- Accelerated DER growth to challenge state-of-the-art grid management
- Open and modular approach will improve DER flexibility
- EnergyHub is a leading provider of grid-edge flexibility with nearly 1 million DERs under management
- Siemens brings extensive power grid expertise, global footprint to partnership
- Cooperation based on complementary portfolio elements, supports transition to distributed grid for net zero world
Siemens has partnered with EnergyHub to expand
its ecosystem of partners for its grid software business. EnergyHub provides a top-tier grid-edge management solution, which
combines its DERMS platform with turnkey program management
to enable utilities to scale grid-edge flexibility. EnergyHub controls all classes of DERs including thermostats, electric vehicles, energy
storage, and solar inverters. The company works with over 60 North American
utilities to manage more than 1.3 GW of flexible capacity. Siemens is a leading
provider of grid planning, operations and maintenance software and brings
extensive power systems and grid control domain expertise to the
partnership.
- BASF, BMW Group, Henkel, Mercedes-Benz, SAP, Schaeffler, Siemens, T-Systems, Volkswagen and ZF jointly founded Cofinity-X to accelerate the operation and adoption of Catena-X use-cases throughout the automotive industry.
- Cofinity-X aims to operate an open marketplace for applications and provide products and services to enable the efficient and secure exchange of data between all participants of the ecosystem initially focusing on the European market.
- Cofinity-X will help to make important progress with the operationalization and build-up of end-to-end data-chains to trace material flows throughout the entire value chain.
- Basis for the operation will be the trusted Catena-X and Gaia-X principles ensuring full data sovereignty for data sharing parties in an open, trusted, collaborative, and secure environment.
With the
foundation of Cofinity-X the shareholders BASF, BMW Group, Henkel,
Mercedes-Benz, SAP, Schaeffler, Siemens, T-Systems, Volkswagen and ZF initiate
the next step in Europe to foster the Catena-X initiative. Cofinity-X strives
to be one of the first operating companies which aims to provide products and
services for the secure exchange of data throughout the entire automotive value
chain.
Siemens turns ski lifts into high-tech systems
Siemens and Skyway agreed to
work together to determine the electrical and digital infrastructure needed to
support vertiport operations. Vertiports are hubs for vertical take-off and
landing (VTOL) vehicles such as air taxis and drones. The scope of
collaboration involves both companies researching energy demands of vertiports
and developing sustainable electrical supply, standard charging processes, and
a “system of systems” to support aircraft operations. Innovation around
vertiport infrastructure will be critical to the future scalability of electric
vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flight operations.
- Siemens Advanta expands its footprint in the United Kingdom
- Vendigital is a leading UK-based Operations Consultancy
- Complementary capabilities to add value for Siemens’ clients
Siemens has acquired the UK-based consulting company Vendigital, which will
become part of Siemens Advanta, the professional services business
unit of Siemens. The transaction was signed
and closed on December 22, 2022.
- Two new aspirating smoke detectors, FDA261 and FDA262, extend the existing fire detection portfolio
- Particularly suited for critical infrastructure and very large protection areas
- Highly intuitive commissioning app and improved detection performance
- Modular design to prolong lifetime and reduce environmental footprint
Siemens has introduced two new aspirating
smoke detectors (ASD), FDA261 and FDA262, catering to particularly challenging
fire safety installations that extend over wide areas, such as large data
centers, e-commerce warehouses, or industrial manufacturing sites. A single device
can cover up to 6,700 m2, currently the largest coverage area available
on the market. Even for Class A installations with the highest sensitivity requirements,
up to 2,000 m2 of detection coverage is feasible with a single ASD+ detector.
The new ASD Connect
app ensures fast and easy digital commissioning. It
makes the commissioning process highly automated and intuitive. As a result, the
commissioning effort decreases significantly.
- Siemens technology and capital is aiding 80 Acres Farms and its technology subsidary, Infinite Acres, in expansion to meet global food supply demands
- Siemens hardware and software solutions provide key technologies for 80 Acres' farm facilities and operations via Infinite Acres' Loop platform
Siemens announced its collaboration with 80 Acres Farms, a leader in the
indoor farming industry. With five production farms in southwestern Ohio, a new
farm in Florence, Kentucky, a future farm in Covington, Georgia, and R&D
facilities in Arkansas and the Netherlands, 80 Acres Farms specializes in
growing the next generation of food — food grown in eco-friendly indoor farms
closer to consumers’ tables.
- More than
€12 million for aid projects and humanitarian organizations to date
- Siemens
continues to match all employee donations to Siemens Caring Hands e.V.
- More than 60
aid projects implemented by different organizations
- Focus on support
for improving access to medical care
- Further
support for maintaining and rebuilding critical infrastructure
The war in
Ukraine continues to force people to flee the affected areas. Low winter
temperatures are exacerbating the precarious situation of the people living
there. To provide further help to those affected, Siemens AG and Siemens
Healthineers AG are extending their aid campaign and will continue to match
every euro donated by their employees to Siemens Caring Hands e.V. Through this
charitable organization, the two companies have collected more than €12 million
in donations so far since the outbreak of the war. These donations have already
enabled various organizations to implement more than 60 aid projects. The projects
have ranged from supplying food and medicine to providing clothing and
temporary refugee accommodation for Siemens employees and their families, and for
anyone in need in Ukraine.
- Siemens plant in Zug wins this year’s Factory of the Year award in the resilience category
- Recognition of resilient production and supply chain, and sustainable use of resources
The Siemens Smart Infrastructure plant in Zug, Switzerland, has been
named
Factory of the Year 2022 in the category Excellence in Supply
Chain Resilience. The award recognizes the plant’s supply chain resilience and
preventive risk management, which were found to be outstanding measured against
other plants in Europe. Organized by international management consultancy
Kearney, the Factory of the Year industry competition is considered one of the
most prestigious in Europe.