This low-carbon, community-scale microgrid project serves Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR), a small Native American community that operates a hotel and casino in Northern California. The Blue Lake Rancheria microgrid uses a Siemens microgrid controller, the Spectrum Power Microgrid Management System.

As grid planning and operations were becoming more complex, AEP Transmission determined that traditional manual practices for sharing model data amongst their separate utility systems, while industry standard, were no longer optimal. AEP selected Siemens to lead this critical transition by installing an “electrical digital twin.”

The digital twin for Finland’s grid is called ELVIS and represents 14,600 kilometers of power lines and 50,000 transmission line towers. Since the digital twin’s installation two years ago, Fingrid is coordinating about €1 billion’s worth of investments, using this “single source of truth” as a basis.

In 2018 Siemens partnered with Keele University to turn the campus into Europe’s biggest smart energy network demonstrator, aiming to reduce carbon emissions and improve security of supply to the campus. The SEND microgrid will be a “living laboratory” for research into low carbon energy systems and development of new smart energy technologies and services for university students, business and industry.

Together with the Norwegian distribution system operator Glitre Energi Nett, Siemens will build a digital substation to pilot Internet of things (IoT) analytics and applications for power grids. IoT-ready Siprotec protection and control and Sicam automation devices will be connected via OPC UA PubSub, an open standard communication protocol, to MindSphere – the Siemens cloud-based open operating system for IoT.

Under the leadership of Siemens Corporate Technology, a research project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy will develop innovative solutions for situational awareness, distributed control during cyber-attacks or natural disasters, and autonomous restoration after power outages.

In Europe’s most innovative energy-efficiency project, the Aspern Smart City Research company is investigating how smart energy systems and intelligent buildings operate together in a real urban subcenter. The inhabitants of the smart city play an important role in the project – because in addition to being efficient, the city of the future has to be worth living in. Meet one of the residents.

The microgrid for the mine has been able to achieve the customer a 60% reduction in down time and significant cost savings.

A smart microgrid controller centrally orchestrates the connected assets and optimizes the power supply to take account of peak loads and grid capacity utilization.

225,000 smart meters generate 1.3 billion data sets per month. EnergyIP analyses this data and shows Konstant how their energy network and stations are being used. For example, 20 % of their transformers deliver electricity backwards from customers to the electricity grid.

The City of Westminster is ramping up its public charging infrastructure. This move is backed by Transport for London’s scheme to encourage the switch to ultralow emission vehicles – a vital strategy to ensure the twin issues of fighting critical levels of air pollution and decarbonizing the bustling metropolis are met head-on.

This blog post looks at the actions needed to unlock the potential of smart metering and how to give true insight and value to the consumer.

EnergyIP MDM, uniquely architected to handle the complexity of multi-million point AMI deployments.

Using Smart Grid Compass methodology, Siemens has designed a road map for NB Power that will utilize its Demand Response Management System (DRMS) and Decentralized Energy Management Suite (DEMS), allowing the utility to manage electricity distribution in a more flexible, intelligent and efficient way.

Working with the NRLDC, Siemens replaced an old power system with an innovative hardware and software solution built around the Spectrum Power 7 Control Center Platform. The seamless and speedy takeover of this new platform was implemented without any interruption to grid operations.

Substation security: Developing a grid security strategy supporting the more complex needs of multi-vendor, multi-edition substations. Discover, what you should know and do.

The electrical engineering company Klebs+Hartmann is at the forefront of technical trends. To tap energy efficiency potentials, existing switchboards and power monitoring systems are expanded by communication-capable components that seamlessly fit into digitalization.

The transition to a new energy mix is moving at full speed, and Niederstetten, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, is an example of how to successfully adapt to it. Distribution grid operator Netze BW and Siemens are implementing a grid automation solution for the catchment area around the city, which will serve as a model for future projects.

In 2018 Siemens partnered with Keele University to turn the campus into Europe’s biggest smart energy network demonstrator, aiming to reduce carbon emissions and improve security of supply to the campus. The SEND microgrid will be a “living laboratory” for research into low carbon energy systems and development of new smart energy technologies and services for university students, business and industry.

CenterPoint Energy has deployed Siemens digital substation to mitigate the rare but high impact electromagnetic pulse problem (EMP). In the event of an EMP exposure, the digital substation will take over the control and protection functions to maintain continuity when the main protection becomes compromised or damaged.

Smart sensors, big data and the Internet of Things (IoT) continue to prove their worth with cuts in operational costs and carbon emissions. It’s only a matter of time until digital substations are the next big thing.

This low-carbon, community-scale microgrid project serves Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR), a small Native American community that operates a hotel and casino in Northern California. The Blue Lake Rancheria microgrid uses a Siemens microgrid controller, the Spectrum Power Microgrid Management System.

Discover, how the local government can be empowered to create a local energy system which is fit for purpose for its residents and meets climate change objectives.

With Siemens help, Algonquin College has already established a solid foundation of investment and best practices to realize its goal of a zero net carbon footprint by 2042.

By engaging Siemens as consultant and technology partner, SWW Wunsiedel GmbH is seizing all the opportunities the energy transition offers for publicly owned local utilities.

Renewable energy continues to make its presence in the global electricity generation but its incorporation into other sectors such as transport, industry and buildings still lags the progress needed to fight climate change.

The Triangulum project is looking at how to develop cities fit for the future focusing on three key themes of Energy, Mobility and ICT. It is a Horizon 2020 project funded by the EU, developing smart city innovations across three Lighthouse Cities of Manchester, Eindhoven and Stavanger, creating replicable solutions for follower cities.

By engaging Siemens as consultant and technology partner, SWW Wunsiedel GmbH is seizing all the opportunities the energy transition offers for publicly owned local utilities.

Data-driven services from Siemens make the Sello shopping center in Finland a perfect place for people to come together – and feel comfortable.

Siemens acquired a 20% stake in Micropower Comerc to meet growing client demand for savings, clean energy, and back-up power on a performance contract basis. Siemens contributes engineering design, proprietary software, and MindSphere-based digital tools. Siemens Financial Services contributes equity to the project companies and expertise to the challenge of establishing a new, green asset class.

Rather than purchasing kilowatt hours, industry can instead purchase a set amount of cost savings, or carbon reductions, for a fixed monthly fee. Energy as a Service means buying the quarter-inch hole instead of a quarter-inch drill.