- New spring-return actuators with 4 Nm torque
- New damper actuators with 2 Nm torque
- Easy installation and extreme flexibility
The Siemens Building Technologies Division is expanding its range of OpenAir damper actuators for heating, ventilation and air conditioning applications with spring-return models with 4 Nm of torque. At the same time, new features are being added to conventional damper actuators with 2 Nm of torque.
- Siemens will supply the technology for direct-current transmission
- Dragados partner is responsible for building and installing the offshore platform
- Six DC grid connections of the German North Sea were equipped by Siemens
Siemens has received another order from the German-Dutch grid operator, TenneT TSO, for a grid connection for offshore wind power plants in the German waters of the North Sea. The company will supply the entire technology for efficient direct-current transmission for the "DolWin6" grid connection. The Spanish partner, Dragados Offshore S.A., is a leading general contractor in the energy sector and is responsible for construction and offshore installation of the associated platform. The French supplier Nexans will supply the direct-current cables. TenneT tendered the supply and laying of the cables separately, and these services are therefore not part of Siemens' scope of supply. The order placed with Siemens is valued in high three-digit millions euros range. After it is completed, DolWin6 will be able to transmit enough electricity to supply just under one million German homes. Commercial commissioning is scheduled for 2023.
- Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) project at Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark recognized
- Guaranteed energy savings of up to 33 percent per year
- Comprehensive energy savings package through optimization of technical plants and expansion of renewable energy systems
The Siemens Building Technologies Division has won a 2017 European Energy Service Award (EESA) in the category "Best European Energy Service Project" for its energy performance contracting (EPC) project at Hvidovre Hospital, the largest EPC project in Denmark to date. The project will allow the 245,000 m² hospital near Copenhagen to reduce its heat consumption by 41 percent and its electricity consumption by 23 percent. The total energy consumption will be cut by approximately one third.
- Special coating on windowpanes significantly improves reception
- Rhein-Ruhr Express first train worldwide with the new technology
- Maintenance-free, cost-effective solution
The Rhein-Ruhr Express (RRX), a train for Germany's Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, will be the world's first train in series production to feature a new radio-frequency windowpane solution from Siemens that massively improves mobile phone reception in trains. The new windows on the RRX will allow radio waves to pass through up to 500 times more easily than is the case with conventional thermal insulation glazing. As a result, passengers will be able, for the first time, to surf the Internet and make telephone calls freely without the need for special cellular-signal amplifiers (in-train repeaters). Train operators will also profit from the new technology: in new vehicles, the windowpane solution is significantly more cost-effective than installing in-train repeaters.
- Siemens starts Rhine-Ruhr Express test program
- Digitized train technology
- Service planned beginning in late 2018
Siemens presented the first prototype of the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) today. The testing of the multiple-unit electric train will now begin at the Siemens Test and Validation Center (PCW) in Wegberg-Wildenrath. All seven pre-series trains will be commissioned at the PCW and complete extensive tests in the coming months before undertaking their first test runs in the public railway network. The RRX is scheduled to enter service in the greater Rhine-Ruhr region at the end of 2018.
- Fluence combines the extensive technology expertise, unique energy storage market experience, and global reach of Siemens and AES to offer proven and cost-competitive energy storage systems for a rapidly transforming sector.
- Fluence will deliver the Advancion and Siestorage energy storage platforms and will continue to develop new storage solutions and services, reaching customers in over 160 countries.
- The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2017 following regulatory approvals.
Siemens AG ("Siemens") and The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES, "AES") announced today their agreement to form a new global energy storage technology and services company under the name Fluence. The joint venture will bring together AES' ten years of industry-defining experience deploying energy storage in seven countries with over a century of Siemens' energy technology leadership and its global sales presence in more than 160 countries. Combining the proven AES Advancion and Siemens Siestorage energy storage platforms with expanded services, Fluence will offer customers a wider variety of options to meet the challenges of a rapidly transforming energy landscape. The company will empower customers around the world to better navigate the fragmented but rapidly growing energy storage sector and meet their pressing needs for scalable, flexible, and cost-competitive energy storage solutions.
- Powered by MindSphere – Siemens' cloud-based open IoT operating system, the Hub will drive digitalization in the country
- Team of up to 300 digitalization experts by 2022
- Development of new digital applications for companies in Southeast Asia, three cooperation agreements signed today
To address the substantial opportunities in urbanization and industrialization that are rapidly arising in Asia, Siemens will be setting up a Digitalization Hub in Singapore. At this Hub, Siemens will develop innovations for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrie 4.0 in collaboration with its customers in Southeast Asia. Supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), the Hub will also complements the county's efforts to become a Smart Nation, because Siemens will be using its IoT operating system MindSphere - to drive digitalization in Singapore.
- Siemens cooperates with Chinese government in digital manufacturing, innovation and technology applications
- Memorandum of Understanding signed in presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping
- Strategic partnership with Chinese enterprises in industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and intelligent manufacturing
Siemens has entered into agreements with the Chinese government and Chinese enterprises to continue joint activities for exploring the potential of digitalization and for supporting measures to upgrade and transform China's industrial sector. The documents were signed today in Berlin in the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- "Red Dot" Award in the category "Product Design"
- Jury convinced by high quality of design
- Avenio tram completely catenary-free
The Siemens Avenio tram for Doha, in the Emirate of Qatar, has been honored with the prestigious "Red Dot" Award for Product Design 2017. The tram's minimalistic and timeless design complements its surroundings and reflects the modern architecture of Doha's Education City Campus. Clean lines, generous white surfaces and darkened windows characterize the tram's exterior. Special shading on the roof and tinted insulated glass ensure passenger comfort even in extreme outdoor temperatures. The interior's bright and airy ambiance, subtly styled seat upholstery and elegantly designed grab poles underscore the tram's modern character. The Avenio's design was created in cooperation with the "Yellow Window" design agency.
- Digital building technology from Siemens optimizes the efficiency and security of Dubai Opera
- Flexible usage of the architectural landmark as an opera house, concert venue or banquet hall
- Desigo CC building management platform controls all systems through a fully customized 3D user interface
Dubai Opera is one of the world's smartest and most energy-efficient performance spaces thanks to an extremely powerful building management platform from Siemens. The dhow-shaped building is a multi-format performing arts center which accommodates up to 2,000 spectators.