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On January 1, the IMO 2020 rule went into effect, reducing the amount of sulfur allowed in marine fuels to 0.5%. With over 170 countries on board, the benefits should add up quickly. But if you’re not compliant already, what’s the best way to adapt?

For us, the marine business is more conservative and complex than the wind industry where we started. Convincing the historically conventional stakeholders of the superiority of PM technology is challenging. Yet still, the progress made is great.

What if it were possible to have all the comforts of power on a superyacht while going green?
It’s a challenging endeavor, yet one that’s more and more feasible these days.

Today, two market conditions mark the ROPAX industry as ready for environmentally friendly innovations, such as permanent magnet machines. First, fuel prices have gone up.

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”?

The global maritime industry is now on the threshold of a committed move towards renewable energy, with hydrogen as the potential acid test in the shift away from fossil fuels.

Imagine being on a ship in a storm at night along a rocky coast. Then you lose all power. A total blackout! Read how Dr. Jussi Puranen describes how Yaskawa Environmental Energy has tackled the redundancy issue of ships.

If your goal is to produce, transfer and consume energy in the most efficient way, here are 5 benefits The Switch DC-Hub brings to ships.

Yaskawa Environmental Energy division provides the marine industry with the smartest solution for a multi-megawatt DC power system with The Switch DC-Hub. What it delivers is fuel and cost savings and reliability.

In this blog post, we discuss what immense benefits PM generators bring to ships, compared to traditional technologies.