DigiHub Barcelona

Decarbonization and Digitalization are the primary challenges in the energy sector today. At DigiHub Barcelona, Siemens Energy experts and customers, together with universities and start-ups can co-innovate to create new business models, implement digital solutions and tackle the challenges in the path to decarbonization.

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Who we are

DigiHub Barcelona is a space for open dialogue and new ideas, encouraging collaboration between companies, universities and start-ups and thereby creating an environment favorable to innovation.

Our open and digital mindset makes us the right partner for our customers in both Digitalization and Energy Transition, focusing on their challenges and needs through a holistic, consultative approach using proven methodologies.

In the very sense of being a “hub”, we are the nexus when it comes to Digitalization and Decarbonization in the energy sector. We connect the right subject matter experts and act as an innovation center that actively drives the advancement of digital and decarbonization solutions. 

Since the creation of the DigiHub in 2018, we bring together Siemens Energy businesses, startups and energy experts under one roof. We are part of the global network of Siemens Energy DigiHubs, leading the holistic and consultative methodology approach and actively supporting customers in regions Europe and Africa.

At the Digital Hub in Barcelona, tomorrow's digital solutions will be developed in direct collaboration with our customers in the energy sector. It provides the ideal environment to co-create innovative digital solutions tailored to the needs of the industry.
Oliver Pozo, Director of #DigiHubBarcelona

What we do

Customer Journey

At the DigiHub, we work side-by-side with our Customers on their Digitalization and Decarbonization Journey through innovative engagements, such as Showcasings, Discovery Sessions and Design Thinking or Co-Creation Workshops.

 

We jointly explore the needs and challenges of our customers in all relevant topics of importance regarding Digitalization and Energy Transition, by involving the right decision-makers and experts from both our customers and Siemens Energy.

 

Engagements

Showcasings

We provide immersive showcasing experiences of our solutions for Digitalization and Energy Transition at the DigiHub in Barcelona or in a hybrid setting remotely.

 

From live demos and videos, all the way to augmented and virtual reality, our visitors get the opportunity to try Siemens Energy’s cutting-edge innovative solutions. Join us at the DigiHub and visit a 3D-scanned plant or touch a virtual turbine!

Experience

Data Science Hub

Our Data Science team is working with our customers on the forefront of innovative digital technologies, encompassing a wide range of skills and projects. Using advanced predictive models and insightful visualization tools, they can add value to a variety of business areas, from increasing technical equipment efficiency to providing precise information for optimal decision making.

 

DigiHub Barcelona is also supporting R&D and university collaborations in the field of Artificial Intelligence, namely with PhD researchers, expanding the horizons for the future prospects of digitalization in the energy sector.

Innovation

Startups

Benefiting from an environment favorable to innovation, we are engaged in start-up collaboration and constantly seek new development opportunities. We also developed our own energy market place platform, enabling P2P energy transactions based on blockchain.

Disruption

Why Barcelona?

Siemens Energy has chosen Barcelona as the headquarters of this digital solutions center because it is one of the largest hubs for innovation and start-ups in Europe.

The city benefits from a broad ecosystem of start-ups, first-class R&D laboratories, international customers, and the ability to attract regional and international talent.

 

Located at the crossing point between our customers in Europe and Africa, Barcelona is the ideal place to host Siemens Energy’s DigiHub. Running a nice working space environment to receive teams in a smart, zero emissions building, you can come over and check us out, or rather get a hybrid or fully digital session with us.

Engagements

Customer Journey

The DigiHub is “making real what matters” with our proven methodology based on absolute customer centricity to guide our customers on their journey towards digitalization and decarbonization.
Customer needs are at the center of our workshops; the DigiHub engages the right partners for each discussion.

Our interactive workshops are engaging experiences to openly share ideas and think out-of-the box by jointly exploring key pain points and identifying prioritized areas for collaboration. Our customer journeys are tailor-made for each customer and supported by Siemens Energy subject matter experts. We work hand in hand to identify the most suitable solutions that fit current and future needs and to explore, develop and co-create innovative digital solutions.

