As worldwide demand for fuel increases, alternative and renewable energy sources are emerging as economical, dependable and sustainable options.
What exactly is alternative and renewable energy and how can it benefit your business?
Alternative energy does not consume natural resources or harm the environment. Using unharnessed energy from waste, such as methane from landfills and waste water from treatment plants are examples of viable fuel streams that can be captured and converted into energy sources.
Renewable energy fuel sources are readily available and replenished naturally. For instance, solar rays, wind velocity and biomass material can be converted into energy, and used to replace rapidly depleting and polluting fossil fuel energy resources.Why are alternative and renewable sources becoming more attractive energy options?
Energy security
Energy price stability
Increased global demand for fossil fuels
New legislation (Renewable Portfolio Standards, on-site generation, green tags)
Environmental responsibility (clean energy, emissions reductions)
Affordability
How Can Siemens Help You?
From biomass to solar, Siemens professionals are well-versed in the logistical, technical and financial issues surrounding the use of these energy sources. At any stage of your building’s life-cycle, Siemens will work with you to successfully design, engineer, install and maintain an energy program that meets your sustainability and profitability goals.
Siemens will provide you with:
Beginning-to-end project engineering, design and construction
Expertise in capturing, measuring and marketing greenhouse gas emissions
Regulatory and environmental compliance assistance
Continual operations and maintenance support
Innovative guaranteed performance-based financing
Assistance in community relations and marketing efforts
Currently, Siemens concentrates its efforts in alternative and renewable energy resources developing:
Case Projects
Municipal:
Siemens installed the largest privately-owned solar energy system in the city of Sacramento. The 1-megawatt project, which encompasses more than 5,000 solar modules and nearly two acres of total space, will cover an entire parking lot of the Siemens Transportation Systems assembly plant. The system will reduce peak energy demand, and allow STS to provide energy back to the power grid for positive environmental benefits.
Manufacturing:
Siemens installed one of the nation’s first tri-fueled boilers at a major paperboard manufacturing facility. Utilizing landfill gas from a nearby County landfill, in conjunction with natural gas and fuel oil, the system generates 80,000 pounds per hour of process steam and results in annual greenhouse gas reductions equivalent to planting 12,500 acres of forest, removing the emissions of 8,700 vehicles, or preventing the use of 106,000 barrels of oil.
K-12:
Siemens installed the first public school biomass heating system in the state of Idaho; a wood-fired boiler that is expected to save the school district more than one million in the next 15 years.
Higher Education:
Siemens installed 8,800 square feet of Solar Integrated Technologies SR2004a Photo Voltaic (PV) panels on the Gymnasium, which integrated solar PV technology into the building's new roofing system.
This 29.75 kW -ac installation was designed as a showcase for this innovative new technology. The project generates an average of 39,636 kWh each year, and qualified for a significant incentive from the state Energy Commission