Electrification, automation and digitalization are long-term growth areas for Siemens. In order to fully realize the market potential in these areas, Siemens has consolidated its business into 9 business groups. Healthcare is an independently operated business. The Power Generation & Gas Group offers a wide range of products and solutions for electric utilities, independent power producers, turnkey (EPC) companies, and industrial customers, such as those in the oil and gas industry, to help them achieve environmentally friendly and efficient production of electricity from fossil fuels or renewable energy sources, as well as to provide reliable transportation of oil and gas.
The product portfolio includes:
Gas turbines covering a power range of 5 MW to 400 MW. Siemens combustion turbines are characterized by high efficiency and reliability, support for environmental sustainability, and high quality with low life cycle costs to help power plants achieve higher yields.
Steam turbines, ranging from 45 kilowatts to 1,900 megawatts.
Generators, ranging from 25 MVA to 2,235 MVA. Siemens has more than 100 years of experience in the development and production of generators, with a total installed base of more than 3,500 units.
The compressor range, with its high efficiency, availability and reliability, meets the requirements of customers in a wide range of industries, including industrial applications in the oil and gas sector, onshore natural gas production or gas pipeline transportation, and air separation.
Power Plant Solutions, providing the highest quality solutions for gas-fired power plants, from the addition of generator sets to complete turnkey plants.
The Power & Process Automation family, with a complete portfolio of product families, offers solutions for power plants in Instrumentation & Control (I&C), electrical systems and plant IT systems. The Wind Power & Renewable Energy Group is a provider of reliable, environmentally friendly and economical renewable energy solutions.
Wind Power Generation
Siemens is committed to providing highly reliable and cost-effective wind turbines to meet business and environmental protection needs through different solutions. With more than 25,000 MW of installed wind power capacity as of 2014, Siemens provides wind power solutions that produce clean, renewable energy through onshore and offshore facilities around the world.
Siemens is committed to lowering the cost of electricity generation from onshore and offshore wind farms. With innovative blade designs and generator technology, efficiency is enhanced. At the same time, the entire manufacturing and installation process can be simplified with the modularity of the system.
In the field of offshore wind power, Siemens built the world's first offshore wind farm in Denmark in 1991, and the offshore wind power industry was born. Recent years of industrialization have seen Siemens continue to break records for the world's largest offshore wind farm, with the 630 MW London Array project now holding the world's largest. The project features 175 Siemens 3.6 MW turbines.
In the field of onshore wind power, Siemens has received the world's largest order for onshore wind power to date: an order from MidAmerican Energy to build a series of onshore wind farms in the state of Iowa, with a total installed capacity of 1,050 megawatts.
The Wind Power & Renewable Energy Group is also very active in China and is committed to the country's sustainable energy development. In recognition of the outstanding performance of the Longyuan Rudong Offshore Demonstration Wind Farm, Jiangsu Longyuan Offshore Wind Power Co. and Siemens were honored with the "2013 Power Asia Award - Wind Project of the Year", which recognizes the two companies' The award recognizes both companies for their outstanding contributions to the power industry in Asia.
Hydro and Offshore Power Generation
With more than 100 years of expertise in hydropower, Siemens provides customers with comprehensive solutions. With its integrated products, solutions and services, Siemens excels in turnkey projects for small-scale hydropower plants, and is one of the market leaders in ocean current power generation, with the world's first commercially available tidal power plant, SeaGen, built in 2008 by Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines (MCT). With innovative products and comprehensive services, Siemens ensures high reliability and optimal performance of power generation equipment for electric utilities, oil and gas, and industrial processes around the world.
In China, Siemens has an extensive service network that provides fast and comprehensive expert service support for maintenance, repair, replacement, modernization and upgrading of components at the factory or on site. Examples include gas turbines, steam turbines and fans and generators for large power producers, as well as compressors for the oil and gas industry.
