#Siemens

China: Siemens will build its most advanced factory for production of distribution transformers in Guangzhou.

HOPS and Siemens have signed a contract on deploying a variable shunt reactor at transformer station TS 400 / 220 / 110 kV Melina, as part of the implementation of the Sincro.Grid project.

Siemens has been awarded a contract to deliver two converter stations for the first HVDC link between Great Britain and Denmark.

Siemens has set up the Protection Automation and Control Laboratory, an integral part of POWERGRID Advanced Research and Technology Centre.

Siemens announced that it has signed an agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company to supply the country’s first digital power transformer.

ABB and Siemens are now putting the finishing touches on competing versions of the world’s first subsea power-distribution stations.

Siemens has appointed engineering outfit BAM Nutall to tackle the bulk of civil engineering work on the onshore substation for Innogy’s 860 MW Triton Knoll wind farm.

Germany: Siemens has announced its plans to spin off and give up the majority stake in its Gas and Power division and related services businesses.

India: Power Grid Corporation of India selected Siemens to modernize 30-year-old high voltage direct current (HVDC) system in Madhya Pradesh state of India.

Ethiopia: Siemens signed a long-term deal to help improve Ethiopia’s energy infrastructure.

Siemens introduced the Sensformer advanced and Sensgear at this year’s Hannover Messe.

German energy engineering firm Siemens and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, a Danish fund specializing in renewables, acquired the SOO Green Renewable Rail.

Siemens received the largest single orders for E-Houses from the technology group ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions, seven modular power distribution substations.

Siemens revealed the building and connection of the Toshka substation in Egypt, was completed in 3 months, making Egypt-Sudan Electric Interconnection project

Siemens introduces the offering that allows utilities and generation owners to lease a Plug & Play GSU Resilience Transformer for outage or emergency response.

The European Commission has announced its decision to prohibit the proposed combination of the Siemens and Alstom’s mobility businesses.

Generator Circuit Breaker market is valued at $270 million in 2018 and is expected to reach $300 million by the end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of 1.4%.

Con Edison, acquired six new mobile medium-voltage substations from Siemens that can be used for rapid emergency response.

Siemens has acquired a non-controlling minority shareholding of 25% in Coelme Group, a European manufacturer of high-voltage disconnecting switches, the company announced in a press release.

Germany, Munich: The Supervisory Board of Siemens AG has approved the company’s new Vision 2020+ strategy and reassigned responsibilities within Siemens’ Managing Board.

Mexico: The first live remote monitoring system for Factory Acceptance Tests has been successfully tested and implemented in Siemens Transformers factory in Mexico.

Juan Ignacio Diaz has been appointed new CEO of Siemens Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean, effective 1 June 2018, Siemens announced in a press statement.

Siemens has launched a new comprehensive digital transformer portfolio at 2018 Hannover Messe in Germany. 

Germany: The most powerful high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transformer began its journey from the transformer factory in Nuremberg, Germany, to China.