Siemens
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Renewables
Eight Things to Know About the Wind Energy Industry’s Dramatic Growth
More than 18.2 GW of wind power capacity is currently under construction or in advanced stages of development in the U.S., according to a report released on July 26 by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). That’s a lot of new capacity. In fact, it’s equivalent to roughly 25% of all currently installed U.S. wind […]
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Press Releases
Siemens secures follow-up onshore wind project in Australia
32 SWT-3.2-113 Direct Drive wind turbines for Hornsdale Stage 2 Clean renewable energy for more than 70,000 households Long-term service contract included Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply, install and commission 32 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.2 megawatts and a rotor diameter of 113 meters, for the Hornsdale Stage 2 […]
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Renewables
Largest Wind Turbine Contest Gets Another Entrant
Siemens on July 5 entered the competition for the largest wind turbine in the world with an upgrade of its SWT-7.0-154 model. The new SWT-8.0-154 turbine boosts power output over the earlier model through upgraded magnet technology. Other components remain largely the same over the earlier model and the smaller SWT-6.0-154 turbine, Siemens said. The […]
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Wind
Siemens, Gamesa to Combine Wind Business to Form New Major Market Player
Spanish wind giant Gamesa will absorb Siemens’ wind power business, including wind services, creating a new combined company—one of the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturers—that will have its global headquarters in Spain. The companies on June 17 signed binding agreements to merge and form the new company. Siemens will hold a 59% stake and consolidate […]
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Siemens to provide Con Edison with mobile resilience transformers
More compact, lighter and environmentally-friendly transformers allows Con Edison to reduce transformer replacement time from months to days First transformer of its kind worldwide Transformers for quick replacement in response to extreme weather and unexpected events Siemens is providing Con Edison, the utility that powers New York City and local areas, with six mobile resilience […]
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International
POWER Digest
WTO Rules Against India in Solar Power Dispute. A mandate that certain types of solar cells and modules used for India’s ambitious state-backed solar initiative must be domestically manufactured violate
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Gas
Historic and Trend-Setting Siemens Turbine Manufacturing Plant Hits Milestone
On April 27, 2016, Siemens’ century-old factory in Berlin will celebrate the shipment of its 1,000th in-house-produced gas turbine.
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Press Releases
Siemens selected as technology partner for natural gas-fueled power plant in Ohio
$800 million-plus order to supply and service H-class gas power plant technology for the Lordstown Energy Center Efficient, modern facility will have capacity to power approximately 800,000 homes Gas turbines and steam turbine to be produced at Siemens’ Charlotte Energy Hub Siemens provided an early-stage development loan to develop the project and its Financial Services […]
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Gas
Siemens, GE, MHPSA Advance Gas Power Efficiency
Gas power technologies set new benchmarks over the past few months as gas turbine “gorillas” Siemens, General Electric (GE), and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas (MHPSA) all reported new
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Siemens and IBM team on next generation of cloud-based building energy management solutions
Cloud-based building management platform leverages enterprise asset management and data analytics technologies to help meet sustainability goals Collaboration with IBM Watson Internet of Things Business Unit showcased at IBM InterConnect 2016 will transform real estate performance LAS VEGAS, Feb. 22, 2016—Today, the Siemens Building Technologies Division and IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced cloud-based solutions that will leverage Siemens’ […]