The power generation assets of the future must be smart and efficient so that they can satisfy the world’s insatiable demand for power. Innovation is needed across the industry from the design and manufacturing of state-of-the-art equipment, to the engineering and construction of environmentally friendly plants and assets. This must all be done in the face of increasing regulatory compliance mandates that include the protection of the environment, employees and those living close to power generation facilities.

For over a century, Siemens has been a world leader in power generation. Building on our extensive resources, knowledge and strategic vision, Siemens PLM Software provides solutions to support utility engineering for the power generation industry. Leading owner/operators, utility AEC/EPC companies and equipment manufacturers use our product lifecycle management (PLM) platform for collaboration, innovation and information management.

Our lifecycle information management solutions can help you execute knowledge-enabled utility engineering and maintenance. We provide a global collaboration platform for the design, licensing, commissioning, maintenance and retrofit of power generation capital projects and assets.

Alternative Energy
The world demand for energy is expected to increase by 50 percent in the next 20 years alone; as the global population increases there will be more people living in cities than ever before. With increasing demand on the world’s energy resources there will be a need to find more sustainable sources of energy. Our solutions for alternative energy include:

• Integrated software solutions for composite wind turbine blade design, mechanical design of gear boxes, tower design and assembly, and manufacturing planning.
• Finite element analysis (FEA) tools including direct generation of mesh and fill, analysis of fatigue, service loading, extreme loading and erections.
• A single source of capital project information that includes computer-aided design (CAD) files, processes, schedules, resources, costs and supplier management.
• Digital manufacturing solutions that address challenges from process creation to execution within the assembly planning, robotics, machining, and plant design and logistics disciplines.
• A maintenance, repair and overhaul system tied to SCADA that provides lifetime asset information management including configuration, repair history and location information for predictive and just-in-time maintenance.

PLM can help you make smarter decisions on assets, resources, project management capabilities, optimizing logistics initiatives and decreasing costs for operations and maintenance.