Building on its commitment to innovative power plant solutions, Siemens has been awarded a contract from Colbún S.A. to upgrade the Central Termoeléctrica Nehuenco-I plant with Siemens' Power Plant Automation T3000 Cue (SPPA-T3000) system. The 368-megawatt (MW) combined cycle power plant is located in Quillota, Valparaíso Region, in Chile and provides electricity to approximately 350,000 homes in the region.
Siemens has been awarded a contract to provide 152 new S70 light rail vehicles (LRVs) for Sound Transit, the regional transit system serving the Seattle and Central Puget Sound area in the US state of Washington. The S70s light rail vehicles will be built at the Siemens rail manufacturing hub in Sacramento, California. The fleet is expected to begin testing in 2019.
- Sound Transit is exercising an option of a contract signed in 2016
- In total, 152 LRVs from Siemens for Seattle and Central Puget Sound area
- Delivery starts early 2019
Sound Transit, the regional transit system serving the Seattle and Central Puget Sound area in the US state of Washington, has placed an order with Siemens for 30 additional S70 type light rail vehicles (LRVs). The trains will be operated on the regional transit system serving Seattle and the central Puget Sound area. With this order, Sound Transit is exercising an option of a contract that was signed in 2016. The original contract was for a total of 122 LRVs. This new order will bring the total number of Siemens light rail vehicles for the region to 152. The trains will be built at the Siemens plant in Sacramento, California, where the first batch is now in production. The first LRV is expected to arrive in early 2019.
"Lead the TRANSITion" was the motto of this year's UITP International Mass Transit Trade Show in Montreal. At the bi-annual Global Public Transport Summit, the Siemens Mobility Division was again be represented this year with intelligent mobility solutions. From May 15 to 17, 2017, at booth (SK100) on Level 02 of the Conference Center, Siemens was showcasing integrated and sustainable transport solutions which help to get the best out of existing infrastructures – using not only state-of-the-art hardware but also intelligent management systems. This is the only way to deliver future-proof mobility services in the face of rising energy costs, limited space and growing demands. Digitalization of proven transport solutions plays a key role in achieving this goal, as it allows availability and passenger comfort to be improved and throughput to be maximized.
Siemens has received an order from Elektrizitätswerk Zermatt AG to electrify the new cable car lift running to Matterhorn glacier paradise (Klein Matterhorn) in Zermatt, Switzerland. Siemens will supply an 8DJH medium-voltage switchgear for the alpine station situated at an elevation of 3,883 meters. The equipment is intended to secure a reliable power supply for the cable car lift and the station. It will be installed at the highest elevation in Europe. The cable car lift, which belongs to Zermatt Bergbahn AG, is expected to be completed by the winter of 2018.
- Service, maintenance and performance upgrades for Genelba and Genelba 21 power plants
- Includes Power Diagnostics® and Remote Monitoring from Siemens Digital Services for Energy portfolio
Building on the continued success of its energy business in Argentina, Siemens has agreements with Pampa Energia S.A. to provide long-term service and maintenance at two power plants in the country. One agreement covers the SGT5-2000E gas turbine operating at the Genelba 21 simple cycle power plant for a period of 10 years. The other is an eight-year service and maintenance agreement for the two SGT5-4000F gas turbines and the SST-5000 steam turbine in operation at the Genelba combined cycle power plant (CCPP). Both plants are located in Marcos Paz, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Together they can produce 825 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the region, enough to power approximately 83,000 homes.
- Two industrial gas turbines travel almost 16,000 kilometers from Sweden to the power plant Termoeléctrica del Sur in Bolivia
- Logistical challenge to carry up to 400 special transports with heavy load over the Andes Mountains
The first Siemens gas turbines for the expansion of three power plants in Bolivia have started their way to South America. In May 2016, Siemens has signed the corresponding agreement to increase the power generating capacity of the country by more than one gigawatt. The two machines, manufactured at Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery in Finspang, were loaded onto a heavy load carrier in the harbor of Norrköping, Sweden. The cargo with more than 170 tons will travel first up to 14,000 kilometers on sea route to the harbor of Arica in Chile. From there the modules will be transported to Bolivia traveling additional 1,800 kilometers in partially rough terrain. In total, power plant equipment from three continents will be delivered to Bolivia and up to 400 heavy load transports will cross the Andes to bring equipment to the three power plant construction sites.
- Centralized storage facility planned for Digital Factory Division in Amberg region
- Company's global enterprise IT activities to be modernized and digitalized
- Bundling of training expertise in Germany
Siemens is rigorously pursuing further targeted efficiency improvements at individual businesses. Plans call, among other things, for reviewing the geographical setup of Siemens' own IT activities and driving the digitalization of its own processes. A centralization of the storage facilities at the Digital Factory Division is also planned. These steps will be accompanied by a bundling of training expertise in order to continue meeting the requirements of the future working world as well as by measures to secure the competitive position of the Mobility Division.
The Dresser-Rand business, part of Siemens Power and Gas, will supply three gas turbine-driven turbo compressor trains for the Wang Noi compressor station in Thailand. Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. is constructing the station. Owner of the station is Thailand's state-owned oil and gas company, PTT Public Company Limited (PTT). The project is expected to be completed in 2018.
- Modern test lab for high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission technology
- Siemens invests EUR 35 million in the new building
- Shorter test times, higher test currents, and innovative test technologies
Siemens is building a modern system test center in Nuremberg for the latest generation of power converters, which are used in international high-voltage transmission projects. A test hall with five test bays, control rooms, and office areas is being built in approximately 9,400 square meters of space on the grounds of the Nuremberg transformer factory, on behalf of the Transmission Solutions Business Unit in the Energy Management Division. The construction will be completed by the spring of 2018. The total investment in buildings and technology amounts to approximately 35 million.