Siemens to demonstrate smarter, sustainable approach to modern energy system
During next week’s European Utility Week (EUW), Siemens Smart Infrastructure will showcase efforts to drive a new energy ecosystem through sustainable grids, smart distribution, the Internet of Energy, and grid edge.
All play a role in modern supply and demand, especially as urbanization increases and climate change drives the need for increased electrification and decarbonization. Siemens recognizes this, along with the smarter grids that new applications are creating and the likelihood that more than 50 percent of electricity could be renewables-based by 2035. Therefore, Siemens is focusing on demonstrating how it works with municipalities, transmission, and distributions system operators and large energy consumers, as well as how to enhance efficiency and reliability efforts.
“Industry and government must join together to accelerate the energy transition to help tackle climate change,” said Cedrik Neike, member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO of Siemens Smart Infrastructure. “Buildings, infrastructure, and power grids are steadily converging, creating great opportunities for our customers at the grid edge. In support of decarbonization, the markets of energy storage, distributed energy systems, and eMobility charging solutions are growing up to ten times faster than the energy supply and demand side. Siemens is uniquely positioned to connect the ecosystem of physical assets and make infrastructure smarter, creating energy-intelligent and more livable societies – supporting the increased demand for electricity in the most sustainable way possible.”
Among the highlights, Siemens will present are a new, compact generator circuit-breaker, intelligent infrastructure and storage technology, as well as new grid diagnostic applications that record data and grant the potential for greater analytic insights among power grid operators. Electrical devices equipped with Internet of Things interfaces will be on display, as long as a series of protective devices for high and medium-voltage grids and industrial power networks.
Siemens is also looking to focus on one of the biggest potential players in any modern grid, eMobility. At EUW, they will demonstrate a new compact charger for electric vehicles and charging infrastructure solutions for depot-based charging and public AC charging. Recognizing that electromobility will likely contribute to greater energy efficient systems in the future, Siemens is further offering consults on how to integrate them into existing power grids, from planning and connection stages up to full-fledged business models.
