- Second edition of internship
- Interns receive coaching from mentors and executives
Seeking to inspire and develop promising Qatari talent, the second edition of a training and knowledge transfer program has commenced at Siemens in Qatar.
- Siemens to showcase latest technology to boost efficiency and reliability
- Microgrid table allows visitors to build a grid system integrating energy mix
- Presenting energy landscape scenario for 2050
At the 17th Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) in Dubai, held from October 4th until 6th, Siemens will illustrate the future of energy supply through its microgrid table and breakthrough energy storage solutions. The microgrid table is an interactive display that can be found at the company’s booth at Zaabeel Hall. Using the digital table, visitors can build a grid system that integrates power generated from renewables and traditional sources of energy without sacrificing grid stability. Maintaining stability is increasingly important in today’s energy mix, which features a growing share of renewables and where it is often necessary to compensate for fluctuations in power supply.
- Emirati students complete six-week internship with Siemens in Middle East and Germany
- Siemens invested 500 million euros in training and development in fiscal year 2015 worldwide
As students participating in the UAE Youth Ambassadors Program (YAP) conclude their six-week internships with Siemens, they take away valuable insights from their time at the company’s headquarters in Germany and the Middle East. The YAP program aims to prepare the country’s young Emiratis to assume leadership positions in the future. Siemens, which has participated in the program for the third time this year, provided internships for ten Emirati students.
- SGT5-4000F gas turbine has capacity of 300 MW
- Fifth of six turbines destined for the combined cycle power plant
- Plant to deliver one quarter of Qatar’s installed power generating capacity
Siemens celebrated the arrival of the company’s 1000th gas turbine produced at its Berlin factory to the Umm Al Houl combined cycle power plant in Qatar. After journeying thousands of miles from Berlin, the fifth of six 11-meter-long SGT5-4000F turbines has made it to the plant that will supply around a quarter of Qatar’s power generation capacity.
- Siemens technology to optimize operations at Dubai Parks and Resorts
- First regional theme park destination to use Siemens building management platform, Desigo CC
- Latest in a series of regional infrastructure digitalized by Siemens
When Dubai Parks and Resorts, the Middle East‘s largest theme park destination, opens in Dubai later this year, a sophisticated building management system from Siemens will be hard at work behind the scenes. The Siemens Desigo CC Building Management System (BMS) will control the day-to-day operation of buildings across the Dubai Parks and Resorts destination, making it the first implementation of the technology in a Middle East theme park environment.
- CTO to focus on innovation projects which drive sustainable development
- Tollkuehn has 25 years’ experience building R&D teams around the world
- Appointment effective September 1, 2016
Siemens has appointed Peter Tollkuehn, (57) Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the company’s Middle East operations, and also head of the Qatar Innovation Center, effective September 1 2016.
- Move comes after four years as head of Kuwait operations
- New role effective September 1, 2016
- Herbert Klausner to replace Wood in Kuwait
Siemens has appointed Adrian Wood (50) as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company’s operations in Qatar, effective September 1, 2016. Wood assumes his new role after almost four years as CEO of Siemens in Kuwait. He takes over from Fatih Sakiz, who will pursue new opportunities.
As the Middle East region faces soaring temperatures during summer months, Siemens has proved that by implementing two key technologies for building management and district cooling, the amount of energy required for cooling can be reduced by up to 40 percent.
- Integrated portfolio for the electrification and automation of cement industry
- Automation solutions for faster, more flexible and more efficient production
- Complete drive systems to boost production capacity
Siemens will present its integrated portfolio of solutions, technologies and services for the electrification and automation of Egypt’s cement industry at the “Bringing Power to Cement Industry” seminar, taking place in Cairo on August 18, 2016. As further steps in the innovation-driven industry are crucial to enable competitive, sustainable and highly productive cement industry in Egypt, Siemens will showcase the company’s wide range of technologies and suite of services in power generation and distribution, drive technology, automation and industrial processes as well as plants’ operations and services.
- Completion of KD 68 million contract will see two high-voltage substations support Mina Al Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refineries
- First high-voltage substations at Clean Fuels Project to boost combined capacity of refineries
Siemens has energized the high-voltage substations as part of a greenfield development under KNPC’s Clean Fuels Project at Mina Al Ahmadi (MAA) and Mina Abdullah (MAB) refineries in Kuwait, paving the way for a significant capacity boost and increasing power stability at the two facilities.