Siemens recently celebrated the start of construction on a new, modern energy service and training center in Bolivia. The new Service and Training Center is designed to provide Siemens’ specialized high-tech traditional and digital services to energy customers in Bolivia and South America. Siemens and Bolivia’s Energy Ministry also signed a memo of understanding (MoU) to…

Siemens has received an order from MV WERFTEN Wismar GmbH to supply and install turnkey Siharbor onshore power supplies. The onshore power supply system will be used to build “Global Class” cruise ships. Measuring 340 meters (about 1,115 ft.) in length and providing space for more than 5,000 passengers, these vessels are the world’s largest…

Leading industrial cybersecurity officials from government and private industry gathered in Houston this week to discuss new ways of countering the rising threats of cyberattack in the energy sector. “Using the Power of Analytics to Address Cyber Security” was a half-day workshop sponsored by the International Society of Automation (ISA) and its Premier Strategic Partner…

Siemens and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) have formed a new academic partnership to provide students with the skills needed to operate and advance the nation’s energy grid. Faced with the growth of renewable energy and the threat of outages from extreme weather, the power grid is becoming more reliant than ever on intelligent, digital…

Tenable, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, announced the industry’s first solution designed to reduce cybersecurity risk across converged IT/OT environments. The company has enhanced its Tenable.io platform and Industrial Security — an asset discovery and vulnerability detection solution for Operational Technology (OT) systems. Tenable is working in partnership with Siemens to better enable organizations to…

SeaTwirl and Siemens have entered into a cooperation agreement focused on developing the technical parts of a floating wind turbine. SeaTwirl is working to launch a commercial-sized floating wind turbine in 2020. ”Siemens is working for a smart and digital industrial production where renewable energy will lead to sustainable industrial production,” said Göran Persson, division…

Siemens Gamesa has expanded its service business for multi-brand offshore wind turbines. Eneco, owner of the Princess Amalia Wind Farm, has selected Siemens Gamesa as the supplier for gearbox refurbishment. For the next five years, the company will maintain and refurbish the gearboxes of 60 Vestas V80-2.0 MW wind turbines. The Princess Amalia Wind Farm…

Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC announced that work will soon repower the company’s 15-year-old Mendota Hills Wind Farm in Lee County, Illinois. Leeward selected Siemens Gamesa to supply 29 of its SG 2.6-126 wind turbines, which will replace the existing 63 units of legacy Gamesa turbines. “Mendota Hills is Leeward’s oldest operating wind farm in our portfolio,”…

Tim Holt, CEO Siemens Power Generation Services, marks the opening of the MindSphere Application Center for Power Generation Services in Berlin.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has announced the consolidation of its North America and Latin America regions. This move allows us to obtain greater efficiencies and operational excellence. For the newly formed Americas region, the company has named José Antonio Miranda and Darnell Walker as CEOs of its Onshore and Service businesses, respectively. José Antonio builds…

As one of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient and resource-saving technologies and a pioneer in infrastructure and software solutions for the industrial sector, Siemens has placed a high priority on the digitization of its products, systems and solutions. In 2016, as part of its organization-wide shift towards digitization,

Siemens will deliver two H-class gas turbines, one steam turbine and three generators. The gas turbines and steam turbine will be manufactured at Siemens’ Charlotte Energy Hub, which is the main production facility for Siemens’ 60 Hz power generation.

At a time when the risk of cyberattacks against critical infrastructure has grown exponentially, the global leaders in cybersecurity and OT have teamed up to launch “Industrial Security” from Tenable, which Siemens is delivering as a service to help companies secure and protect their critical OT assets.

Siemens is providing Dominion Energy, a subsidiary of one of the largest producers and transporters of energy in the U.S., with the company’s first Mobile SVC STATCOM technology. The solution keeps the grid stable during disturbances and faults by providing fast and controlled reactive power. Mobile STATCOM gives the utility an unprecedented level of flexibility…

Siemens and PAS Global, a provider of industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity solutions, announced an agreement to provide fleet-wide, real-time monitoring for ICSs. By leveraging the unique capabilities of both companies, this partnership will provide customers with a couple benefits. The deep analytics required to identify and inventory proprietary assets; and  The visibility to detect and respond effectively to attacks…

Under the slogan “Creating the most from wind – discover the value of digitalization,” digital and engineering efficiency are main themes of this year’s Siemens presentation at Husum Wind 2017. The trade show takes place September 12 to 15 in Husum, Germany The digitalization focus includes information on the Simatic WinCC Open Architecture Scada System, the…

Siemens has received another order from the German-Dutch grid operator, TenneT, for a grid connection for offshore wind-power plants in the German waters of the North Sea. The company will supply the entire technology for efficient direct-current transmission for the DolWin6 grid connection. TenneT tendered the supply and laying of the cables separately, and these…

Siemens and the AES Corporation announced their agreement to form a new global energy storage technology and services company, under the name Fluence. The company will empower customers around the world to better navigate the fragmented but rapidly growing energy-storage sector and meet their pressing needs for scalable, flexible, and cost-competitive energy storage solutions. The…

Siemens has launched a gas engine E-series with a power output of two megawatts.

The Board of Directors of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy unanimously appointed Markus Tacke as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), following the recommendation of the Appointments and Remunerations Committee. The appointment takes effect immediately. Tacke succeeds Ignacio Martín, who in April announced to the Board his desire to step down once the merger had been…