Beautiful architecture and inspiring design characterize Finspång’s new healthcare center in Sweden where unique art can be found among the common areas but also on the walls of the building structure The project has received the award Miljöbyggnad Silver where they have worked a lot on a construction technology that has a long lifespan Energy savings have been made through solar panels that are located on the roof and an outstanding glass and aluminum facade can be found in the health center’s courtyards SAPA has delivered facades and doors in recycled Hydro CIRCAL aluminum Already early in the planning process around Finspång healthcare center there were many factors that would be involved in maintaining all the advanced requirements and authority’s that exist in today’s society The health center had to satisfy all material- What came out of this became something completely unique where the expression “close care” occurs in all corridors A strong collaboration with competent and experienced individuals has created a high level of commitment to the project since many live in or near Finspång The building covers approximately 17,000 square meters and is divided into five floors where they have: a childcare center investigation unit and outpatient department are explaining the importance of having many different departments close to each other and that patients can receive complete care at the healthcare center without having to seek care in another city – Directly from the entrance hall you reach the health square there are also four combi rooms that function as reception hotels rooms that can be booked by clinics that do not have regular operations in Finspång where patients can be offered a visit here instead of having to go to the hospital in another city research has shown that the experience of stress in hospitals is reduced and that it can contribute to a healthier and more caring environment An important factor for the care staff is to have a well-planned and attractive work environment to enjoy their everyday work Which the design of Finspång healthcare center has succeeded in where the environment radiates harmony and inspiration By having calm and bright color shades combined with background walls that have accent colors and elements of wood in the interior the harmonious feeling that exists in the design is emphasized Conscious art has been placed where visitors staff and patients are in as much as possible to stop and generate inspiration that creates unique experiences in the healthcare center’s premises but it also interacts with the building construction through the walls Focus on the project’s lifespan with environmentally friendly materials and energy savings The healthcare staff’s company cars run by electricity and can easily be charged in the healthcare center’s parking lot which simplifies and benefits both the environment and the staff Finspång health care center is exposed with 600 panels with solar cells located on the roof and the expected electricity production is 160,000 kWh per year which corresponds to the electricity needs for about 32 single-family homes The beautiful courtyards provide dynamism and differ from the hospital environment An outstanding glass and aluminum façade also adorns the courtyards The environmental aspect of the project is at a high level where they have worked hard with energy savings and material selection Arkitema wanted to combine this to create a sustainable and favorable construction that will have a long lifespan – The healthcare center has a white terrazzo-façade in the upper levels and a glass-/ aluminum façade in the lower levels The building is classified Miljöbyggnad silver and has solar cells on a large part of the roof and on the south facade of the fan room strengthening patient safety and working with construction technology that has a long lifespan are some of the principles that guided the project One of the materials used in the project is SAPAs aluminum façade and doors in Hydro CIRCAL which is an aluminum alloy with at least 75% proportion of recycled aluminum from glass facades and windows that have been dismantled from buildings and are thus completely recycled This has been delivered to the project by GlasLindberg SAPA-products:  Façade SAPA 4150 and Doors SAPA 2086 Sapa is a Hydro brand that offers complete aluminium profile systems in the business areas of Building Systems Products from Sapa are recognised for their Scandinavian simplicity There are no statistics available for this player Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Some are necessary and we can’t switch them off Others help us to provide you with the best possible service We use cookies to personalise content and ads to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic We also share anonymous information about your use of our site with our social media By accepting cookies you will be helping us to continue to provide you with the best possible service Siemens Energy recently hosted an interesting debate on the future of gas turbines in the evolving global energy mix a member of Siemens Energy’s Executive Board discussed a forecast on the gas market for energy production based on data from IHS Markit According to the latest analysis done in 2021 the global gas gross capacity addition might reach 65 GW in 2030 Some trends in the energy market have also been pinpointed the growth in distributed power installations An increased demand for electric heat pumps has been observed especially to decarbonize coal-based district heating and cooling and industrial processes There is also an accelerated coal-to-gas shift