In addition to factory and on-site service, Siemens has extensive experience in remote monitoring and diagnostics. Siemens experts can detect even the smallest signs that equipment is working abnormally and recommend proactive solutions before problems become serious. In addition, Siemens analyzes the collected data to create trend and overview charts of the turbine, which helps to enhance its performance and reduce energy costs in the long run.
In addition, Siemens is constantly looking for new ways to help its customers improve plant performance in a market where power plants are aging and the need for energy efficiency in existing plants is growing. In doing so, we combat climate change, conserve natural resources and meet the needs of a growing global population. Through life cycle extensions and other advanced technologies, Siemens improves the efficiency and capacity of existing power plants, enabling them to generate significantly more power from the same amount of fuel. These solutions have been highly successful on both an economic and an environmental level. The Energy Management Group is one of the world's leading providers of products, systems, solutions and services that ensure the economical, reliable and intelligent transmission and distribution of electricity. The product portfolio includes facilities and systems for low voltage and distribution grid levels, smart grid solutions and high voltage transmission systems.
The Energy Management Group offers a portfolio of products required by electric utilities in China. These include facilities and systems for low-voltage and distribution grids, smart grid and energy automation solutions, plant power supply facilities, and high-voltage transmission systems.
Siemens high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission technology ensures long-distance power transmission with minimal losses. Siemens built the world's first ±800kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system in China, sending hydropower from Kunming, Yunnan Province to Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, covering a distance of nearly 1,500 kilometers.
Another challenge was to smarten up the distribution grid. Siemens offers an open, flexible architecture of solutions and services through the industry's most comprehensive energy management product family: the Siemens Smart Grid Suite. With this suite, it is possible to implement mass customized solutions to build a smarter grid infrastructure, as well as to further develop stable systems, develop new business models, and optimize energy trading possibilities.
The Smart Grid Suite is completed by fully integrated energy management (TIP) for electrification, especially for transmission and distribution applications, based on the full range of Siemens products, systems, and solutions for low, medium and high voltage, and supporting the entire lifecycle with Siemens software tools for planning, installation, operation and maintenance. The Building Technologies Group is dedicated to providing fire safety, security, building automation, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and energy management products and services in China.
Siemens helps customers achieve these goals with energy management services tailored to their specific needs, as well as integrated automated building solutions. Building automation products and systems that control HVAC applications and lighting and shading are utilized in solutions offered directly by Siemens and sold through indirect distribution channels.
The Building Technologies Group offers a wide range of integrated fire safety and IT security solutions, as well as related services, that ensure business continuity, protect investments and reduce the risks faced by customers in the long term. In the fire safety sector, Building Technologies Group is committed to providing best-in-class products and systems for fire and gas detection, automatic fire suppression, alarm and hazard management systems; these are sold through a range of distribution channels.
Key industries that the Building Technologies Group is involved in: these include solutions for data centers, hospitals, the life sciences industry, airports, hotels and energy providers.
In 2009, Siemens formed a strategic alliance with the Chaoyang District Government in Beijing with the aim of improving energy efficiency and reducing energy consumption in public *** buildings. Siemens China has carried out energy-saving renovation and upgrading of a number of government administrative office buildings, reducing energy consumption by as much as 30% and significantly cutting electricity bills. Siemens Transportation Group's products, solutions and services help China's railroads and roads efficiently and comprehensively integrate passenger and freight transportation.
Siemens Transportation Group provides solutions with its comprehensive product portfolio: modernized, connected and IT-based mobility is a core competency of its five business units, including Traffic Management, Turnkey Projects and Electrification, Mainline Mobility, Urban Mobility, and Customer Service. The Siemens Digital Factory Group is committed to providing a comprehensive range of seamlessly integrated hardware, software and technical services.
The product portfolio of the Digital Factory Group now seamlessly connects the key aspects of the product lifecycle. For example, with powerful Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, Siemens can develop and optimize new products on a completely virtual basis. In the real world of manufacturing, the concept of Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) has proved its worth over the past 20 years, ensuring the interoperability of all automation components. With TIA Protherm, for example, engineering can be dramatically reduced in time and cost.
