Working with vehicle manufacturers and municipal authorities, Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. is helping existing and new transportation infrastructure operate more efficiently, consume less energy, and emit less greenhouse gas. The company's ability to provide energy-efficient hybrid-drive systems in delivery trucks and city buses is being put to work in the C40 Transportation Program, which aims to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the world's largest cities. Last November, former President Bill Clinton introduced Siemens Energy & Automation as a member of the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) at the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Seattle.
"Climate change is a global issue that we must address immediately if we are to reverse its catastrophic effects," said President Clinton. "I am pleased that the U.S. Conference of Mayors and many businesses are working with my foundation to supply energy efficient and clean energy products. By offering these products at a discounted rate, we can ensure that more cities and citizens have access to them and that the market for clean energy technology will grow."
SE&A has implemented thousands of energy-efficient drive solutions around the globe. By leveraging this experience, the program will be able to reduce fuel consumption by nearly 40% and significantly reduce emissions.
A hybrid drives system uses the combination of two different energy systems to reduce energy consumption and emissions. The flexibility of Siemens' ELFA® modular and highly efficient hybrid drive systems allows the combination of nearly all common energy sources and storages. The ELFA system synchronizes the two power systems via its power electronics to optimize the energy flow, resulting in up to 40% less energy consumption and CO2 emission as well as quieter and more comfortable and reliable operation.
Siemens supplies its ELFA systems to bus manufacturers, who install them into vehicles and sell the complete bus to the transportation authorities. In the last ten years, Siemens has installed over 1,000 systems in over 30 different projects around the globe.
Vehicles currently account for 14% of global emissions. According to the Clinton Climate Initiative, "The C40 Transportation Program will provide cities with access to energy-efficient and money-saving transportation products and solutions.”
"At Siemens we recognize the impact that major cities and the vehicles within them have on climate change, which is why we are so honored to partner with the Clinton Climate Initiative,” says Dennis Sadlowski, President and CEO, Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. "Siemens, with its global reach and broad portfolio of environmentally friendly products and solutions is uniquely positioned to support the global nature of the program on a scale that matches the goals of the initiative. In the coming months, we will work closely with the Clinton Climate Initiative to help understand how Siemens can assist in creating results for the initiative and its programs.”
