Industrial Energy

Concentrate on your core business – we manage power, steam, heating and cooling

When power, steam, heating or cooling are available in line with demand at any time, you have the ideal premises for industrial manufacturing processes in place. Leading to higher competitiveness, efficient energy systems and facilities for industrial processes contribute to a substantial extent to decreasing operational cost and emissions. Are you well-prepared for the future? 

We, as an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM),  provide the entire portfolio of products and solutions at your disposal to supplying reliable, and economically as well as environmentally efficient energy, e.g. from residual gases. Siemens Gas and Power integrates the profound Siemens expertise about industrial processes into fit-for-purpose energy solutions and develops customized end-to-end business models along the entire plant life cycle. Together, we will shape the future of industrial energy.

 

In this manner Siemens becomes an Original Equipment Consultant (OEC): The analysis of all processes is the basis of investigating potential and determining all Siemens manufactured system components. Comprehensive services from planning to commissioning to life cycle services complement the offering to generate power, steam, heating and cooling as well as power transmission.

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To improve their competitiveness, we co-create with our customers an optimal, future-proof energy system - based on our deep know-how about industrial processes, our expertise in the energy sector, and our competence in business modelling including financing.
Stefan Diezinger, Head of Industrial Business Sales

Industrial processes – understanding the issues

Decarbonization – ahead thanks to green solutions

By reducing or even eliminating the use of fossil fuels, power generation tremendously improves its ecologic footprint. In addition, the efficient and smart transport and storage of electrical energy from renewables is essential.  Sector coupling and more grid flexibility will become decisive success factors for many industrial players.

 

 

Reliable energy supply –achilles heel of any plant and infrastructure 

Today's economical success and progress is based on a reliable and secure energy supply. Only in this way production and infrastructural processes can be kept up and running even in the event of power failures or other disruptions. After all the key for efficiency is to make power available at all time - everywhere.

Decentralization – new potentials and perspectives

The fast expansion of decentralized energy structures leads to a diverse energy mix and opens up new opportunities for industry and small and medium-sized enterprises. Decentralized, local energy systems ensure greater efficiency and a higher degree of security of supply. In addition, new business models can be used to generate supplementary revenue and improve the company's own security of supply.

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Efficiency – levers to increase competitiveness

For all energy-intensive industries it is of vital importance for the business’ competitiveness to pull out all the stops to decrease operating expenditures for electricity, heating and cooling. The levers range from technology such as highly efficient gas turbines firing flare gas, bio gas or even Hydrogen, created from renewables to even business models commercializing excess self-supplied electricity.

Understanding our customer is key! With Siemens Gas and Power Original Equipment Consultancy, our customer gets the right support on stepwise “going green” – not only, but also in heat-driven process industries.
Thomas Tiemeyer, Manager Industrial Vertical Manufacturing
Industries

Reliable energy supply for industrial processes

According to the International Energy Agency, industry is responsible for approximately 38 % of the entire global energy use. Hence, secure, sufficient and sustainable energy supply is a key factor for the well-being and growth of societies – while efficiency has an impact on competitiveness of nearly all industrial sectors. In addition, for some industries turning into a prosumer, who consumes, produces and controls self-supplied energy, opens up new business opportunities, such as feeding excess power and heat into local grids and/or providing grid services.

Fiber

Energy management for reliable processes

The energy intensive industry comprising the segments tissue, board & paper, pulp, graphic papers and textile is preparing for the future. It has already taken a leading role in the closed-cycle economy by making optimal use of resources, integrating waste products into processes, optimizing energy requirements, transforming into a self-sufficient energy cycle, and using digitalization tools – still requiring reliable and increasingly more environmentally compatible energy supply.

 

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Chemical

Secure and safe energy supply in a competitive market

Reduction in costs, greater production flexibility and more efficient processes as well as increased plant availability are aspects that drive players in the chemical industry. No matter which segment – , petrochemicals, basic chemicals & intermediaries, specialty & fine chemicals, pharmaceutical, fertilizer or finally rubber & other plastics – , they typically apply endothermal processes, where high reliability and availability of energy go hand in hand with an increasing demand for energy efficiency, – of course environmentally compatible and safe.

 

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Food & Beverage

Efficient production – ensured by an optimized energy system

Extremely high cost and quality pressure as well as environmental friendliness are main challenges for the sugar & ethanol, edible oils & starch, food processing, breweries, dairies & other beverages markets. Therefore their focus is on efficient energy systems: reliability, eco transparency, CO2 reduction and safety for the power supply solutions are just as important as their maximum transparency for safeguarding the production process.

 

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Infrastructure

Reliable energy with a green focus

With digitalization and the transformation of energy systems, two megatrends are meeting each other with manifold interactions. Flexibility and security of supply, high electrical transparency and grid stability as well as the use of waste (heat) are key drivers for maximum uptime and increased efficiency. They are priority for buildings & institutions, industrial parks, data centers and every company aiming at recycling of solid, liquidous or gaseous waste into energy.

