- Groundbreaking in Berlin for Siemensstadt Square “district of the future”
- Global blueprint for scalable urban brownfield development with
technologies from Siemens Xcelerator platform
- End-to-end digital twin combines all levels of the city: campus, building and
energy
- Comprehensive energy design and Europe’s largest wastewater heat
exchanger of its type to enable net zero
- Living space for up to 7,000 people, up to 20,000 additional jobs and
digitalization of industrial production to make district fit for the future
- By 2035, Siemens to invest €750 million and develop Siemensstadt Square
into a hub for partnerships with total project volume of up to €4.5 billion
In the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, Siemens today held the groundbreaking ceremony in Berlin for one of Europe’s largest urban development projects. Around 35,000 people will live and work at Siemensstadt Square, which will have an area of roughly 188 acres and floorspace of more than a million square meters. The project is a blueprint for the effective design of urban brownfield development projects and industrial transformation worldwide. Digital technologies from the entire Siemens Xcelerator platform – from an end-to-end digital twin to artificial intelligence (AI) – will make the district livable and fit for the future.
- 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.
- 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. &
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Dayner
Tafur-Díaz prevails in the conducting competition against 68 applicants
from 29 countries
- 26-year-old conductor from Peru will begin working
with Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker on October 1, 2024
- Scholarship includes serving as project-based
assistant to chief conductor Kirill Petrenko and guest conductors of the
Karajan Academy and Berliner Philharmoniker
Peruvian
conductor Dayner Tafur-Díaz has won the International Conductors Competition by
Siemens and the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker. The 26-year-old
up-and-coming conductor won out the competition in the Berlin Philharmonic
against 68 applicants from 29 countries. Tafur-Díaz impressed the
jury with his performance of Richard Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, among other
things. Tafur-Díaz has won a two-year scholarship. In addition to collaborating
on concert projects of the Karajan Academy, the conducting scholarship includes
acting as project-based assistant to the chief conductor of the Berliner
Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko, and visiting guest conductors. Among other
activities this coming season, Tafur-Díaz will take part in rehearsals and
concerts with conductor Ivan Repušić and the 2024–2025 Artist in Residence of
the Berliner Philharmoniker, pianist Seong-Jin Cho. In one of the carte blanche
concerts of the Karajan Academy, Tafur-Díaz will also have an opportunity to introduce
himself to the Berlin audience.
- 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.
- The University of East London (UEL) has reduced its carbon emissions by 10 percent in phase one of its new net zero strategy
- UEL partnered with Siemens to develop and deliver the strategy, designed to improve energy efficiency and renewable integration
- Siemens and UEL to co-create a ‘Living Lab’ to help embed sustainability into course curriculums
The University of East London (UEL) has reduced its carbon emissions by 10 percent from its 2020/21 baseline to 2022/23 in the first phase of its new net zero strategy, putting the organisation on track to achieve its 2030 net-zero target.
- At €19.2 billion on a comparable basis, revenue was nearly unchanged year-over-year (Q2 2023: €19.4 billion)
- Orders in Q2 2024 reached €20.5 billion (Q2 2023: €23.6 billion), a decline of 12 percent on a comparable basis
- At €2.5 billion, Profit Industrial Business was close to the prior-year level (Q2 2023: €2.6 billion)
- Net income totaled €2.2 billion (Q2 2023: €3.6 billion); net income in Q2 2023 benefited from a tax-free gain of €1.6 billion from the partial reversal of an impairment of Siemens’ stake in Siemens Energy AG
- Free cash flow all-in at Group level was €1.3 billion (Q2 2023: €2.3 billion)
- Outlook at Group level confirmed
Siemens delivered solid performance in the second quarter, successfully meeting the high demand for digitalization and sustainability technology. Notably, the industrial software business showed strong growth with particularly high demand in the semiconductor industry. Demand from customers for the construction of data centers also showed strong momentum. Currently muted demand in the short-cycle automation business at Digital Industries, particularly in China and Europe, was largely offset by strong revenue development at Smart Infrastructure and Mobility. In addition, Siemens took a key step in focusing its portfolio with the sale of Innomotics to KPS Capital Partners for €3.5 billion.