- American Electric Power chooses Siemens’ PSS®CAPE industry-leading software for highly detailed protection simulation
- Software interoperability allows AEP to seamlessly synchronize and exchange model data across planning, operations, and protection
- Accelerates energy transition by enabling sustainable integration of decentralized renewable energy resources to the grid
- Order underscores Siemens Xcelerator strategy for open, interoperable, flexible software to accelerate energy transition at scale
Siemens
will replace American Electric Power’s (AEP) existing
protection simulation operation software with PSS®CAPE. Ohio-based AEP,
the largest transmission grid operator in the U.S., serves 5.5 million
customers across 11 states and maintains the largest transmission network in
the country with over 40,000 miles of transmission lines. As grid planning and
operations becomes more complex, traditional, siloed manual practices for
sharing model data across departments are no longer optimal. AEP is creating a unified
digital model of its entire transmission network, called T-Nexus, consisting of
one common network model that all departments work
from to ensure reliable planning, operation, and protection of the power grid.
- Building X, the new smart building suite for net-zero buildings, will be a key highlight at Light + Building 2022
- New portfolio of digital services for fire safety and the latest version of Desigo CC, Siemens’ integrated building management system, will be shown for the first time
- Focus on reliable and energy-efficient electrical installation and power distribution, addressing grid complexity and integration of renewables
At this year’s Light + Building trade fair
in Frankfurt, Germany, Siemens will showcase its vision of digitalization as a
key pillar of the infrastructure transition required to tackle climate change
and global sustainability challenges. The company’s motto at the show is “Smart infrastructure is sustainable
infrastructure”, and Siemens will be demonstrating products, solutions and
services to make the transition of buildings and grids possible.
Almost 10 billion
people will live on our planet by 2050, most of them in urban areas. About 40
percent of all energy used globally is consumed in buildings, and another one
third by industries. But resources are finite.
Resilient, adaptive, and efficient infrastructure, enabled by digitalization,
is key to sustainability. Taking action to tackle climate change and other
global sustainability issues is an urgency. With buildings and electrification
increasingly growing together and becoming more and more digitalized, they can
support the sustainable infrastructure transition and create more livable
environments.
At the Light +
Building 2022 trade fair, Siemens will showcase its vision of digitalization as
the key pillar of the infrastructure transition. Our motto at the show is
“Smart infrastructure is sustainable infrastructure”, outlining our innovations
that will make this possible.
Visit us at Light + Building 2022 in Frankfurt am
Main, October 2 - 6, in hall 11.0, B56.
- Companies to work together to speed up energy transition
- Partnership to focus on green hydrogen projects at Shell and its customers
- Holland Hydrogen 1 project in Rotterdam key milestone in partnership to advance green hydrogen
Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Shell Global Solutions International BV have
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on developing
low-carbon and highly efficient energy solutions that support the energy
transition. The agreement will focus on projects that produce green hydrogen
for industrial applications at Shell and its customers, as well as enhancing
collaboration in the areas of biofuels and circular chemistry. Under the MoU,
Siemens and Shell will create solutions that increase energy efficiency and
generate sustainable power, consisting of, but not limited to, digitalization,
efficient networks, and the production, distribution, and application of green
hydrogen. The partnership, inked with Siemens’ Electrification and Automation
business unit, has the potential to strengthen synergies for both parties. While
Siemens intends to work with Shell to accelerate the latter’s transition towards
net-zero operations, Shell seeks to supply Siemens and its affiliates with low
carbon products that reduce emissions across the supply chain, in Siemens’
operations, and in the use phase of Siemens products, consisting of but not
limited to supply of biofuels.
- Intelligent Valve from Siemens now also operates with a glycol content in the hydronic circuit
- Integrated change-over function saves engineering time and investment costs at the automation level
Siemens Smart
Infrastructure has enhanced its Intelligent Valve with new glycol capability. As
a result, the valve can now be used in hydronic circuits with ethylene
glycol-based antifreeze. The glycol option substantially increases the range of
use cases for the Intelligent Valve: It extends the application range to hydronic
circuits that are exposed to ambient temperatures below 0°C during standstill.
