We’re excited to announce that The Switch will be participating as part of the BEMAC stand at Posidonia 2026 in Athens, Greece from June 1–5, 2026. Join us at our stand 4.101 / 16 / Hall 4 to discover our latest innovations in marine electrification and power electronics – and meet our team to discuss…
At the beginning of March, The Switch participated in the three-day WattsUp 2026 conference in Mallorca, hosted by the Maritime Battery Forum. The event brought together battery suppliers, system integrators, shipyards and classification societies to discuss the latest developments in maritime battery technology and related equipment. The conference covered a wide range of topics, including…
The Switch is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of Watts Up 2026, taking place on March 3–5, 2026 at the Palau de Congressors de Palma, Spain. Watts Up is a dedicated maritime battery conference hosted by the Maritime Battery Forum, bringing together leading experts shaping the future of battery-powered vessels. Now in its 12th…
As we pause to spend time with our friends and family during the holidays, I wish you many warm regards. And I hope you, too, have a chance to recharge your batteries for an electrifying new year and exciting decade ahead!
Looking at my email history, I see that the term “shaft generator” first appeared in my email conversations in May 2013. So, it has been exactly ten years to date from when we first started to think how we could utilize our permanent magnet technology originally developed for the wind industry in marine applications –…
We have delivered thousands of high-speed motors in serial production to several world leaders for their specialized turbo pump and compressors applications. Now, the same technology is introducing motors paired with drives, offering unrivaled cost and size advantages in powers of 100 to 630 kW and speeds of 6,000 to 20,000 rpm.
Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch is one of four companies in Norway to push green shipping forward by taking action in the Norwegian Catapult’s program to develop test centers.
Large Drive Test Center is moving ahead. The latest step has been to complete the special heavy-duty floor. With its unique construction, the floor can hold the weight up to 80 tons, and will weigh approximately 1 million kg.
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.
Join The Switch at SMM 2026 in Hamburg from September 1–4 at the BEMAC stand in Hall B7, Stand 535 in the Japanese Pavilion. Discover our latest permanent magnet (PM) technology for shaft generators and propulsion systems, along with our comprehensive range of marine-specific power electronics engineered to deliver performance, efficiency and reliability in demanding…
As we pause to spend time with our friends and family during the holidays, I wish you many warm regards. And I hope you, too, have a chance to recharge your batteries for an electrifying new year and exciting decade ahead!
In 2020, we launched our SRS standalone high-speed machine and the “no gear” marketing campaign. We wanted to show customers who need high rotational speed that we provide an attractive possibility to remove the complicated, low-efficiency and expensive mechanical gear from their systems. Now in 2023, there seems to be push for even further with…