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Power Transmission and Distribution (PTD)
The growing demand for energy world-
wide – coupled with increasing urbaniza-
tion and resource scarcity – is shaping the
way power is transmitted and distributed.
These trends are also creating major chal-
lenges for power grid operators:
• Larger and larger quantities of energy
are being transported over longer and
longer distances.
• More and more power is being gener-
ated from renewable energy sources.
• Power distribution in the world’s
megacities is becoming more complex.
As a result, utilities and industrial con-
sumers are relying increasingly on future-
proof, intelligent power transmission and
distribution solutions.
We’re a leading supplier of products,
solutions and services in areas like power
automation, high-voltage circuit breakers,
power network planning and high-volt-
age direct-current (HVDC) power trans-
mission. The successful integration of
VA Tech Transmission and Distribution has
strengthened our market position, raised
our global profile, given us new expertise
and sharpened our customer focus.
We generate some 90 percent of our
sales outside Germany. To achieve greater
proximity to our customers, we’re reor-
ganizing our manufacturing, engineering
and R&D activities. As part of this initia-
tive, we’re setting up collaborative ven-
tures and manufacturing locations in
China and India. We’re also shifting from
a centrally organized manufacturing
and engineering network to a distributed
network structure.
As No. 1 or No. 2 in every major power
transmission and distribution market in
the world, we’re expanding operations in
the U.S. and Russia as well as in China and
India. By increasing our production capac-
ity and intensifying local participation in
development initiatives, we’ll be able to
capitalize on these countries’ high growth
rates. In the Middle East and in large parts
of Europe and South America – regions in
which we’ve long been the market leader
– we’re ideally positioned to benefit from
new capital spending on power infra-
structures.
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PTD is a world leader in power
transmission and distribution.
As a systems integrator and
supplier of products, services
and complete solutions, we
enable utilities and energy-
intensive manufacturers to
transport and distribute elec-
tricity economically and reli-
ably.
“Basslink is a historic interconnector
that will play a vital part in securing
mainland Australia’s energy needs.
I wish to thank Siemens and all those
people who delivered this massive
infrastructure project in a safe, reli-
able and efficient manner.”
Bill Russell, Managing Director,
National Grid Australia
Highlights in fiscal 2006
• We won a major order worth nearly
€600 million for turnkey substations
in Qatar.
• In an €80-million project, we’re equipping
Russia’s extra-high-voltage power grid
with innovative instrumentation and con-
trol systems.
• We launched a new vacuum circuit breaker
for all types of medium-voltage
switchgear.
• An innovative Siemens solution is increas-
ing the power transmission performance
of India’s HVDC East-South Interconnector.