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Take control of your energy supply – with distributed energy solutions

Industries, commercial areas, large buildings, municipalities, and communities are facing three main challenges: costs, security of supply and CO₂ reduction. With the help of local distributed energy solutions, it’s possible to turn these challenges into long-term calculable variables – across all businesses and industrial sectors.    The solutions can include targeted use of renewable energy, combined heating and power stations, or provision of storage solutions up to energy-as-a-service. This is an option in which an experienced partner deals with the nuts and bolts of the problem, from design through installation right up to operation, while you can focus on your core business.                                                                                                                                             

Discover distributed energy solutions at The smarter E Europe 2019

Industries, municipalities, large buildings, and infrastructures can all benefit from integrating local energy solutions into their business. Find out at this year’s The smarter E in Munich how Siemens can help you to “Take control and make your energy intelligent and sustainable” with customized solutions, including consulting and financing.

 

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Challenges

Tackle your challenges

The transformation of the energy system is affecting energy providers and consumers at the same time. It not only holds significant optimization opportunities when combined with innovative technology, but even enables completely new business models.

Cost pressure

Energy is one of the biggest cost drivers for industrial plants as well as for buildings, community facilities, campuses, and countless similar entities. In the light of rising energy costs and increasingly strict environmental regulations this challenge is becoming even greater.

Security of supply

The availability and reliability of power supply is another crucial factor. This holds especially true for consumers that rely on a resilient and stable power supply to safeguard their processes and operations, e.g. hospitals, data centers, and the mining industry. 

CO₂ reduction

An increasing number of companies and institutions aims at developing a green footprint and using renewable, carbon-free energy. At the same time this ensures compliance with increasingly stringent regulations and avoids penalties.

Energy Configurator
Energy Configurator

Turn data into opportunities

The Energy Configurator evaluates optimization potential to significantly reduce your energy expenses, to minimize the ecological footprint, and to improve security of supply.

Energy intelligence

The smart way to take control of your energy future

In the wake of energy system change – from a system of centralized large-scale power generation to an increasingly distributed, decarbonized, and digitally enabled landscape – significant new opportunities arise. Industrial plants, campuses, infrastructural facilities, buildings, urban districts, as well as municipalities can now play a new role in the energy system.

Economic Intelligence

Supply Intelligence

Sustainability Intelligence

Optimizing energy spending

Optimizing energy costs becomes more and more important in order to increase competitiveness. There are several ways to achieve this goal: An optimized energy mix can help to lower purchase costs for energy. Reducing the overall energy consumption and increasing energy efficiency are also effective ways. 

With a local energy solution, it’s also possible to reduce grid fees and to create additional revenue by selling surplus energy to the energy market. 

Reliable energy supply

For virtually all industries and especially for critical infrastructures a reliable power supply is crucial. Local energy solutions help improving system reliability and availability of power, ensure power quality, and support the implementation of resilience. 

This enables you to safeguard your processes and become future-proof and scalable as well. 

Environmental awareness

Sustainability has grown to a real paradigm shift for many companies. Not only is it a means to improve the public perception and brand value, but also an effective way to reduce emissions and carbon footprint.

Thanks to available technologies such as waste heat recovery, forecasting, and measures for better allocation of available power it’s also possible to create significant energy and resource savings. 

Highlights

Distributed energy systems

The energy market is facing three main challenges: cost, security of supply, and CO₂ reduction. In recent years only a few energy companies had to find the answers to these challenges. Now, virtually every single market participant can decide on the best strategy for their own situation.
Tailored energy solutions for industrial companies: John Kovach, Head of Distributed Energy Systems at Siemens, explains how industrial companies can get in control of their energy costs, improve security of supply and reduce CO₂ emissions. Digitalization plays an important role as well as Siemens holistic approach when it comes to finding the best solution specifically for to your company.
Creating sustainable energy systems: Local, distributed, and controllable generation and storage sources can be designed to provide the end user with improved resilience or even full independence from the grid.
A cleaner ecosystem with improved efficiency: As the energy system is changing dramatically, local energy solutions are on the rise. These individually customizable solutions comprise power generation, energy storage, electric vehicles, and distributed energy management. This ensures net cost savings, security of supply, emissions and pollution reduction, and access to electrification.
References

Distributed energy solutions at work

Find out more about how industry, infrastructures, and buildings can benefit from local energy sources.  
Galápagos Islands / Ecuador

Protecting a world heritage site

  • First of its kind local energy solution based on 100% renewables, i.e. solar power and biodiesel with a battery storage system

  • Designed to run completely carbon-neutral

  • Average monthly CO₂ reduction of 85 tons

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Blue Lake Rancheria
California, USA

Microgrid with a low CO₂ footprint

  • Power supply from photovoltaics and biomass, independent from the main grid

  • Energy cost savings by at least 25% and 195 metric tons less CO₂ emissions per year

  • Available on-site power independent from the utility for seven days    

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SWW Stadtwerke Wunsiedel GmbH
Wunsiedel, Germany

The path of WUNsiedel: defining the future of energy

  • Shaping the German energy transition on a local level through the implementation of a regional, fully renewable energy supply system until 2030

  • Intelligent connection of the whole local generation landscape through sector coupling

  • Consistent data networking throughout the entire system using the IoT platform MindSphere

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Enel Produzione S.p.A.
Ventotene, Italy

Sustainable and reliable power supply for off-grid island

  • Reliable and sustainable power supply from a hybrid solution with renewable energies, storage, and diesel generators

  • 15% less fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions per year

  • Operating hours of all generators reduced by approx. 56%

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Algonquin College
Canada

Sustainable institution of the future

  • Siemens is helping Algonquin College inspire students to move society toward a greener future

  • 1,200 tons less CO₂ per year

  • Annual operating cost savings of 48%

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Study

Order this free study and explore the benefits of distributed energy solutions

Distributed energy systems (DES) is a term which encompasses a diverse array of generation, storage, energy monitoring, and control solutions. DES technologies represent a paradigm shift and offer building owners and energy consumers significant opportunities to reduce costs, improve reliability, and secure additional revenue through on-site generation and dynamic load management.

Contact

Get in contact with our energy experts

Setting up a local energy solution will be a lot easier with the help of an experienced partner. You can contact our energy experts 24/7. We are looking forward to your message and the opportunity to support your project.

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