幫助培養和發展年輕的能源研究人員，以應對未來幾十年全球對能源需求的挑戰。” [FONT=times] original text [/FONT] [font=times][Color=#708090]Five-year, $5-million partnership to help develop green technologies and train graduates Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 24, 2008 – The Massachusetts Institute of Technology （MIT）, one of North America’s leading universities, and ABB, a global leader in power and automation technology, have formed a partnership on energy research to help meet the world’s need for clean electricity and energy efficiency. ABB will join MIT’s Energy Initiative （MITEI） and will support research in a variety of areas including nanofluids, power electronics, intelligent robotics and equipment heat management. As a Sustaining Member of MITEI, ABB will have a seat on the MITEI governing board, which provides key input on the direction and success of the Initiative’s research portfolio. “A MITEI partnership with ABB creates enormous opportunities to provide technology solutions to global energy challenges,” said Professor Ernest Moniz, Director of the MIT Energy Initiative. “The ABB corporate portfolio offers a range of potential research focus areas in which MIT has substantial research capability and could make a major contribution. ABB’s commitment to sustainability, energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is especially exciting from a research perspective.” “This partnership is another significant step in ABB’s strategy of combining our leading industrial technology competence with cutting edge international research,” said Peter Terwiesch, ABB’s chief technology officer. “New technology is the key to tapping the potential of energy efficiency in the face of the soaring demand and increasing environmental concerns.” ABB spends some $1.1 billion per year on research and development. Technology plays a crucial role in meeting energy and environmental challenges. Soaring energy demand has placed a premium on energy efficiency, a key area of ABB’s research and development activity, comprising about half of its research investment. In addition to supporting the research program, ABB’s five-year, $5-million collaboration will support graduate fellowships and MITEI’s energy research “seed fund.” The fund was set up to promote the development of a broad range of innovative energy technologies and concepts from researchers across the Institute. Professor Robert Armstrong, the MITEI Deputy Director, noted that: “Over the length of this partnership, ABB will support 10 graduate energy fellowships at the Institute, the ABB-MIT Energy Fellows. ABB’s commitment to developing the next generation of energy technologists will help nurture and develop young energy researchers to meet the global energy challenges of the next several decades.” Peter Terwiesch, chief techcnology officer, ABB and MITEI director Ernest J. Moniz at the signing ceremony.[/color][/font]