Although it was later than ABB and GE to jump on the bandwagon, this German company has since revealed that the Siemens smart grid ambitions are to become a dominant force in the sector. One of the largest electronics and industrial engineering firms in the world, Siemens' smart grid portfolio includes switches and protection gear, substation automation, as well as wind and solar power products. Siemens' smart grid footprint runs the gamut from the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power. The company's U.S. headquarters are in Washington, D.C.
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Siemens has developed a European Smart Grid Architecture Model it says gives power supply companies and the industry a way to display aspects of smart grid systems. Siemens says the model can be used for the visualization, validation and configuration of smart grid projects, and also for standardization within smart grids. Click for a look at the model and further details.
The Wabash Valley Power Association is the first utility to go live with the Siemens Demand Response Management System. And across the ocean, Ringeriks-Kraft says it will be the first distribution company in Norway to implement a smart metering system. Those are just two of six smart grid first claims we thought you'd be interested in.
What's on your smart grid shopping list? We've rounded up new products that do some of the heavy lifting in grid reliability - from a utility-scale inverter technology from Eaton to a bushing monitoring system for transformers released by GE.
Groom Energy Solutions has released a corporate buyer's guide for energy management software. The guide is intended to help utilities pick their way through the growing number of enterprise smart grid technology vendor offerings and choose the products that best suit their needs. Read the story to see how it works.
Siemens Energy will deliver 90 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 200 megawatts for two wind power plants in northeastern Thailand. It's yet another indicator of Asia's booming smart grid market and in particular, Thailand's involvement in developing a nationwide smart grid to support an expanding renewable energy program.
This video from Siemens highlights its homeConnect, a mobile user interface that allows full control over household appliances at a glance and explains that the full potential of such smart devices can only be harnessed in combination with smart grid technologies.
Over breakfast with Thierry Godart, president of Siemens' smart grid division in the U.S., SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst learned that for Siemens, 2012 is going to be all about integration - and that Siemens wants to be the leading smart grid integrator. Click for a peek at the three areas that Siemens is targeting - and how Jesse thinks this old school company's prospects shape up against new school competitors.
We're now at a spot down the smart grid path where utilities are moving beyond the expected and taking next steps with advanced technologies - from the flywheel systems protecting Austin Energy's new control center to SAIC's Smart Grid as a Service supporting critical energy management systems in remote Alaskan villages. In our latest project roundup we're spotlighting these and five other smart grid projects we think you'll want to know about.
Siemens snaps up RuggedCom, a maker of hardened routers for substations. ABB snags Thomas & Betts, a maker of old-school low voltage gear. Valuations on these two recent deals may signal a new strategic phase of particular interest to smaller suppliers. Click for more on that, plus concerns about the Siemens deal from long-time industry analyst Chuck Newton.
We're highlighting the smart grid companies SGN readers nominated as Smart Grid Companies to Watch in 2012. Click for the fourth installment featuring five companies that have made it through the first cut and will move on to the voting round.
There's a lot of smart grid happening this week – from power plant automation and wireless sensor projects to a California initiative to give customers access to their energy use information with the click of a button. Learn more about five very different smart grid projects that caught our attention.
Current eMeter CEO Gary Bloom was brought in specifically to get the company ready for sale or IPO. And he delivered, notes SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst, who has some thoughts on how Siemens' acquisition of the San Mateo, CA-based MDM specialist might affect others.
Fort Collins Utilities has picked the team of Siemens Energy, Inc. and eMeter to implement a meter data management system for its stimulus grant-funded advanced metering project. Read more on what the project entails inside.
Iberdrola USA has picked Siemens for a benchmark integrated network control systems project that will involve bringing two New York utilities into a single system for improved operational efficiency, adaptability and cost management. There's more inside on this innovative integration project.
Siemens this week reiterated its willingness to provide financing for the troubled Cape Wind offshore wind farm following a DOE decision last month to put an almost $2 billion loan guarantee application on the back burner. Siemens, the turbine supplier for the project, said it was confident the project will continue. Read the story for more on this latest development.
One of the drivers of Burbank Water & Power's decision to integrate smart meter data with a meter data management system and billing system was to empower BWP’s customers to monitor their energy and water usage patterns in order to reduce or reschedule consumption and lower their utility bills.
Siemens has gone on an aggressive recruiting and training campaign to keep up with accelerating U.S. sales and orders. While all of the multi-faceted global giant's business sectors are growing, most of it is concentrated in smart grid and IT, as well as building efficiency and industrial automation. Click inside for details.
Few smart grid startups are tackling heavy equipment for the grid. That leaves an enormous market to be carved up by the Big Three – ABB, GE and Siemens – which have just been joined by Alstom Grid as the smart grid’s Big Fourth. It is an epic clash, with tens of billions of dollars at stake. Head over to SmartGridNewsTalk, where Jesse Berst and industry insiders are debating who is in the lead now and who will be the ultimate winner.
Siemens Energy is launching a new charger capable of delivering a full charge to an EV with normal battery capacity within an hour. The charger will be available in the European market, and no plans for expanding into other markets were mentioned in the initial announcement.
The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) today announced the addition of six new members. The new members are Intel, Ingersoll Rand, Siemens, Schneider Electric, UISOL, and Constellation NewEnergy. "DRSG is excited to welcome these new members," said Dan Delurey, President of DRSG. "With today's announcement, DRSG becomes even better positioned to be the voice of the smart grid industry."
Siemens continues to expand its international manufacturing network in the rapidly growing wind power business: This week, the technology company opened in Shanghai its first rotor blade manufacturing plant in China, a new nacelle production in Hutchinson, Kansas, and has selected Tillsonburg in Ontario for its Canadian rotor blade manufacturing site.
As part of a comprehensive plan to modernize and expand its fleet of equipment, Amtrak is buying 70 new electric locomotives to provide improved performance and reliability for its Northeast intercity passenger rail services. The six-year, $466 million contract was awarded to Siemens and will create 250 jobs primarily at a facility in Sacramento, California, but also at plants in Norwood, Ohio and Alpharetta, Georgia.
As electric vehicles continue to capture the attention of consumers and governments around the globe, the future adoption of these vehicles is seen by some as a key enabler of lower worldwide carbon emissions. While the global spotlight on sustainability increases, wider collaboration among stakeholders is necessary to bring the prospect of electric vehicles to fruition. SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc. finalized a mutual working agreement during GridWeek 2010 in Washington, D.C., that will set the stage for establishing an eCar proof of concept (POC).
The Building Technologies Division of Siemens Industry, Inc. (NYSE: SI) announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire Site Controls, LLC, the Austin, Texas-based provider of enterprise-wide energy management solutions for multi-site commercial businesses. Terms of the acquisition are not disclosed and closing is subject to U.S. antitrust review and approval.
Siemens will provide utilities with a smart grid metering solution that includes an AMIS automated metering and information system and an Energy IP metering management system.
Three new demonstration projects caught our attention - a smart grid effort in Albuquerque's business district, a rapid recovery transformer study in Texas and a trial involving low voltage current sensor technologies in the UK. They also got us to thinking: At this stage in the smart grid build out, if you could design a demonstration project, what would it entail? That's our latest Tuesday Topic; click for the details.
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