 

Under the premise of absolute transparency, we bring the right knowledge into the discussion to solve problems and overcome challenges – involving our customers and Siemens Energy digitalization and energy transition experts right from the start.

Customer Success Stories

Creation of a Unified Remote-Control Center

  • DigiHub Barcelona brought in Siemens Energy experts to team up with a major European utility that operates several combined cycle power plants.

  • The Design Thinking workshop facilitated by the DigiHub Customer Journey experts explored ways of unifying the operation of geographically separated power plants in one central point of control, respecting the requirement of redundancy for safety reasons.

  • The workshop led to the creation of a Unified Remote-Control Center, encompassing several control systems from different OEMs.

CSP Anomaly Detection Prototype

  • Siemens Energy experts and DigiHub Barcelona teamed up with a CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) operator that manages several plants across the world to look into data analytics.

  • The Discovery Session revealed a need for a custom-made solution for Anomaly Detection, as software available on the market couldn’t respond to the specific needs of the customer. 

  • Consequently, the Siemens Energy team and customer data scientists co-created a rapid prototype for Anomaly Detection within a week’s time and developed a roadmap for further digital developments. 

3D-Printing of a  part nearing obsolescence

  • A major European nuclear energy provider reached out to our DigiHub to explore the possibilities of 3D-printing.

  • The joint Discovery Session between the customer and our experts held at the DigiHub in Barcelona shed light on potential collaboration areas regarding the technology and the team identified a part threatened by obsolescence to be 3D-printed.

  • Consequently, a non-OEM part nearing obsolescence was reverse engineered, successfully printed and installed on site for further performance monitoring. 

And many other examples of innovative out-of-the box results

Experience

Showcasings

Want to get a first-hand experience of Siemens Energy’s digitalization and decarbonization solutions? Come visit us in person at the DigiHub in Barcelona or get in touch to organize a remote hybrid session. Our showcases cover a broad range of available solutions, from demos and videos on Remote Services, Data Analytics, 3D-Printing to Virtual and Augmented Reality. Take the opportunity to experience the latest innovative solutions for Digitalization and Energy Transition with your own eyes!
Turbine and Augmented Reality at DigiHub Barcelona
Showcasing event with digital experts
VR app with headset at DigiHub Barcelona
Terrace at DigiHub Barcelona
Digital Hub 2
Innovation

Data Science Hub

At the DigiHub, our team of data scientists are pushing forward cutting-edge projects involving artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve predictive maintenance algorithms and advanced visualization tools.

University collaboration

To ensure that we are continuously at the forefront of scientific research, our Data Science Hub has established strong collaborations with universities and is sponsoring the investigations of multiple PhDs to develop advanced models in data analytics. 

Data visualization

Joining diverse sets of data from power plants in a simple visualization tool we are able to detect operation anomalies at a glance such as anomaly detection or operation monitoring.

Predictive maintenance

Using sensor data from energy systems and IoT technology, we are able to predict future maintenance events of on-site machinery before failure happens, avoiding unplanned downtime and propelling an increase in operating efficiency and logistic precision.

Disruption

Startups

Benefiting from an environment favorable to innovation, we are engaged in start-up collaboration and constantly seek new development opportunities. Siemens Energy also has its own blockchain startup developed by our spanish team, an innovative peer-to-peer platform for renewable energy transactions: e-ing3ni@, that has been developed in less than a year!

This blockchain platform acts as a marketplace between producers and retailers and enables users to buy green electricity at the best price.

 

Its objective is to increase the decision-making power of end consumers within the electricity market and make different purchase options available to them. In this way, the consumers can choose the type of energy that they want to consume, purchasing in advance their energy source. In addition, this system stands out for the transparency and traceability of the electricity provided.

Contact

Contact us to kick-start your journey towards Digitalization and Decarbonization!

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