SIEMENS SA

Their core work

Siemens SA is the Portuguese subsidiary of Siemens, contributing industrial technology and building energy management expertise to EU-funded innovation actions. Their H2020 involvement centers on energy flexibility systems, smart grid integration, and building energy optimization — primarily as a third-party contributor bringing real-world infrastructure and deployment capabilities. They bridge digital technologies (BIM, ICT platforms, 5G connectivity) with energy system challenges, acting as an industrial validation partner in large demonstration consortia.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their early H2020 work (2015-2017) focused on energy storage for buildings (SENSIBLE) and large-scale electricity grid flexibility (EU-SysFlex), centered on regulation, market design, and cross-border energy coordination. From 2018 onward, they broadened into connected mobility (5G-MOBIX) and added a digital dimension to building energy work through BIM and smart readiness indicators (SATO). The shift shows a move from pure energy infrastructure toward digitally-enabled building and mobility systems.

Siemens SA is moving toward smart building technologies that combine energy optimization with digital tools like BIM, suggesting future interest in digital twin and smart readiness projects.

How they like to work

Siemens SA operates almost exclusively as a third-party or supporting participant — never as a coordinator. They join large consortia (150 unique partners across their portfolio) where they provide industrial validation, infrastructure access, or deployment expertise rather than leading research direction. This makes them a low-risk, plug-in partner for consortia needing a major industrial name and real-world testing capability in Portugal.

Despite limited direct project participation, Siemens SA connects to 150 unique consortium partners across 24 countries, reflecting the large-scale Innovation Actions they join. Their network is pan-European with no visible geographic concentration beyond Portugal as a home base.

What sets them apart

As a major industrial company's Portuguese arm, Siemens SA offers something few academic or SME partners can: access to real building and energy infrastructure for demonstration and validation at scale. Their value in consortia is not research output but industrial credibility, deployment sites, and the ability to test solutions in operational environments. For coordinators building Innovation Actions that need an industrial end-user in Portugal, they are a well-connected and proven choice.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EU-SysFlex
  Major pan-European energy flexibility project spanning 2017-2022, addressing electricity market design and cross-border grid integration across multiple countries.
• SATO
  Most recent and highest-funded project (EUR 196,000), combining BIM with building energy optimization — signals their current strategic direction.
• 5G-MOBIX
  Their only non-energy project, exploring 5G for cross-border automated mobility — shows capability beyond their core energy domain.