This July, we will be delivering our 500th medium-speed permanent magnet generator for wind. This special milestone PMM 1500 generator will be heading to an offshore location where the wind is plentiful.
Another calendar year is almost complete, and it is soon time for a well-deserved holiday break. The past year has been very exciting for The Switch. We have received a lot of new shaft generator orders from several system integrator customers, including a number of new customers. These orders have made us clearly a leading…
Today, we are on a mission to help transform the marine industry to cut fuel costs and emissions by creating energy sustainably, containing energy effectively and consuming energy responsibly. Here are five technologies that our system integrator and OEM partners can use to do so.
The Switch has provided PowerWind with 900 kW, 1500 rpm and 2.5 MW, 1650 rpm PMG and FPC packages. With the provision of those generator and converter packages PowerWind was able to gain fast access from solar business into the wind market. The 900 kW, 1500 rpm and 2.5 MW, 1650 rpm generator and converter packages meet…
Permanent magnet machines for marine applications The Switch permanent magnet machines provide maximum flexibility by operating seamlessly as both generators and propulsion motors. Engineered specifically for diverse vessel types, they enable efficient and reliable power transmission while minimizing mechanical complexity. Additionally, we extensively test all permanent magnet machines at our Large Drive Test Center to…
The Switch has been selected to deliver 5 PMM2000 permanent magnet (PM) shaft generators for the world’s largest 24,000 TEU newbuild container vessels. The first delivery is scheduled for Q4 2025. “Thanks to the success of the shipowner’s 14,000 and 16,000 TEU projects, they decided to continue cooperation with The Switch for their latest 24,000…
The Switch received orders for six permanent magnet (PM) shaft generators to be installed on newbuild methanol-powered containerships. The first PMM2000M will be delivered in Q2 2025. The new vessels will be ready for commissioning in 2026 and 2027. “This order for the world’s most advanced high-power permanent magnet shaft generators is part of the…
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…
– An interview with Mr. Jonas Nyberg, Managing Director West, Berg Propulsion, and Dr. Jussi Puranen, Head of Product Line, Electric Machines, The Switch. By Zhao Bo, Journalist with China Ship Survey Although permanent magnet (PM) machines were invented more than 100 years ago, they haven’t been used in megawatt-class applications until the past few…
As we come to the end of this calendar year, it is a good time to look back on our achievements and the major happenings of 2020.
In 2018, the offshore wind market grew by 0.5% to 4.49 GW of new installations, and the total installed wind capacity saw an increase of 9.6% compared to the end of 2017. So, what kind of effect this had on our ongoing production efforts?
Conventional combined heat and power (CHP) systems have typically used externally excited synchronous generators or squirrel cage induction generators to produce electrical power. However, this era of using induction generators in CHP systems is ending, as the systems cannot provide electricity during outages and the so-called “black start” feature is missing. Also, while synchronous generators…