with central power generation in areas such as Asia a growth in installed power is driven by the need for backup for more renewable energy coming onto the grids Gas turbines for power generation are ready for the challenge posed by new energy trends and will be able to cope with the requirements of a carbon-free energy production he showed how the Siemens Energy gas turbine portfolio is already well on the way to co-firing capability Several types of Siemens Energy turbines can already be powered with a hydrogen mix well beyond 50% and the SGT-A35 turbine can already use 100% hydrogen with Wet Low Emission (WLE) burners SGT-700 and SGT-800 can already accept up to 75% hydrogen co-firing “Our complete gas turbine portfolio will be 100% hydrogen ready by 2030,” Amin said Some turbine types will be 100% hydrogen-ready earlier All of the company’s medium-size gas turbines using third-generation Dry Low Emission (DLE) burners and produced in Finspång – the SGT-800 SGT-700 and SGT-600 – are expected to reach that level by 2025 and managing director of Siemens Energy Sweden explained how even gas turbines can be a renewable technology when fueled with green hydrogen Siemens Energy has a few co-firing pilot installations on the market The facility is capable of up to 60% hydrogen co-firing with 25 ppm NOx emissions It is composed of two SGT-600 gas turbines with Siemens Energy’s third-generation DLE combustion system DLE grants fuel cost savings with high levels of hydrogen and no need for water injection as well as lowest emissions The Stockholm Exergi plant in Sweden is the reference for biodiesel and will be ready for commercial operation on 100% biofuel in 2025 Composed of one SGT-800 gas turbine with a diesel generator for black start the plant is meant to supply fast-starting dispatchable power with black start capability to secure electricity for the city of Stockholm at all times The plant will be operated on liquid green biodiesel enabling the operator Stockholm Exergi to reach its target of becoming climate positive by 2025 Gas turbines are an important pillar of any future energy mix as rotating equipment is necessary in grids with a high percentage of electricity produced from wind and solar power to support the grid balance power fluctuations and for peak shaving Gas turbines also have an important role in combined heat and power (CHP) supply for island and local grids as spinning reserve or for black starts Siemens Energy is also exploring operation with other green fuels – cracked ammonia hydrogenated vegetable oils (HVOs) and Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) Co-firing capability with cracked ammonia is already a reality key to developments in green fuels is the adoption of DLE burners for advanced combustion systems Siemens Energy is developing the technology with the aid of advanced CAE tools that provide an automated optimized design and the use of additive manufacturing for rapid prototyping which the company said is a game changer for introducing sophisticated designs and dramatically reducing time to market Finspång is home to two dedicated Siemens Energy Additive Manufacturing workshops one for R&D and one for serial production DLE burners will undergo atmospheric combustion rig testing in Finspång followed by combustion rig testing at real gas turbine conditions in Siemens Energy’s Combustion Test Center in Berlin The last step will be final tests on a full engine burning green fuels in Finspång An important aspect to keep in mind concerning the use of green fuels – and one that’s often overlooked – is the need to certify green fuels throughout their whole life Siemens Energy’s senior service sales specialist explained the company’s Clean Energy Certificates initiative “Ensuring that energy production really comes from renewable sources is a main concern,” she said “especially considering that producing and using carbon-neutral energy will be mandatory to operate in 2050.” Michalke stressed the urgent need for digital certification systems in addition to a void in cross-sector certification so any actor in the process proves its net-zero status with Clean Energy certificates that can be precisely traced end-to-end Siemens Energy’s Clean Energy Certificates initiative is carried out with partner ecosystem and with the collaboration of the certification bodies TÜV Süd and dena (Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH) The first application of Clean Energy Certification is the Haru Oni project in Chile where green e-fuel will be produced for industry partners such as Porsche To foster its R&D efforts toward a carbon-zero energy mix Siemens Energy has installed a Zero Emission Hydrogen Turbine Center (ZEHTC) in the Finspång plant funded by the European Union and six consortium partners sustainability strategist and product positioning expert explained that the turbine center uses electricity produced by the gas turbine testing center in the Finspång facility along with electricity from photovoltaic panels The power is used to produce hydrogen with an electrolyzer The hydrogen is used by Siemens Energy for testing purposes and can also be stored on site in dedicated tanks The system is completed by a battery stack to store excess electricity when not immediately used Lyckström said that the purpose of the ZEHTC is research and to demonstrate an independent and zero-carbon electricity production system to supply zero-carbon electricity to a city of 250 000 inhabitants in a wind-based energy system it would require 600 MW of wind power and 300 MW solar power to provide electricity directly to the city grid Those would also