- Partnership
of Siemens Mobility, Tyczka Hydrogen and Smart Train Lease will pave the way
for a successful transformation of railways towards hydrogen mobility
- Customers
to be offered hydrogen trains plus the full hydrogen supply chain including
services
Hydrogen is
one of the main technologies to decarbonize the railway sector by switching
from fossil diesel to renewable fuels in particular on routes, which are hard
to electrify. From the train operator perspective an integrated approach towards
a fossil-free mobility does not only require hydrogen-powered trains and
corresponding maintenance services but also needs to cover the entire supply chain
for green hydrogen fuel. In April 2024 Siemens Mobility and Tyczka Hydrogen have
signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) establishing a cooperation in order to
accelerate the transformation
towards hydrogen powered railway mobility. Both companies have agreed to work
together towards solutions across the full supply chain including hydrogen
production, storage, distribution and refueling as well as delivery and
maintenance of fuel cell trains. Additionally, Smart Train
Lease, a subsidiary of Siemens Mobility, offers hydrogen trains for rent.
- Siemensstadt Square is one of Europe’s largest urban redevelopment sites
- Set for completion by 2035, Siemens to invest €750 million into this €4.5 billion project
- Digital innovations from across Siemens Xcelerator portfolio to transform historical industrial site
- Laying of the foundation stone represents next milestone in development of this carbon neutral urban district
From planning and development to optimized operations, Siemens technology will enable the realization of Siemensstadt Square, a sustainable city district of the future in Berlin.
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World premiere: Existing GoA4 line upgraded to
latest generation CBTC driverless automation system to boost capacity, reliability,
and efficiency for Paris metro operator RATP on behalf of Île-de-France
Mobilités
- Upgraded
line enables driverless automated train operation along the route doubled
in length, now also connecting Orly Airport to central Paris
- Line
remained in operations throughout the project that will serve one million
passengers daily by 2025
Siemens Mobility and RATP (Régie
autonome des transports Parisiens) have successfully modernized and extended the
automated Line 14 of the Paris metro. This world premiere marks the first
migration of an automated driverless (GoA4 – Grade of Automation) metro line to
the latest generation GoA4 driverless automated system “Trainguard MT CBTC”. The
new system, which was implemented during the past six years during passenger
services, enables more efficient and reliable services on the line that has
doubled in length by 14 kilometers due to extensions to the North and South.
With a remarkable headway of 85 seconds along its entire 28 km route, Line 14
is now the longest line in the Paris network and will eventually accommodate
over one million passengers daily. The expansion enables passengers to travel
from Orly Airport to Paris city center in 20 minutes and from the northern business
districts in Saint-Denis Pleyel to Orly Airport in just 40 minutes. With its
improved capacity, reliability, and efficiency, Line 14 serves as the backbone
of Paris' public transportation system, connecting to the future Grand Paris
Express network. Over six years, more than 250 Siemens Mobility engineers
contributed to this project, with over 500,000 hours of engineering.
- Production capacity increased, workforce expanded to meet growing
demand.
- New gearbox production line inaugurated, competence center for converter
cabinets established.
- Cornellà, an important supplier of traction motors, converters, and
converter cabinets, now produces rail gearboxes.
- Traction components (trademark: MoComp) from Cornellà (Barcelona) used
worldwide by numerous rail vehicle manufacturers.
Siemens Mobility has invested in its Cornellà factory to significantly
expand production capacity and the product portfolio
- Siemens invests 100 million euros in a 3.5-hectare site to expand existing facility in Frankfurt’s Ostend district
- Switchgear factory further strengthened with high-speed warehouse and expanded production
- Investments focus on environmentally friendly construction and technologies and an increased push for digital transformation
- 400 new jobs will be created at the Frankfurt switchgear plant by 2027
Siemens Smart Infrastructure is making an additional investment in its Frankfurt site. Coinciding with the inauguration of a new high-speed warehouse and expanded production area at its switchgear plant in Frankfurt-Fechenheim, Siemens has announced an additional investment in the site. The acquisition of a 3.5-hectare site with existing buildings in Frankfurt’s Ostend district will provide Siemens with additional capacity to ensure a secure energy transformation. Production in the new buildings is expected to start at the start of 2025.
- Siemens circuit breaker is the first electrical safety product to use plastic components where fossil raw materials have been replaced by biomethane derived from recycled biowaste
- The material changeover in the SIRIUS 3RV2 circuit breaker production will reduce the emission of carbon dioxide equivalents by ~270 tons per year1
- SIRIUS 3RV2 is one of the first products covered by the recently launched Siemens EcoTech label
Siemens
Smart Infrastructure and BASF have today announced the first electrical safety product
to include components made from biomass-balanced plastics. Used across
industrial and infrastructure applications, Siemens SIRIUS 3RV2 circuit breaker
is now being manufactured using Ultramid® BMBcertTM
and Ultradur® BMBcertTM from BASF, where fossil
feedstock at the beginning of the value chain is replaced by biomethane derived
from renewable sources such as agricultural waste. Both materials offer the
same quality and performance as conventional plastics. The material changeover
in the SIRIUS 3RV2 circuit breaker production will reduce the emission of carbon
dioxide equivalents by ~270 tons per year1. Customers using these
products contribute to a circular economy towards a more sustainable future. &
- DB Regio trains speed at 190 kilometers per hour between Bavaria and Thuringia
- Higher capacity, better service, new travel options to the north and south
Germany’s fastest regional train between
Bavaria and Thuringia is set to go. The new Franconia-Thuringia Express (FTX)
operated by Deutsche Bahn (DB) is inaugurating service on the Nuremberg-Erfurt
high-speed line on June 9, with the scheduled so-called small timetable change.
The modern Siemens trains, ordered by the Free States of Bavaria and Thuringia,
will run at a top speed of up to 190 kilometers per hour. To date, only
long-distance trains have operated on the northern section of the VDE 8.1, the
designation for this new and upgraded line.
- Gridscale X LV Management software empowers DSOs to take a holistic approach to unlocking grid flexibility at scale – from planning to operations
- Software acts as an intelligent “co-pilot”, providing step-by-step guidance to prevent low voltage grid instability, reducing outages by 30%
- Enables grid operators to operate the grid closer to its limits and digitalize faster and more efficiently
- Gridscale X LV Management is part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio
Today, Siemens unveils its latest Gridscale X offering, LV Management, at Eurelectric’s Power Summit. Embedded with crucial capabilities to actively control the low voltage grid, this represents the first step towards unlocking grid flexibility at scale across planning and operations. With additional insights and transparency over what is happening on the low voltage grid, operators can use the software as a “co-pilot,” helping them to deal with the increasing complexity and challenges related to low voltage grids.
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Equips Norwegian grid operator Norgesnett with medium-voltage switchgear
and compact substations for sustainable, reliable, and affordable transformation
of national grid
- Norgesnett adopts SF6-free switchgear, saving approximately 1,200 tonnes
of CO2 compared to SF6-gas switchgear over product lifetime
- Siemens’ switchgear utilizes climate-neutral insulating medium “Clean
Air” consisting exclusively of components of ambient air, propelling Norgesnett
toward its sustainability goals
Siemens Smart
Infrastructure has signed a six-year framework agreement with Norgesnett to deliver
SF6 gas-free switchgear in the form of the 8DJH 24 – blue GIS switchgear,
alongside compact substations.