BERLIN, GERMANY — According to Siemens Energy, they are planning to invest over €60 million in the new Berlin site.

Siemens Energy have announced that they are investing over €60 million in a new production facility in Berlin. The new factory will be a switchgear plant around 6,200 m² in size and will focus on manufacturing vacuum interrupters, which are an integral part of the company’s new Blue Portfolio, which comprises climate-neutral power transmission products in the high-voltage range and uses industrially purified air for insulation and vacuum as the switching medium instead of climate-damaging fluorinated gases.

“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.”

"The production of vacuum interrupters in Siemensstadt is a clear commitment to Berlin as an industrial location, to the energy transition and to climate protection. Siemens Energy is demonstrating in Berlin how climate-friendly and sustainable transformation of conventional technology can work," said Christian Rickerts, State Secretary of the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises.

According to Siemens Energy, the new manufacturing facility is scheduled to go into operation in 2023 and will comply with the latest Industry 4.0 standards. This means that it will be fully digitally connected and will be equipped with highly automated equipment and will be 100% powered by electricity from renewable sources.

Source: Siemens Energy