German company Siemens Energy is investing in a new vacuum interrupter production facility as a clear commitment to climate-neutral power transmission.
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Left to right: Ulf Katschinski, Senior Vice President Switching Products and Systems at Siemens Energy, Helmut Kleebank, member of the German Bundestag, Christian Rickerts, State Secretary of the Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises, Rüdiger Groß, Chairman of the Works Council of the Siemens Energy switchgear plant Berlin and Stephan Jorra, manager of the Siemens Energy switchgear plan Berlin.
Siemens Energy is investing over €60 million in a new production facility in Berlin. In the future, vacuum interrupters will be manufactured in the company’s 6,200 square metre switchgear plant.
The vacuum interrupters are the technological core of Siemens Energy's Blue Portfolio, which comprises climate-neutral power transmission products in the high-voltage range and uses industrially purified air for insulation and a vacuum as the switching medium instead of climate-damaging fluorinated gases.
The new manufacturing facility is scheduled to go into operation in 2023.
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“The consequences of rapidly advancing global warming require a fundamental change in the way we deal with energy, including power transmission,” said Ulf Katschinski, Senior Vice President Switching Products and Systems at Siemens Energy.
"Siemens Energy aims to sell only F-gas-free high-voltage switching technology starting in 2030 at the latest. With our new vacuum interrupter production, we’re laying the groundwork to achieve this goal and meet the growing demand for climate-neutral switchgear.”
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The new production facility will comply with the latest Industry 4.0 standards: It will therefore be fully digitally connected and have highly automated equipment. Like the entire Siemens Energy switchgear plant in Berlin, the new production facility will be powered 100% by electricity from renewable sources.
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