The Siemens Group
provides with the state of art technology that
adds value to customers. The group has been largest provider of Industry automation and
leading edge technology enabled solutions. Siemens operated on core
business segments of energy, Healthcare, Infrastructure. And with all these
accolades attached to the group they have
decided to go for a world record venture
to add more feathers to their already decorated cap.
They decided to
create a windmill emitting
light through a light emitting
diodes. The windmill was christened ‘The
Siemens Superstar’ measured more than 70 meters wide and carried 9000 light emitting diodes to set a
new dimension to celebrating Christmas
in a Technologically superior way. The Siemens Superstar is a pioneering
technological project and an important symbol for the Global Climate Conference
in Copenhagen. Loscher the Chief
Executive of Siemens felt it was
important to pursue green initiatives
for sustainable development and better
future .So this was one of the finest
to be offered from the techie industrial giant.And if we are to spill
the beans Siemens has developed the unique project with Munich Multimedia artist Michael Pendry.
So having come from the tech savvy German
shores this one really proved it is far superior in the technological sphere. They
were working on the project for the
past more than a year.
Further it was implemented
with the support of the Stadtwerke München (Munich City Utilities), the lighting
installation consists of 9,000 light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from Siemens' Osram subsidiary. Munich has a new landmark for the Christmas season. It stands
for renewable energies and energy efficiency – and these are also important
issues for Munich. And it was a genuine effort of Munich city to meet all its energy requirements from
renewable sources of energy and this
project was one of the steps in this direction. The Largest Revolving Christmas Star is as bright as around
20,000 Christmas candles, the entire installation uses only as much electricity
as a hair dryer or two electric water kettles. Nearly 400 meters
of power cables were laid for installation — a length that would reach over the
top of the Eiffel Tower. In
good weather, the art object can be seen for 30 kilometers. At night the visual
effect is awesome and because of getting a lot of positive feedback, Siemens
extended the installation until January 6, 2010. The Christmas season lasts
until Epiphany. And the star is now going to be lit up throughout the entire
period.
The
star’s lighting installation adds 100 kilos to each rotor blade. The LEDs are
fastened to the wind turbine blades with the same kind of superglue that is
used in space, since under windy conditions the LEDs are subject to forces up
to 20 G, or more than three times the g-force experienced by an astronaut
during a rocket launch.
And after reading all this information if you
happen to visit Munich we intimate you
that you could find the Siemens Superstar near Allianz Arena on the
A9 Highway leading to Munich if you are driving down from the airport.
The Largest revolving Christmas Star was set by the Siemens
Superstar at Munich, Germany on December 24,2009.
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