Press Newsletter. Division Drive Technologies and Division Industry Automation July 2010

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1 and Siemens to present portfolio for the solar industry at the SolarCon 2010 in India Hyderabad, India. Siemens will be exhibiting at the second SolarCon solar trade fair in Hyderabad, India, from July 28 30, 2010 with automation and drive solutions from across the entire value chain. Siemens Ltd. India will be joining with the Siemens and s at the SolarCon at the end of July to present a complete portfolio of automation and drive technology solutions for end users, system integrators and plant engineers from across the solar industry. The featured portfolio will be geared to the anticipated development of the solar market in India, and will include products, systems and complete solutions for glass and silicon manufacture, module production and technical equipment for solar parks. The Government has announced that it aims to achieve a capacity of 22 gigawatt using solar technology by To date, India has concentrated on the production of solar panels. Because of its position in what is known as the sun belt, it is one of the countries in which the intensity and amount of sunshine provide ideal conditions for solar plants. The Indian Government plans to take full advantage of this natural resource and has drawn up a program entitled Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JN-NSM) designed to promote the use of solar energy. Siemens is ideally placed to benefit from the solar boom in India. The company has been active for over 50 years in the country, where it runs production plants for a wide range of products. One of the conditions set out by the government scheme is that it will only consider manufacturers for involvement in its solar projects who manufacture locally in India. Siemens Solar- SolarCon Siemens

2 SolarFocus magazine now available in English and online The Siemens SolarFocus customer magazine is now available in an English language version and also as a download or for reading online. A magazine published by the Siemens and s, Solar Focus offers comprehensive information on every aspect of automation and drive solutions for the solar industry, and was published in English for the first time in July to coincide with the Intersolar USA. The journal takes a look at solutions, projects and references and provides a valuable insight into what Siemens has to offer as a partner to the solar industry in the field of automation and drive engineering. Read SolarFocus Contact SolarFocus solar.industry.automation@ siemens.com Siemens Solar Siemens intersolar USA Siemens 2

3 Intelligent power electronics for infeed converters The German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding a Siemens research project examining the use of medium-voltage converters for feeding electrical energy into power supply grids. The project is coordinated by Marc Hiller who, together with Dr. Rainer Sommer, was voted Inventor of the Year in 2009 for the new converter concept. Electronic power infeed converters provide the key to efficient use of renewable energy sources. They make sure that the power generated by wind or solar plants is converted to the correct frequency and voltage before it can be fed into the grid. Low-voltage converters for up to 690 kilovolts are currently used for this purpose. However, the line filters and transformers required for the infeed consume a considerable part of the power produced, which is then lost to the end user. In addition, the ever increasing capacity of plants, particularly those used in offshore windfarms, means that the power semiconductors used reach their technical limits. Therefore the use of medium-voltage converters between two and ten kilovolts makes economic and technical sense. The modular medium-voltage converter developed within the framework of the research project entitled Medium-voltage converters based on a novel circuit topology (M2C) for feeding electric power into power supply grids, based on an invention by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mar- In 2009, Dr Marc Hiller and Dr Rainer Sommer won the Siemens Inventor of the Year Award in recognition of their new converter concept. The German Ministry of Education and Research is now funding a research project designed to examine the concept further. (Foto: archives) quardt of the German University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich, is expected to be the first to do without additional line filters or transformers, thus working with significantly greater energy efficiency than the converters used today. The objective is to halve both power losses and the required converter footprint. In relation to a wind power plant with a nominal capacity of three megawatts, the innovative, highly efficient converters could help feed an extra 24,000 kwh of electric power into the grid per year and per wind power plant. Extrapolated to a wind farm with 50 wind turbines, the new technology could supply power to approx. 400 more households than before. The M2C research project is jointly carried out by the Institute for Intelligent System Technology of the German University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich and the chair of power electronics at the Electrotechnical Institute of the Technical University of Dresden, and is funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The project volume is 3.6 million euro, 50 percent of which is contributed by the BMBF. The project will run until 2013 and is supported by the Power electronics used to increase energy efficiency support program within the high-tech strategy of the German government and the stimulus program Information and communication technology 2020 (IKT 2020). One of the objectives of the IKT 2020 program is to strengthen and extend Germany s technological lead in the field of information and communication technology. Siemens Siemens 3