Example applications include coils in air handling units (AHUs) or recoolers of
chiller plants. With the new capability, the required burst protection can be
provided without sacrificing the well-known benefits of Intelligent Valve such
as energy transparency, pressure-independent flow control or optimized Delta T
(ΔT).
- Siemens to supply two Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) for Alexandria Supervisory Control Center and West Alexandria Distribution Control Center
- Advanced metering infrastructure, including the supply of 300,000 smart meters, will be established during the project implementation
- Alexandria Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) serves customers in Alexandria, a city with about five million inhabitants
- Implementing state-of-the-art software solutions and automation devices will help AEDC to increase efficiency and reliability of the electricity supply, while reducing electricity distribution losses
- This project funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has a value of about EUR 50 million
Siemens
has been awarded a contract to upgrade the distribution management
system and establish an advanced metering infrastructure for Alexandria
Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) – Lot 1 of a JICA-funded loan. As
subsidiary of the state-owned utility Egyptian Electricity Holding Company
(EEHC), AEDC is responsible for the distribution network of Alexandria
Governorate, the second most populated governorate in Egypt. During the
upcoming 30 months, Siemens will be implementing an ADMS control center for the
West Alexandria region and a control center to supervise all distribution
control centers in Alexandria.
- The two companies intend to work together to close gaps in the standardization of inductive charging systems
- Plans include technical collaboration and joint interoperability tests
Siemens and MAHLE intend to collaborate in
the field of inductive charging of electric vehicles. Both companies have
signed a letter of intent to this effect. “Wireless charging of electric
vehicles is emerging as a major market for the future. In addition to making
life considerably easier for drivers, who no longer have to fiddle with cables
and connectors, it is a crucial requirement for the autonomous mobility of
tomorrow. The transfer efficiency of wireless, inductive charging is comparable
to plug-in systems,” said Stefan Perras, Head of Pre-development and Innovation
for Charging Infrastructure at Siemens AG.
- Smart Infrastructure completes acquisition of Brightly, a leader in
cloud-based asset and maintenance management software
- Acquisition puts Siemens in pole position to address fast-growing software
market for buildings and built infrastructure
Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI), the frontrunner in digital buildings, has
completed the acquisition of Brightly Software, a leading U.S.-based software-as-a-service
(SaaS) provider of asset and maintenance management solutions. The acquisition elevates
SI to a leading position in the software market for buildings and built
infrastructure. It adds Brightly’s well-established cloud-based capabilities across
key sectors – education, public infrastructure, healthcare, and manufacturing –
to Siemens’ digital and software know-how in buildings. Brightly’s addition to
the Siemens portfolio accelerates the build-up of SI’s SaaS business, enabling
the companies to deliver superior performance and sustainability for built
infrastructure.
- RDG200 thermostat now equipped with a built-in CO2 sensor for monitoring and controlling indoor air quality
- Helps provide a healthy indoor climate and a safe place to work
- Achieves high energy efficiency and reduced energy costs
Siemens Smart Infrastructure’s RDG200 thermostat series now offers a model that is
natively equipped with a CO2
sensor and control functions. They allow the indoor air quality to be monitored
and adjusted to ensure a healthy and productive indoor air climate at all times
for people in the building, while maintaining efficient operation. When the air
quality deteriorates because the CO2 concentration rises, the ventilation system
is automatically adjusted and ensures that the right amount of fresh air is
provided to the space.
- California-based Esri, pioneer in geographic information system software
- Geodata combined with Siemens´ modeling and simulation software boosts creation of holistic digital twin of the grid for planning, simulation and real-time operations to accelerate the energy transition
- Complementary product partners are part of the Siemens Xcelerator ever-growing ecosystem of partners to accelerate digital transformation
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has partnered with Esri, the global leader
in geographic information systems (GIS) and location intelligence, to expand
its ecosystem of partners for its grid software business. The partnership
enhances capabilities for the planning, operations and maintenance of power
networks at grid operators by combining Esri’s powerful mapping and spatial
analytics software and Siemens’ electrical topology expertise. In doing so, the
companies aim to upgrade the data flow between applications for increased
planning accuracy and for better operations of the distribution grid. The
partnership´s objective is to improve the admission of Distributed Energy
Resources (DER) to the grid so that net zero can be achieved faster.