Photo: Tracy OlsonSiemens Energy and German electric power and natural gas company RWE announced their cooperation in electric vehicle technology. Siemens is a partner in implementing the infrastructure for electric cars.
As part of the cooperation with RWE, Siemens will install 40 charging stations for electric vehicles at various plant locations in Germany. The focus will be on Berlin with 20 charging stations. The experience obtained in this pilot project will be integrated in the implementation of a larger infrastructure for charging stations.
As a mobile electric storage system, electric cars can be both charged as well as discharged and can thus serve as an intermediate storage device for environmentally friendly electric power from renewable energy sources. Equipped with modern control systems, the car thus becomes an integral mobile component of a stable power grid and sustainable power supply.
"Electric vehicle technology will become part of our power supply grid and will increase the fraction of climate-friendly power generation", said Wolfgang Dehen, CEO, Siemens Energy Sector.
“Prerequisite for this is intelligent coordination between power generation, power distribution and electric vehicles. Because the batteries in the electric cars can be charged at variable times, daily and seasonal fluctuating renewable energy can be better exploited. This makes the entire energy system more flexible and environmentally compatible", added Dehen.
Siemens is already active in E-Mobility: both in its central research department (Corporate Technology) as well as in the Energy and Industry sectors, Siemens is working intensively on electric mobility. This entails both the requirements for the actual vehicle and the design of the power grid infrastructure. Areas of research include electric power generation and distribution, traffic and energy management, intelligent electric meters, power electronics, software and sensors as well as the electrical drives and recovery and storage of energy.
As electric drives use energy resources more efficiently than combustion engines due to their high efficiency and as it will also be possible to produce more CO2-free electric power in the future, electric vehicle technology could become an important part of Siemens' environmental portfolio. In fiscal 2008, revenue from products and solutions of the Siemens environmental portfolio was EUR19 billion, approximately a quarter of Siemens total revenues.
As part of the cooperation with RWE, Siemens will install 40 charging stations for electric vehicles at various plant locations in Germany. The focus will be on Berlin with 20 charging stations. The experience obtained in this pilot project will be integrated in the implementation of a larger infrastructure for charging stations.
As a mobile electric storage system, electric cars can be both charged as well as discharged and can thus serve as an intermediate storage device for environmentally friendly electric power from renewable energy sources. Equipped with modern control systems, the car thus becomes an integral mobile component of a stable power grid and sustainable power supply.
"Electric vehicle technology will become part of our power supply grid and will increase the fraction of climate-friendly power generation", said Wolfgang Dehen, CEO, Siemens Energy Sector.
“Prerequisite for this is intelligent coordination between power generation, power distribution and electric vehicles. Because the batteries in the electric cars can be charged at variable times, daily and seasonal fluctuating renewable energy can be better exploited. This makes the entire energy system more flexible and environmentally compatible", added Dehen.
Siemens is already active in E-Mobility: both in its central research department (Corporate Technology) as well as in the Energy and Industry sectors, Siemens is working intensively on electric mobility. This entails both the requirements for the actual vehicle and the design of the power grid infrastructure. Areas of research include electric power generation and distribution, traffic and energy management, intelligent electric meters, power electronics, software and sensors as well as the electrical drives and recovery and storage of energy.
As electric drives use energy resources more efficiently than combustion engines due to their high efficiency and as it will also be possible to produce more CO2-free electric power in the future, electric vehicle technology could become an important part of Siemens' environmental portfolio. In fiscal 2008, revenue from products and solutions of the Siemens environmental portfolio was EUR19 billion, approximately a quarter of Siemens total revenues.
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