SIEMENS PLC

Their core work

Siemens PLC is the UK arm of the global Siemens group, contributing industrial automation, energy management, and smart infrastructure expertise to European research projects. In H2020, they focused on smart city demonstrators, demand response in buildings, smart grid integration, and IoT-enabled energy systems. Their contributions typically involve deploying and testing Siemens technologies — building management systems, grid automation platforms, and predictive control tools — within large-scale urban pilot projects across Europe.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2015–2016, Siemens PLC entered H2020 through large smart city demonstrators (Triangulum, Sharing Cities) focused on zero-energy districts, citizen co-creation, and integrated urban infrastructure. By 2016–2018, their focus shifted toward more technical, grid-level work — smart grid integration, demand response optimization, IoT-enabled energy platforms, and predictive control systems (inteGRIDy, Ruggedised). The trajectory shows a move from broad urban demonstration toward specific digital energy management technologies.

Siemens PLC has been moving from showcase-style smart city projects toward deeper technical work on grid automation and IoT-based energy management — expect future interest in digital twins, predictive grid control, and building-to-grid integration.

How they like to work

Siemens PLC operates exclusively as a participant or third party — never as coordinator — which is typical for a large industrial partner contributing technology and infrastructure rather than managing project administration. They work in large consortia (178 unique partners across 19 countries), consistent with the major Innovation Action projects they join. This suggests they are reliable technology providers who bring industrial-grade solutions to consortium pilots rather than driving the research agenda.

Siemens PLC has collaborated with 178 unique partners across 19 countries, giving them one of the broader networks in the UK energy research landscape. Their partnerships span Western and Northern Europe heavily, reflecting the geography of the smart city demonstrator projects they joined.

What sets them apart

As a subsidiary of the Siemens Group, they bring industrial-scale technology deployment capabilities that most research partners cannot match — real building management systems, grid automation hardware, and IoT platforms ready for pilot deployment. Their value in a consortium is not research output but the ability to test and validate project results using production-grade Siemens infrastructure. For consortium builders, they offer credibility with reviewers and the practical means to move from lab results to real-world demonstration.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Triangulum
  Largest single grant at EUR 4.19M — a flagship smart city demonstrator across three European cities with strong replication ambitions.
• inteGRIDy
  Most technically focused project in their portfolio, centering on smart grid cross-functional optimization with demand response, predictive control, and visual analytics.
• DR-BOB
  Second-largest funding (EUR 1.34M) with a tight focus on demand response in building blocks — directly applicable to commercial building energy management.