 

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Manufacturing

Ensure availability – optimize cost structures

Without energy in the form of electricity, heat, steam, cold, compressed air, etc. there is no industrial production for segments such as mining, minerals (concrete, cements), primary metals (smelter), secondary metals & other materials, glass & ceramics, and general manufacturing operations – and without stable power supply, no competitive process quality and production. With the increasing share of renewable energy, the need of grid stability, innovative distribution and storage components increases as well. The utilization of residual heat and the compensation of network perturbations play an essential role for the reliability and profitability of plants and sites.

 

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Latest news

Siemens to modernize industrial power plant from BASF in Germany with key components

Siemens has received an order from BASF Schwarzheide GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF SE, to modernize the industrial power plant in Schwarzheide, Germany with key components. The plant provides electricity and process steam needed for the chemical plants at the Verbund site.

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Applications

Support for your energy transformation

Grid infeed – power supply systems in flux

Cost efficiency, grid stability as well as sustainability and resource efficiency are the most important requirements for today's energy systems. By using new components, communication technologies and innovative network concepts, power supply networks are transformed into highly digital and automated intelligent infrastructures.

Combined Heat and Power – make the most of fuel

Climate change, environmental regulations, and fluctuating fuel prices challenge nearly all industries. One solution: maximized energy efficiency. Wherever heat is required for industrial processing and/or public supply as an additional energy source, Combined Heat and Power or cogeneration offer a viable and beneficial alternative.

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Proven in practice

Selected examples of successful industrial energy projects
Mining
Diamantina Power Station Pty Ltd
Australia

One of Australia’s most efficient and ecofriendly Industrial Power Stations

  •  Challenges: High efficiency, low emissions, and part-load capability as well as high availability in start-ups and operation

  • Solution: 4x SGT-800 Gas Turbine, 2x SST-400 Steam Turbine, 4x Heat-Recovery Steam Generator, SPPA-T3000 Control System, Long Term Service Agreement

  • Customer benefits: The turnkey power plant solution provides an efficiency well exceeding 50%. The installed base-load capacity of 242 MW is not significantly turned down or with efficiency loss in part load operation. With the highly flexible power station concept, the operator can choose between open and combined cycle operation.

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Food & Beverage
Mitr Phol Bio Power Co., Ltd.
Thailand

Turning waste efficiently into power and steam for Asia’s largest producer of sugar and bio-energy

  • Challenges: Precision control of temperatures, process steam and electricity, highly efficient production of electricity and high availability in operation

  • Solution: 2x SST-300 Steam Turbine with 45 MW power output incl. generator, SIMATIC PCS 7 Process Control System, Remote Diagnostic Service

  • Customer benefits: Mitr Phol increased its efficiency: more electrical power generation with same amount of fuel and increased availability and reliability through early warning notification.

Chemicals
Oxea GmbH
Germany

15 per cent higher efficiency in production of power and heat in chemical park

  • Challenges: Replacement of 63 year old radial steam turbine, enhance cost-effectiveness and profitability, increase energy-cycle efficiency

  • Solution: 2x SST-600 Turbogenerator Set with 45 MW power output incl. lube oil system, high-pressure control oil system control system

  • Customer benefits: Safe, reliable competitively priced energy supply and a highly reliable production of power and steam 365 days per year are secured. The net plant efficiency increased by 15 per cent. The projects was executed  within eleven months.

     

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Fiber
Energia MK KF, S.A. de C.V.
Grupo Kaltex I Mexico

Power plant reliability increased to 99 per cent, energy costs decreased by 30 per cent

  • Challenges: Reduce operational costs for energy and steam and improve reliability of power supply to decrease unplanned production facility downtime

  • Solution: 1x SGT-750 Gas Turbine with >31.7 MW power output and 54 tons of process steam per hour, 1x Power Island incl. Gas Turbine, Heat Recovery Steam Generator, electrical and controls for the plant, and engineering, SIMATIC PCS 7 Process Control System, Long Term Service Agreement

  • Customer benefits: Investment amortized within three to four years, proven plant reliability of 99 % for higher competitiveness and reduced downtime, 30% reduction of energy costs as well as CO2 emissions using less expensive natural gas.

Fiber
Stora Enso
China

Reliable power supply to ensure uninterrupted fiber manufacturing processes in Beihai Mill

  • Challenges: Improve reliability of power supply for competitive fiber manufacturing

  • Solution 1x SST-800 Steam Turbine with 59 MW power output, 1x SGen5-100A-2P Generator, power distribution: power transformers, distribution transformers, harmonic filters, DC systems, emergency power supply, SIMATIC PCS 7 Process Control System, Remote Diagnostic Service

  • Customer benefits: Proven steam turbine technology reliably supplies power as well as emergency power supply. The project was reliably executed and includes after sales services.

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