Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch agrees landmark pact with Corvus Energy

Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch is set to join forces with leading maritime energy storage system (ESS) manufacturer Corvus Energy to continue the development of its smart Battery Short-Circuit Limiter (BSCL) protection device for large-scale battery solutions and advanced DC power distribution. Under the three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU), Corvus Energy becomes the preferred…

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Is IP54 a must in a wind turbine generator?

After many wild years in the wind power business, clearer targets are now being set. Most of the players have realized that instead of having the most sophisticated turbine, the more important goals are to reach a levelized cost of energy and higher amount of annual energy produced.

The industry standard has been to use totally enclosed (IP54) generators in the turbines, mainly to avoid the risk of corrosion in its different forms and also to improve the lifetime of the components. Offshore turbines face additional challenges from the sea environment in which the components in both offshore and near-shore turbines are exposed to salt water.

The Switch - Panu Kurronen, Product Manager, Generators

Order for 10 new PMM2000M shaft generators

The Switch has received a new order for 10 permanent magnet direct-drive PMM2000M shaft generators for 10,300 TEU dual-fuel container vessels. Delivery is expected in Q1 2026–Q1 2027. The PMM2000M is the largest frame size in the company’s portfolio of shaft generators. A key aspect in the design of the vessels is to use a…

Jussi Vanhanen: It’s all about annual energy production and total life-cycle costs

So Germany decided to ditch nuclear power by 2022 and largely replace the lost nuclear energy with renewables, such as wind and solar. Hurrah! We at The Switch think it is a great decision for Germany as well as for the whole wind power industry.

To shut down all of Germany’s nuclear reactors and to launch an “energy revolution” (as chancellor Merkel appropriately calls it) is a bold move. And we hope Germany will manage to set an example so that other countries will embark on this sustainable path, too.

The Switch - Jussi Vanhanen

The Tesla of the Seas  
 

Quiet yet powerful. Practical yet stylish. Fast yet environmentally responsible. The must-get automobile of the jet set, Tesla has taken the world’s highways by storm. But is there a similar craft that can conquer the oceans? What is the “Tesla of the Seas”?