4 Semiconductor diodes add efficiency to converters in large drives Munich, Germany. Together with four project partners, Siemens is researching ways in which frequency converters for large electric motors can be made more efficient and powerful. For the first time, scientists will be designing these converters to use silicon carbide, a semiconductor material which reduces power losses by up to 15 percent. The research project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education to the tune of around 1.7 million EUR. Large machines such as pumps for pipelines, compressors for liquidizing natural gas or ship propulsion systems are almost exclusively driven by electric variable-speed motors. This requires the use of frequency converters which convert the mains frequency of 50 Hertz common in Europe into a variable frequency in the range from zero to approx. 200 Hertz. The aim of the research project MV-SiC is to considerably improve the efficiency of these converters. For this purpose, innovative new diode modules will be used which are based on the semiconductor material silicon carbide (SiC). Compared to conventional silicon-based diode modules, SiC diodes help cut semiconductor losses by up to 15 percent. Besides improved efficiency, scientists also expect SiC diodes to increase converter reliability and safety. Siemens is playing a pioneering role in this new research project, as comparable SiC high-voltage diodes have never been used before in the medium-voltage range anywhere in the world. The research project started in June 2010 and will be completed in April MV-SiC is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) to the tune of around 1.7 million EUR. MV-SiC is part of the support program Power electronics used to increase energy efficiency within the high-tech strategy of the German government and the Information and communication technology 2020 support scheme (IKT 2020). One of the IKT program s objectives is to broaden the application range of electronics in a way that enables higher energy efficiency and reduced pollutant emissions to be achieved. The research project is led by Siemens Corporate Technology. Other project partners include the Siemens Sector, the Technical University of Dresden, Infineon AG, Curamik Electronics GmbH and SiCED Electronics Development GmbH & Co. KG. Siemens Sector Siemens

5 Siemens Training for and Industrial Solutions offers new course for process control system Sitrain, the Siemens Training for and Industrial Solutions launches a new course on its route control software for the process industry Simatic PCS 7 Route Control. Users learn all about the possibilities of the Simatic PCS 7 Route Control navigation system with the main focus of the course on how to handle the software and how to design a real plant. Simatic Route Control adds a new software tool to the Simatic PCS 7 process control system which is not specific to any industry; it is designed for the configura- tion, control, monitoring and diagnosis of material handling within pipe systems. Besides introducing the tool, the course also explains technical terms and components. Further it covers the creation and implementation of a project, connection to the Simatic Batch software package designed to automate complex batch processes, and the redundancy concept. Course participants are required to have a basic knowledge of process control, practical experience with PCS 7 Project Engineering or prior participation at the Simatic PCS 7 system course. Newly acquired theoretical content taught during the training sessions is backed up by practical exercises using a training plant. Practical exercises also include engineering and commissioning units. With only four students attending the course, successful results are ensured. After completion of the course, participants will be able to successfully apply Route Control. The next courses will be held in Nuremberg, Germany in September and November. For further information on the Simatic PCS 7 Route Control course, see www. siemens.com/sitrain (enter course name: ST-PCS7RC). Siemens Sitrain Siemens 5

6 Free selection and configuration tool for Industrial Ethernet switches The new Switch Selection Tool software for selecting and configuring Industrial Ethernet switches from the Siemens is now available online or as a free download. The new Switch Selection Tool helps users and buyers to select and configure the appropriate components for their purpose. The tool covers selection and configuration of Scalance Industrial Ethernet switches, CSM Compact Switch Modules, as well as communication processors used in Simatic S7 controllers and PCs which have an integrated switch. The tool provides several selection options: directly from the portfolio overview, by technical requirements, or by type of application. A configurator helps to assemble modular Scalance variations with the required media modules. A bill of materials generated at the end enables the user to place the items in the shopping basket to order directly from Siemens Mall. No system requirements apply for installing the software; languages can be switched into German, English, French, Italian, or Spanish. The Scalance product family of Industrial Ethernet switches consists of several mutually complementary product lines of active network components each of which is tailored to meet the specific automation task at hand. Siemens Industrial Communication Download switch selection Tool com/ww/view/de/ Switch Selection Tool enables simple selection and configuration, as well as direct order placement Siemens

7 The Siemens Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is the worldwide leading supplier of environmentally friendly production, transportation, building and lighting technologies. With integrated automation technologies and comprehensive industry-specific solutions, Siemens increases the productivity, efficiency and flexibility of its customers in the fields of industry and infrastructure. The Sector consists of six divisions: Building,,, Solutions, Mobility and Osram. With around 207,000 employees worldwide (September 30), Siemens achieved in fiscal year 2009 total sales of approximately 35 billion. The Siemens (Nuremberg, Germany) is the world s leading supplier of products and services for production machinery and machine tools. This includes standard products but also encompasses industry-specific control and drive solutions. Integrated technologies along the entire drive train with electrical and mechanical components offer highest potential to reduce energy consumption in industrial plants. The services provided by the include mechatronics support in addition to online services for web-based fault management and preventive maintenance. With around 36,000 employees worldwide (September 30), Siemens achieved total sales of 7.5 billion in fiscal year The Siemens (Nuremberg, Germany) is a worldwide leader in the fields of automation systems, industrial controls and industrial software. Its portfolio ranges from standard products for the manufacturing and process industries to solutions for whole industrial sectors that encompass the automation of entire automobile production facilities and chemical plants. As a leading software supplier, optimizes the entire value added chain of manufacturers from product design and development to production, sales and a wide range of maintenance services. With around 39,000 employees worldwide (September 30), Siemens achieved sales of 7.0 billion in fiscal year Newsletter-Download: Press-Contact Contact Press-Newsletter: Siemens Sector Ursula Lang Tel.: +49 (0) ursula.lang@siemens.com Siemens Sector Gerhard Stauß Tel: +49 (0) gerhard.stauss@siemens.com Siemens Sector Franz-Ferdinand Friese Tel.: +49 (0) franz.friese@siemens.com Siemens Sector Julia Kauppert Tel.: +49 (0) julia.kauppert@siemens.com