New concepts for powering electric vessels

Electric & Hybrid Marine Virtual ‘Live’     Asbjørn Halsebakke from Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch highlights the trending developments in marine power electronics. This includes looking into how to tackle the challenges when electrifying large-scale projects in marine, such as hybrid or fully electric vessels where redundancy and safety must be the greatest…

New concepts for powering electric vessels

Electric & Hybrid Marine Expo USA & Canada Virtual ‘Live’ Asbjørn Halsebakke, Manager, Technical Solutions at Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch, presented new concepts for powering electric vessels and his views of how the world can become a better place to pass on to future generations. How are we prepared for the future? How are…

‘Permanent magnet’ makes propulsion technology different

– 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…

New concepts for powering vessels

Join Asbjørn Halsebakke at Electric & Hybrid Marine USA & Canada edition to hear how it is possible to build a ship today that fulfills current regulations as well as future environmental changes.

Berg accelerates drive into electric propulsion

Berg Propulsion has signed a key supplier and cooperation agreement to provide systems integration capability for Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch permanent magnet and power electronics products.

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Future Energy Solutions – “already proven”

At the recent Future Energy Solutions Conference, Mikko Lönnberg presented several marine cases that demonstrate “The future is now” when it comes to using proven technology to help shipowners fulfill current regulations and comply with future environmental changes.

A closer look at The Switch PM machine

Take a closer look as Michiel Bosch and Jussi Puranen present The Switch permanent magnet machine. This specially designed machine for shaft generators and propulsion offers vessels unprecedented benefits.