How you can power a planet hungry for electricity without damaging it? Siemens answers: Efficient energy supply.

 

Offshore Wind Parks.

Wind power is the fastest growing energy source in the world. Siemens is rapidly expanding its manufacturing capacities in this new business with powerful offshore wind parks, growing faster than the market. Since 2003 alone, Siemens has installed wind turbines with a total capacity of more than 330 MW. This helps save uo to eight million tons of CO2 emissions per year. As the market leader in offshore wind energy, Siemens offers the largest serially produced offshore wind turbines with rotor blades bigger than football field.

 

The World’s Largest Gas Turbine.

The World’s largest gas turbine, is also the most powerful. Its capacity of 340 MW roughly equals that of 13 jumbo jet engines. In combined cycle operation, plants powered with this new gas turbine will generate 530 MW, enough to supply 3 million people with energy. A higher than 30 percent efficiency rate in combined cycle applications (an increase of two percentage points) sets a new benchmark for efficient power generation and results in a reduction of CO2 emissions by up to 40.000 tons per year.

Long-Distance Power Transmission

Superior technology for long-distance power transmission is the key to generating the thousands of gigawatts of electricity required by our planet. But how can we efficiently transport it from remote power plants to populated areas? To overcome the limitations and energy losses of conventional alternating current AC) transmission, Siemens built high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission links, which are a more economical and ecological means of transporting electric power over distances of 600 Km and more.