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Together with the operating company BritNed Development Ltd., Siemens Energy has placed the BritNed HVDC transmission link between Britain and the Netherlands into operation. BritNed is a joint venture of National Grid, the international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned utilities in the world, and TenneT, the Dutch grid operator based in Arnhem. The 260-km-long subsea cable connection with a transmission capacity of 1000 megawatts (MW) links the 400-kV grids in southern England and in the south of the Netherlands. The HVDC transmission system’s converter station in the UK is located on the Isle of Grain in Kent in south eastern England, while the Dutch station is situated in Maasvlakte near Rotterdam. Besides ensuring greater stability in the European integrated network, BritNed will also serve as an energy trading hub and thus bring more competition into the grid.

New centre set to further grow the company’s rail service business

A significant long term service agreement has been awarded to Siemens Energy Service Fossil by Barking Power Ltd, one of largest independently owned generating plants in the UK.

The UK is at a turning point in energy management. Until recently, it was only industrial and commercial organisations, driven by economics and legislation, which had to address the issue of energy consumption.

Siemens has announced that it has won a new transformer replacement contract with ScottishPower Energy Networks at its Govan substation in Scotland. Siemens has worked with ScottishPower Energy Networks for over fifteen years. This latest contract is focused on asset modernisation to improve efficiency through the replacement and overhaul of existing transformers and the fitting out of the substation as part of a two-year improvement programme. The whole programme is targeted for final completion by 2013.

London ExCel, 10th-12th March 2011

Siemens, the global engineering company today announces a reseller agreement with GridPoint, an established leader in smart energy solutions, for energy management and sub-metering solutions.

A joint partnership between the Carbon Trust and Siemens to provide UK businesses with green equipment finance worth up to £550 million over the next three years has been announced today.

Stand GLS, Excel, London, 10-12th March, 2011

The new 2011 Business Superbrand list, published today, confirms Siemens as the UK’s number one Industrial Engineering brand for the second year in a row.

Siemens in Lincoln heralds a great start in quarter one with news of significant investments, record orders and the announcement that it is to be made the global Centre of Competence for packaging for its small gas turbine range. This week’s news comes on the back of last year’s success in recording its highest ever orders for its gas turbine manufacturing and service businesses in Lincoln.

Siemens, the global engineering company and a major investor in skills and training in the UK, welcomes the start of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week (7-11 February). Apprenticeships bring considerable value to organisations, employers, individuals and the economy, by developing a highly skilled workforce, boosting productivity and promoting staff retention. The week is designed to celebrate and promote apprenticeships as an optimal training route to create the skills required for the future.