- Turnkey construction and operation and maintenance for 20 years
- Order worth about €450 million
- 40 percent equity participation during project development phase
Siemens will build a new combined cycle power plant as a turnkey project in Landivisiau in western France. The company will also operate and maintain the plant for a period of 20 years. With an installed capacity of 446 megawatts, the power plant will help to reliably cover Brittany's growing demand for electricity. The order volume is approximately €450 million. Siemens Financial Services (SFS), the financing arm of Siemens, held an equity stake in the project, ensuring stability during the entire development phase.
- Around 2,100 apprentices
and university students in work-study programs at 20 Siemens locations are
starting their professional lives
- International training
program includes 31 participants from 14 countries
- Training program focuses on
digital transformation process
- Training as an important
foundation for lifelong learning
Around 2,100
young people in Germany alone are beginning their occupational training with
Siemens today. At 20 locations in Germany, Siemens will be training about 1,500
people for its own needs as well as another 600 participants for external
partner companies. In Berlin, 31 young people from 14 countries are
taking part in the International Tech Apprenticeship@Siemens (ITA@S) program, including
apprentices from Nigeria, Pakistan and South Africa. The ITA@S apprentices have
been sent to Berlin by their local Siemens Regional Companies for training as
electronics technicians for industrial engineering or as mechatronics technicians.
In total, 111 young people from outside Germany are completing training as part
of the ITA@S program.
- Agricultural
machinery company to use software solutions from Siemens including product
lifecycle management (PLM) to expand technological leadership
Siemens Digital Industries Software has announced that Maschinenfabrik Bernard
Krone GmbH & Co. KG, a leading agricultural machinery company based
in Germany, has selected the Siemens Digital Innovation Platform to help
establish its digitalization strategy. Using solutions including the Teamcenter
® portfolio and NX™ software, Krone will launch a new
digitalization program that will support processes over the entire product
lifecycle as well as collaborative work between departments by leveraging the
broad, integrated solutions that are part of the Siemens Digital Innovation
Platform.
- Viking Link ensures increased security of supply and integration of renewable energy
- Siemens to deliver both HVDC converter stations
Siemens has been awarded a contract to deliver two converter stations for the first high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) link between Great Britain and Denmark. Viking Link will enable the exchange of electricity up to 1,400 megawatts (MW) to provide increased power-supply reliability and security to consumers in both countries. By allowing transmission to flow in both directions, Viking Link will support the integration of renewable energy sources into the power grid. The interconnector is being jointly developed by National Grid Ventures (Great Britain) and Energinet (Denmark) via National Grid Viking Link Ltd. and Energinet Eltransmission A/S. Viking Link is scheduled to begin commercial operation at the end of 2023.
- Brownfield Engine Exchange (BEX) delivers cleaner energy, long-term reliability, improved efficiency and more powerful performance
- Making Energy Greener is one of Siemens’ continuing core focus areas as the global energy landscape evolves and changes
- Over 30 engine exchange projects worldwide to date with several recent new orders
Siemens Gas and Power is focused on helping customers navigate the world’s most pressing energy problems, both for today and tomorrow. Essential applications include providing products, solutions and services that make fossil energy greener. A recent example is a project in Alabama where Siemens is has completed its first large gas turbine section exchange in the U.S. - delivering on that commitment. In this way Siemens is helping make energy greener and more sustainable in an evolving energy landscape.
Under the banner "Innovate. Digitalize now. SmartMining." Siemens is presenting the implementation of digital mining at this year's bauma, the world's leading trade fair for construction machinery. From April 8 to 14, the company will be demonstrating at Messe München in Hall C2, Booth 325, how mining companies can ensure and increase the availability and productivity of their mining equipment with the help of a unique range of services, comprehensive support and many years of technology and industry expertise. The digital solutions range from individual aspects to the entire mining operation.
We released our third quarter results for fiscal year 2019 on August 1, 2019. The Conference Call for journalists and the Analyst Call were broadcast live.
- Contract of Chief Human Resources Officer Janina Kugel to expire by mutual agreement
At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG
agreed to extend the appointment of Managing Board member Cedrik Neike (46) by
five years. The contract of the CEO of Siemens' Smart Infrastructure Operating
Company (SI) will now run until May 31, 2025. The contract of Chief Human
Resources Officer (CHRO) Janina Kugel (49) will expire by mutual agreement on
January 31, 2020.