Siemens to invest in gas turbine test centre

14 December 2011: Siemens is investing Euros 66 million to build a combustion test centre for gas turbines near Berlin.

The proposed test center will commence operation in 2014. It will have three cells for investigating combustion processes of burners under real-life operating conditions. The significance of the Berlin site is reflected by Siemens' decision to invest more than 70 million euros there in three major modernization programmes. The company has renovated its test facility in Berlin-Moabit, in which fully assembled gas turbines are tested under actual power plant conditions. A new drilling station for gas turbine casing parts has also been installed and a new production shop for gas turbine blades set up.

Source: Hindu Business Line