In Panu Hava’s previous blog, he discussed the latest technologies and trends in high-speed electric machines in today’s market. In this blog, I would like to describe how The Switch applies these innovations and organizes its processes to successfully build premium electric motors.
On April 24, The Switch took part in the third edition of Energy House Day 2025 in Stord, Norway. Held at the cutting-edge Energy House test center, the event offered a hands-on look at groundbreaking developments in areas such as green shipping, sustainable energy systems and future fuels. This year’s event was a total full…
Over the past year, we’ve seen a steady uptick in demand for our marine products. Both product lines – power electronics and electrical machines – have received many new orders, with the increase in power electronics sales especially noticeable. This, of course, creates a positive problem: how are we going to produce everything? Until recently,…
Vard Electro, a globally recognized provider of marine electrical systems, has signed a multi-million-euro agreement with Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch to supply full DC distribution systems along with its state-of-the-art protection devices. As part of the agreement, Vard Electro will be able to serve its clients with high-end design and engineering services that…
Since the beginning of this year, new measures introduced by International Maritime Organization (IMO) – called the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and Carbon intensity Indictor (CII) – have taken effect. The purpose of these measures is to reduce the shipping industry’s greenhouse gas emissions on its path to achieve a net zero target.…
Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch featured in Norwegian Elektronikknett on Tuesday, October 11. Read the English version here. Original Norwegian version: https://www.elektronikknett.no/fra-elektronikk-kraftelektronikk-skip-og-offshore/styrer-megawatt-anlegg-pa-skip/3156332 The R&D department of Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch in Trondheim is well equipped with lab and test facilities. In this photo, William Gullvik and Terje Rogne present the new generation…
A record number of attendees and exhibitors came together last month at the Electric & Hybrid Marine Expo in Amsterdam to discuss the future of the marine industry. What a relief to be able to network face-to-face after the hiatus of the past few years! We were glad to have the chance to exchange information and catch up on important developments in person.
Over the last decade, inline PM shaft generators have become increasingly popular for large merchant vessels. Now our newest PM shaft generator PMM2000M offers the large container vessel market the same benefits of our lower-powered shaft generators.
Summer has arrived bringing us endless days and white nights. This time, due to COVID-19, the cold and dark winter has felt longer than ever before. Luckily, now we seem to be on top of this pandemic, and life is normalizing.
To further develop high-power electrical drive trains, Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch recently began a research project with Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT).
I promised you last July in my first newsletter to keep our customers in the center of all our activities. I made this promise because I really believe that key to our success as a product supplier is to support the business of our existing and new customers in all possible ways.
GWEC has released their latest global wind energy statistics. Total new installed capacity of wind energy reached 51.3 GW in 2018.