Siemens has received an order from Inter Pipeline Ltd ("Inter Pipeline") to provide long-term service for two SGT-800 gas turbine generator sets in Canada. The units are scheduled for operation at the Central Utilities Block (CUB), part of the company's Heartland Petrochemical Complex currently under construction in Alberta's Industrial Heartland near Fort Saskatchewan.
- Eighty percent of Siemens employees worldwide now hold shares in the company
- Siemens distributes around €400 million to employees below management – mostly in the form of free shares
- Record number of employees participate in the company's success
Eighty percent of all Siemens employees worldwide are now also Siemens shareholders. In total, around 300,000 of the company's 377,000 employees worldwide hold Siemens shares. The company had aimed to have about 200,000 employee shareholders by 2020. This target has now already been exceeded by a clear margin. In January 2018, the number of employees holding shares in the company was still just 186,000.
Siemens Corporation today announced that Barbara Humpton has been appointed CEO for the United States, effective June 1, 2018. Humpton (57) is currently CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, Inc. (SGT), a Federally-compliant U.S. organization structured to help address national imperatives in energy, infrastructure, automation and marine platforms.
Siemens supplied four bays of the 8VM1 gas-insulated SF6-free high-voltage switchgear (GIS) – which has a capacity of 72.5 kilovolts (kV) – to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. The systems were deployed in the Nissum Bredning Vind wind farm in Denmark. The switchgear protect the wind turbines from overloads and short circuits and thereby ensure an uninterruptible power supply. The metal-encapsulated 8VM1 from the blue GIS portfolio was developed specifically for use in offshore wind turbines. They work with the proven vacuum circuit-breaker technology and with clean air as the insulating medium instead of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). The wind farm operators, Nissum Bredning Vindmøllelaug and Jysk Energ, are relying on a new cable and turbine concept at a voltage of 66 kV to connect the four seven-megawatt (MW) wind turbines from Siemens to the grid. Compared with the usual 33-kV grid connection, this new concept increases transmission capacity and lowers the cost of laying cables. The wind farm has been supplying electricity since March.
At Siemens, Inclusion is a holistic mindset. Not only do we want to set an example of accessibility, we want to pave the way for inclusion in other companies. We have learned – you cannot prescribe inclusion in the interplay between man, environment and activity. You need to live accessibility and inclusion in the day to day. Our employees demonstrate how to overcome the “hurdles in the head” every single day – and we support them.
- Integrated motor portfolio of Simotics reluctance motors from 0.55 to 45 kilowatts
- Additional shaft heights 90 and 225
- Encoderless closed-loop control down to a standstill
- Reluctance motor portfolio rounded off with rated speeds of 1500 and 3000 revolutions per minute
Siemens is extending its portfolio of Simotics synchronous-reluctance motors to include the two new shaft heights, AH90 and AH225. With these new additions, the company is addressing calls from renowned manufacturers of pumps, fans, compressors and machine builders in general for different shaft heights. The motors are available in a power range of 0.55 to 45 kilowatts (kW), and now also with rated speeds of 1500 and 3000 revolutions per min-1. In conjunction with the recently launched Sinamics Reluctance Control License, precise encoderless closed-loop torque control is possible down to a standstill. The license enables field-oriented (vector) closed-loop control even when at a standstill – reliably eliminating the possibility of the synchronous motor "stalling" at any time even if the load inertia is not known.
- Inclusion as an integral part of the corporate culture and diversity strategy
- New inclusion agreement: digitalization opening up new possibilities for integrating individuals with disabilities
Siemens has won Germany's Inclusion Prize in the Company category for its activities to foster the inclusion of disabled employees. The prize was presented in Berlin, at a ceremony attended by German Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Hubertus Heil. Awarded by the German Federal Employment Agency, the Confederation of German Employers' Associations, Germany's Charter of Diversity and the German Business Forum, the Inclusion Prize for Business is awarded to honor exemplary inclusion practices.
- Sensformer™ will make relevant data available in real-time
- Enable customers to take full advantage of digitalization
- Benefit from Siemens expertise in IoT and cybersecurity
Siemens has launched the world's first comprehensive digital transformer portfolio at Hannover Messe, Germany. The new Sensformer™ merges physics and information and ensures digital intelligence for transformers regardless of their product class, size and rating. As transformers are placed at critical nodes of the power grid, they are perfect sensors for grid conditions containing full information on energy flow. Sensformer™ provides the easy step-in to digitalization for all customers, turning the "voltage regulators" into an info-hub. The data will allow for conclusions on the status of the assets as well as the power grid and thus allow for enhanced flexibility and optimized operation of the entire grid. While currently available solutions are imposing additional hurdles in terms of cost and complexity to customers, Sensformer™ will already be equipped per default with easy-to-use digital intelligence. The basic functionalities of Sensformer™ (incl. hardware, software and cloud access) are kept simple for ease of use. The Sensformer™ also holds the advantage of offering highest stability by limiting physical measurements to the bare minimum as well as avoiding unnecessary IT equipment at site. Siemens will shift its complete transformer portfolio to Sensformer™ starting June 2018.
- Simatic Energy Manager V7.1 for energy management according to ISO 50001 with new functions
- Simatic Energy Manager Basic with web-based engineering for the entry into energy management
- Connectivity to the MindSphere, the cloud-based, open IoT operating system, for further analyses
- Simatic Energy Manager V1.0 app for iOS and Android for easy, intuitive mobile recording of consumption data
Siemens has expanded its ISO 50001 certified energy management portfolio to include Simatic Energy Manager Basic V7.1. Designed for entry-level energy management, Simatic Energy Manager Basic offers the user energy transparency quickly created by web-based engineering and data connection. The customized design of dashboards and reports enables initial efficiency measures to be derived quickly. If the requirements increase, for example in the direction of batch or material-related analyses, baseline management or energy consumption forecast, the user upgrades to energy management with Simatic Energy Manager PRO V7.1 simply with a license key. Simatic Energy Manager PRO V7.1 now offers not only extended analytical possibilities, but also additional interfaces, such as that to the Simatic S7 Energy Efficiency Monitor for assessing the efficiency of machines and plants. This is a step toward the energy labeling of industrial plants and machines. Also new is the connectivity to the MindSphere, the cloud-based, open IoT operating system, for further analyses.
- TIA Portal V15.1: Practice-oriented functional expansions of the engineering framework along the entire value chain
- Spotlight on simulation and virtual commissioning
- Complete validation of machines with Simatic Machine Simulator V1.0 and NX Mechatronics Concept Designer
- Extended applications with redundant Simatic S7-1500R/H controllers and integration of the Sinamics S210 servo converter
With TIA Portal V15.1 (Totally Integrated Automation Portal) Siemens is enhancing its engineering framework with new practice-oriented functions for all phases, from planning to engineering to commissioning. Key topics in TIA Portal V15.1 include new simulation and virtual commissioning options which enable even better digital design of integrated work processes, as well as the expanded application focus with Simatic S7-1500R/H controllers, Sinamics S210 drive integration, Multiuser Engineering, software units and OPC UA functions.