Working closely with partners within Siemens, in particular the Process Industries and Drives Group (PD), the Digital Factory Group offers a wide range of PLM software tools, industrial automation, and drive technologies that are uniquely tailored to a wide range of discrete industrial customers.
Additionally, Digital Factory Group customers can rely on Digital Factory Group's commitment to the long-term growth of their business. Protecting customers' current and future investments is an important consideration in the software industry and one of the main pillars of Siemens' business strategy.
At the Siemens Industrial Automation Products Chengdu production and R&D site SEWC's new generation of economical industrial computers, SIMATIC IPC 3000 SMART, is now in production. SEWC is helping China enter the digital future by increasing productivity and maximizing the benefits of industrial production. Siemens Process Industry and Drives continues to improve the reliability, safety, and efficiency of products, processes, and plants with innovative, integrated technologies that span the entire lifecycle, dramatically increasing productivity and speeding time-to-market.
Across the globe, Siemens provides future-proof automation, drive technology, industrial software and services based on state-of-the-art technology platforms, such as TIA (Totally Integrated Automation) or IDS (Totally Integrated Drive System). In close cooperation with its customers, Siemens is committed to developing sustainable solutions that cover the entire life cycle, from design to modernization. Siemens makes use of standardized components wherever possible and complements them with industry-specific solutions to meet the specific needs of its customers in a wide range of industries. In this way, Siemens ensures the long-term availability of its customers' products, systems and solutions. And by focusing on resource efficiency, Siemens will help to realize the environmental sustainability of each application.
The process industry is one of Siemens' core businesses. Numerous applications in a wide range of industries demonstrate Siemens' expertise in this field. But more importantly, Siemens is able to add value to its customers, enabling them to increase productivity at all points in the value chain. With a precise understanding of the different markets, Siemens helps its customers to respond faster and more responsively to new market requirements and trends, thus enhancing their competitiveness.
Siemens has been providing a wide range of products, technologies, systems and solutions to China since it started its business there in 1872. 2013 saw the completion of a highly automated plant in Chengdu. A computer-controlled system monitors and manages all development and production processes in the plant. Siemens Financial Services Group (SFS) is a global provider of B2B financial solutions, supporting customer investments with equipment leasing solutions, project and structured finance.
Siemens' specialized financial solutions make healthcare more accessible, help industrial companies increase productivity, promote the adoption of energy-efficient technologies, and enable more equipment manufacturers to receive customized financing services that facilitate sales and investment. The Financial Services Group's rich experience, sound risk assessment and customer-oriented service awareness benefit all types of small and medium-sized enterprises and large organizations.
The Financial Services Group helps other Siemens business groups to capitalize on business opportunities, supports the development of new customers and strengthens relationships with financial decision makers at existing partners. Building on Siemens' financial strength, the Financial Services Group provides financial solutions for projects and products, paving the way for new business models such as "pay-per-use" and boosting market confidence through long-term risk engagement. By working with Siemens Groups and their customers, the Financial Services Group brings new technologies on the drawing board closer to the market and reality. Siemens is one of the largest technology suppliers to the global healthcare industry and a leader in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, and healthcare IT. Together with a holistic product portfolio ranging from clinical consulting to training and services, it meets the individual needs of diverse customers around the world.
In 2012, Siemens Healthcare China launched the "Healthy China" program. The program aims to promote the development of China's healthcare system and ensure that people at the grassroots level have access to affordable and quality healthcare services. The project began with the donation of medical equipment, most of which was developed and manufactured in China, to Jinggangshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and 18 other hospitals around Jinggangshan. Siemens Real Estate Assets Group (SRE) is responsible for all Siemens Real Estate Assets business - managing the company's real estate assets portfolio, optimizing space utilization, and supervising real estate assets operations. This includes all real estate asset related services, leasing and disposal of real estate assets, and implementation of all construction projects across Siemens.