- Storage enabled intelligent microgrid concept to accelerate decarbonization and significantly increase renewables share
- Energy storage system enables greater energy independence
- Frequency regulation increases Madeira’s grid resilience
- Plant to provide blackstart capability to the 60 kV level
Siemens Smart
Infrastructure, in partnership with Fluence, are working to help the Portuguese
island of Madeira gain greater energy independence and grid resilience using
renewable energy. Madeira’s energy provider, Empresa de Electricidade da
Madeira (EEM), awarded a Siemens and Fluence consortium a contract to install a
22,5 MVA / 15,6 MVh battery storage plant which will be integrated into an
islanded microgrid concept.
The project will enable
EEM to optimize its renewable energy integration, significantly contributing to
increasing the share of renewable power to around 50 percent in its energy mix.
As a result, the island can reduce its fuel consumption over the next two to
three years, while gaining
greater energy independence without
affecting energy quality or grid stability.
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New
fleet with significant improvement in services
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Increased climate-friendly
mass transit
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State-of-the-art train interiors
DB Regio Bayern and train manufacturer Siemens
Mobility will put a total of 57 new trains in service in Bavaria beginning in
December 2023. Twenty-six Desiro HC trains are currently being built for the
Franconia-South Thuringia network, along with 25 Desiro HC double-decker trains
and six Mireo trains for the Danube-Isar network. The 18 Desiro HC trains will
operate in the Franconia-South Thuringia network as four-car units beginning in
December 2023 and eight Desiro HC trains as six-car units in June 2024. They
travel almost as fast as the ICE, for example between Coburg and Erfurt at 190
kmh. In the Danube-Isar network, the 31 new trains will inaugurate service in
December 2024.
- Dow Jones Sustainability Index ranks Siemens as most sustainable company
in its industry group
- Company scores 81 out of 100
possible points
- Global leader in six categories, including innovation and cybersecurity
as well as industry- and product-related environmental protection
In the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), Siemens has taken first place among the 45
companies included in the ranking of its industry group. The DJSI is a globally
established sustainability ranking prepared annually by the investment company
Standard & Poor’s on behalf of index provider Dow Jones. Siemens has
been included in this ranking every year since 1999, when the DJSI was first
published.
- Report shows adaptability, sustainability and
addressing climate change are top-of-mind for infrastructure leaders
- Majority of energy infrastructure
stakeholders say net zero energy is impossible without digitalization
- Research reveals infrastructure is lagging
behind other industries in digitalization progress
A new research report released by Siemens Smart
Infrastructure, titled ‘A New Space Race,’ has highlighted the increasingly
urgent need to transform global infrastructure to focus on adaptability,
resiliency and decarbonization. Data from the report shows infrastructure
leaders worldwide recognize the need for digitalization to tackle challenges in
energy systems and the built environment.
- End-to-end automation and digitalization of all process steps enables the industrialization of additive manufacturing
- Simulation and digital twins help to test and implement profitability and scalability
- Individual financing models lower investment hurdle and time-to-market
- Carbon footprint to be reduced by up to 58 percent with additively manufactured eyewear
Siemens enables the
start-up You Mawo in offering bespoke eyeglass frames in such a way that they
are accessible, affordable, and sustainable for a broad market and You Mawo can
have them produced in an economically cost-effective and responsible way. The
customization process considers parameters such as design, a perfect fit for
the person wearing the glasses, and color.
Cities account for roughly 80 percent of the energy consumed worldwide and generate roughly 75 percent of all carbon emissions. With more than two-thirds of the world’s population predicted to live in urban areas by 2050, cities are coming under increasing pressure. Digitally connected smart cities can help overcome some of the most pressing challenges of our time, including clean water, adequate waste removal as well as reduced pollution caused by buildings. The Expo 2020 Dubai site, with infrastructure connected by Siemens digital technology, provides a blueprint for smart cities globally. As the Premier Partner for Infrastructure Digitalization at Expo 2020 Dubai, Siemens has digitally linked more than 130 buildings at a purpose-built site twice the size of Monaco.
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Climate-friendly
contract conditions are met: Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB) orders 31 battery-operated
trains from Siemens Mobility
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The
environmentally friendly Mireo Plus B trains will run on all lines of the East
Brandenburg rail network
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With
the launch of service in December 2024, battery-electric trains will be used
for the first time in the VBB network in Berlin and Brandenburg
The
Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area will get the first battery-electric,
emission-free regional trains in late 2024 along with an improved and expanded timetable.
To provide this service, Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB), which again won the
contract for the network early in June, has ordered 31 two-car,
battery-operated Mireo Plus B trains from Siemens Mobility. The federal states
of Berlin and Brandenburg are responsible for planning and financing regional
rail passenger service in the VBB region.
- ‘The power
reset’ now available on Amazon Prime Video in 3 countries
- Documentary narrates the story of Wunsiedel in Germany and the
positive impact of its energy transition on residents and the environment
‘The power reset: A town creating the
energy blueprint for the world’, a new documentary
film produced by Siemens, has just launched on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S.,
U.K. and Germany. The film narrates the story of Wunsiedel, a small town in the
German region of Bavaria, and its inspiring energy transition journey. The town
of around 10,000 people has successfully created a distributed energy system based
exclusively on renewable sources and enhanced with digital technology, making
it a lighthouse project for a sustainable energy future.
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Siemens Mobility extends its Railigent partner ecosystem
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Enhanced
cybersecurity for guaranteed availability
Siemens Mobility and RazorSecure have signed a cooperation agreement to provide Rolling Stock operators worldwide with enhanced rail cybersecurity monitoring solutions. Increasing digitalization brings benefits, but also the need for adequate protection against cyber-attacks. The two companies will therefore pool their know-how to secure complex transport systems: RazorSecure is a specialist in providing rail cybersecurity solutions and continuously monitors the behavior of individual systems and traffic across the full network in real-time. Siemens Mobility is committed to guaranteeing availability of rail systems with its smart digital asset management systems such as Railigent.