feed surplus energy to electrolyzers to produce green hydrogen for use in a CHP plant with 89 MW power output (based on an SGT-800 turbine) To cover the longer periods without sun and wind this plant would have approximately 100 starts per year Energy storage batteries with a capacity of 320 MWh would be needed to address shorter-term energy needs and a hydrogen storage system would also be required Assuming a system with these characteristics 80% of the electricity for the city’s 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Siemens reports its gas turbines business has opened the first workshop for metal 3D printing in Sweden an $23.8-million (SEK 200 million) investment where Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB is headquartered will produce and repair parts for industrial gas turbines It will employ about 20 engineers and machine operators we can develop new and improved components and repairs for example burner tips to serve our industrial gas turbine SGT-800 significantly faster,” said Thorbjorn Fors Siemens’ global business director for Distributed Generation we will shorten repair times from months to weeks It is an important step in our ability to respond to the needs of our customers.” GE Aviation launched 3D printing on a similar scale in 2014 producing gas nozzles for the LEAP turbofan jet engine Siemens’ announcement did not indicate the metallic materials being processed It indicated it will use the workshop to create prototype parts as well as produce products and repair worn or damaged parts its 3DP manufacturing operation reduces lead time for relevant parts up to 90% compared to the standard production processes (e.g. and the prototyping capabilities can shorten product development cycles and establish new design potentialities in terms of product shapes and internal complexity "Siemens is at the forefront in Sweden and the world of additive manufacturing in the development and production of advanced components in the metal to the power industry,” stated Hans Holmström The additive manufacturing process in use is a laser-sintering technology though Siemens did not identify a technology supplier the powdered alloy is deposited in a pattern defined by a CAD file built up in layers to form the final shape Each new layer of metal is fused to the preceding layer by a laser “This is a step in a long-term investment in this area where we have not yet seen all the possibilities,” CEO Holmström continued we are building up the skills and experience that can lead to new ideas and developments in the field.” Robert Brooks has been a business-to-business reporter specializing in the primary metal and basic manufacturing industries Nordic News and Business Promotion in Asia Siemens has received its first order from China for four gas turbines of type SGT-800 manufactured in the Swedish cities Finspång and Trollhättan The turbines will be installed in in pairs in two power plants for the production of electricity and heat in the cities Baode and Xiyang in Shanxi Province The two plants will together have a total capacity of 308 megawatts (MW) Customer Shanxi Natural Gas Company Limited which is owned by Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development Group Co. Siemens scope of supply includes four gas turbines of type SGT-800 with an output of 54 MW auxiliary systems as well as installation and commissioning “This is an important breakthrough for the SGT-800 in the Chinese market where small-scale energy production with a focus on natural gas right now is growing strongly,” says Hans Holmström CEO of Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB Siemens has sold a total of 297 copies of the SGT-800 and the total fleet has achieved almost four million operating hours The new power output of 54MW is the result of small modifications to some of the turbine section components with more efficient cooling and improved surface coatings With its high reliability and high efficiency the total life cycle cost is low and the environmental impact minimal In accordance with China’s twelfth five-year plan big focus is currently placed on developing a decentralized energy market both power plants will use a form of natural gas with high hydrogen content The choice fell on the SGT-800 thanks to its high fuel flexibility low emissions levels with the new improved efficiency in combined cycle operation Freelance business and lifestyle photojournalist and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" The rate at which people are moving out of small towns in Sweden in favor of cities is higher than in any other country in Europe according to the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions Finspång in Östergötland County - about two hours south of Stockholm - has succeeded in turning around the depopulation trend Finspång residents have seen their local taxes hiked twice in recent years "It's connected to increased costs and investments," he told Swedish Radio Even though the technology group Siemens has hired almost 3,000 people in Finspång over the past five years the municipality is hemorrhaging financially Investments in initiatives to attract new residents and visitors such as the construction of a new water park and increased costs to care for the elderly have prompted the municipality to raise local taxes twice in three years According to the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions 24 municipalities raised their taxes last year plus weekly summary on Fridays at 4.30pm on P2 (P6 89.6FM in Stockholm) Kontakta gärna Sveriges Radios forum för teknisk support där vi besvarar dina frågor vardagar kl