Carneys Point Generating Plant and Siemens IC&E upgraded the legacy Westinghouse Distributed Processing Family (WDPF) controls system to Siemens' SPPA-T3000 and brought the plant back to full process steam capacity in under 60 hours. more

To meet the technical, economic, and environmental needs of modern power plants, Siemens developed its SPPA-T3000 digital control system, with open standards – based hardware and software. The SPPA-T3000 I&C system is used for almost the entire power plant and is supporting excellence in operation at Livorno Ferraris. more

The New Harquahala Generating Station upgraded to Siemens' SPPA-T3000 and not only improved plant operations, in both reliability and cost reductions, but also became compliant with NERC standards CIP-002 through CIP-009. more

SPPA-T3000 is the world's first web-based power plant system. The IT advantages of this system pushes the three-tiered architecture of the I&C systems into the fourth generation. more

Two power producers, Constellation Energy's High Desert Power Project and Seminole Electric's Payne Creek Generating Station, share their experiences in switching to Siemens' SPPA-T3000 to enhance their existing controls systems as well as reach higher operating and economic goals. more

Web-based SPPA-T3000 introduces freedom and security in power plant technology. This new system delivers enhanced plant performance and increased efficiency. more

With Siemens' SPPA-T3000, today's power plants finally have a control system with a potential expandable life cycle span comparable to the plant itself, requiring the least future capital investment for plant owners.

Siemens' revolutionary SPPA-D3000 suite is capable of allowing users to better detect potential significant events in a power plant, sooner than through using other diagnostic systems. more

Siemens Energy Inc. has been awarded a service program order for the Klamath Energy cogeneration plant in Klamath Falls, Oregon, including combustion turbine parts and service, generator rewinds and modernization upgrades, an inlet heating system, a combustion dynamic protection system (CDPS) and the innovative SPPA-T3000 control system. The upgrades are expected to be completed by mid-2010. more

Siemens Energy has been awarded contracts from Arizona Public Service (APS), Granite Ridge Energy LLC and Constellation Energy to upgrade the controls at their respective power generating facilities with the installation of the Siemens Power Plant Automation T3000 (SPPA-T3000) system. The new controls are expected to improve plant operation, maintainability and reliability. more

Siemens Energy is to install the web-based SPPA-T3000 distributed control system at Carneys Point Generating Plant in New Jersey, Redding Power Plant in California, Syracuse Generating Facility and Beaver Falls Generating Facility, both in New York. The controls systems will be integrated into an easy-to-use platform, which will help to optimize the operations and maintenance sequences. more

Siemens Energy is to supply four simple cycle gas turbine packages, including the innovative SPPA-T3000 control system, for the Cleveland County generating plant in North Carolina to provide higher levels of operating flexibility, low start-up emissions and fast start-up capabilities. more

Siemens Energy has successfully installed the innovative SPPA-T3000 control system at the New Harquahala Generating Company (NHGC) in Tonopah, Arizona. The SPPA-T3000 was selected because it is compliant with the latest NERC CIP requirements and features a secured java-enabled interface, which is easy for plant operators to use and access at anytime from any location. more

Siemens' offers the SPPA-3000 simulator tool for training operating personnel by replicating the real plant using the original engineering data and real-time behavior of the power plant. more

Siemens awarded a contract to supply key components, including the innovative SPPA-T3000 control system, for Great River Energy (GRE) in Elk River, Minnesota. more

Siemens PG teams up with Zolo Technologies Inc. to introduce innovative combustion optimization solutions for coal-fired power plants. These solutions will reduce harmful emissions and will increase the efficiency of the generation process. more

Siemens Newsflash Siemens Power Generation installed the state-of-the-art SPPA-T3000 control station, the first fully web-based system, in Bergen Generating Station in Ridgefield, NJ, and the Desert Basin Generating Station in Casa Grande, AZ. The upgrades will improve the units' reliability and availability and help extend the life of the plants. more