- Memorandum of Understanding signed to target cooperation between Siemens and China's State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC)
- Siemens to become SPIC's potential partner for development of own generation of heavy-duty gas turbines
Siemens and State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) of China entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to further confirm intention of technology collaboration in the field of heavy-duty gas turbines. Joe Kaeser, President and CEO of Siemens AG, and Qian Zhimin, Chairman of SPIC, signed the MoU in Berlin in the presence of German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his official visit to Germany.
- The Rath Group is the fortieth Vectron customer
- Order for three Vectron MS locomotives
- Delivery beginning in December 2018
The Rath Group and Siemens have signed a contract for the delivery of three Vectron multisystem (MS) locomotives. The locomotives are planned for freight service and will operate in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia. Delivery of the locomotives will begin in December 2018. The locomotives will be built at the Siemens factory in Munich-Allach. With this order, RTB Cargo, the freight transport arm of the Rath Group, will have its own multisystem fleet for the first time.
The North County Transit District (NCTD) Board of Directors approved the purchase of five new Siemens locomotives at the June Board meeting. The five locomotives being replaced were originally built between 1975-1992 and were purchased as used by NCTD. These five locomotives have reached the end of their useful life.
- Siemens Arts Program promotes outstanding young talent and awards Siemens Opera Contest France prize to Sarah Shine
The young soprano Sarah Shine is the winner of the Siemens Opera Contest France at the Opéra Garnier in Paris. Sarah Shine was born in 1993 in Ireland and completed her studies with Veronica Dunne at the Irish Royal Academy of Music in 2015. Since September 2017, she has been studying at the Academy of the Opéra national de Paris.
Siemens will supply 102 SF6-free, gas-insulated 8VM1 high-voltage switchgear (GIS) to Siemens Gamesa by the middle of next year. The switchgear will protect each wind turbine individually against overloads and short-circuits and make it possible to supply electricity reliably and without interruption. Developed for wind farms, the 8VM1 from the blue GIS portfolio operates with vacuum circuit-breaker technology and with clean air instead of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) as the insulating medium. The switchgear are destined for the British East Anglia One offshore wind farm, which will supply up to 600,000 British homes with electricity starting in 2020. Siemens Gamesa is building the wind farm for ScottishPower Renewables in approximately 300 square kilometers of space, and is using a new connection and wind farm grid concept with a voltage of 66 Kilovolts (kV). Compared to the usual 33 kV connection, it increases the transmission capacity of each cable and simultaneously reduces transmission losses, thus cutting costs. For this purpose, Siemens Gamesa has adapted the substation transformers and converters to the wind turbines. Siemens will ship all 102 switchpanels by mid-2019.
- Simple monitoring of measuring points for process data
- Integrated GPS functionality for localization and time synchronization
- Extension board for connecting additional sensors via Modbus RTU
Siemens is expanding the possible uses for its telecontrol units from the Simatic RTU3000C product family with new hardware and software: The new Simatic RTU3031C (Remote Terminal Unit/RTU) has integrated GPS functionality for comparing the setpoint with the actual position. That makes it suitable not only for static applications such as the monitoring of distributed measuring points in the water industry, but also for mobile applications that require localization functions. This includes, for example, position monitoring for floating navigation signs or container tracking. In addition, Siemens is introducing an extension board that allows users to connect up to eight additional sensors to the telecontrol units. New firmware for the product family also offers users new functions, such as connection to redundant control centers and new function blocks for the statistical evaluation of process values.
- Taoyuan City gets fully automated metro
- Green Line: 27.8 kilometers long with 21 stations
- Link to Taoyuan International Airport
- CBTC-based train control will maximize throughput and capacity
A consortium of South Korea's train manufacturer Hyundai Rotem, Taiwan's construction company BES Engineering and Siemens will deliver, on a turnkey basis, the electrical and mechanical solutions for the Green Line metro in the Taiwanese city of Taoyuan. The contract was awarded by the Taoyuan City Government. Siemens' share of the project comprises the Trainguard MT Communications-Based Train Control system (CBTC), traction drives for the trains and the direct-current (DC) traction power supply. The metro line's signaling system will enable unattended train operation (Grade of Automation, GoA4).
- Siemens-Division Building Technologies guarantees by contract power and water savings for seven years
- Data analytics from automation systems used to design tailor-made energy conservation measures
Dubai Airports will use Siemens Building Technologies data analytics and smart building technology to guarantee annual energy savings of almost 20 percent per year at Dubai Airports' facilities, by implementing energy efficiency measures at Terminal 1, Terminal 2, Terminal 3 and Concourse B at Dubai International (DXB). Focusing on air and water systems, the seven-year project is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 25,000 tons, with annual electricity savings of approximately 50 gigawatt hours (GWH), and water savings of around 21 million gallons. The initiative is part of Dubai Airports' comprehensive energy-saving strategy and program designed to limit the environmental footprint at both of its airports.
- Power redundancy eliminating a single point of failure
- Award-winning industrial design
- Ideal for digital substations, transportation and oil & gas industries
Two new compact rugged Ethernet switches have just been added to Siemens Ruggedcom portfolio. The IEEE 1588 conformant Ruggedcom RSG908C and Ruggedcom RSG910C reduce the total cost of ownership by combining precision timing information and data communications onto a single network. These two new switches come with an integrated DIN rail mount and front-facing interfaces for easy installation in space-limited areas. They offer redundant power inputs for both DC and high voltage AC/DC applications, eliminating a single point of failure. The switches are designed to operate in harsh environments with widely varying climatic and environmental conditions, which is ideal for digital substations, transportation and oil & gas industries.
- Consortium of Siemens and Škoda Transportation commissioned
- Delivery of the first cars within 32 months
- Improved passenger comfort and experience
Czech Railways (České dráhy – ČD) has ordered 50 Viaggio Comfort passenger cars from a consortium of Škoda Transportation and Siemens. Delivery of the first cars is planned within 32 months. Siemens will be responsible for the engineering, production of the car bodies, delivery of the bogies and the dynamic commissioning as well as authorization. Škoda will handle the electric and mechanic final assembly and the static commissioning and delivers auxiliary converters and control cabinets. The total value of the order is around €115 million.