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.
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.
The Switch announced the official opening of its new headquarters in Helsinki. The new location will maintain the company’s ability to meet the needs of its stakeholders.
Did you know that about 90% of global trade is transported by marine shipping? And shipping is statistically “the least environmentally damaging mode of transport when its productive value is taken into consideration,” according to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). But even the least environmentally damaging mode of transport can be made more sustainable. Marine…
On May 26th, we had our yearly Summer Camp staff party in Finland, where almost 110 employees gathered together in Vaasa. During the day, everyone enjoyed western-themed games and activities in the sunshine. In the evening, we had a delicious dinner by the ocean and danced until our feet hurt. It was nice to spend…
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Christmas is again around the corner, and we have started the last quarter of our fiscal year. Although we are living in difficult times, there are several things we can celebrate during the short Christmas break ahead. We have built our first PMM2000 marine shaft generators and are about to start testing them in Lappeenranta.…
Canada Steamship Lines (“CSL”), a division of The CSL Group, announced that its latest newbuild self-unloading vessel, MV Nukumi, was named Bulk Ship of the Year 2022 last Monday evening at the prestigious International Bulk Journal (“IBJ”) Awards in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch is pleased to have had a part in providing CSL with an…
You attended our second masterclass “How to secure ride-through operations in DC systems“ Stay tuned for part 3 of 3 of our Master Class: Mastering DC Distribution Our Master Class speakers Asbjørn Halsebakke, Manager Technical Solutions, Marine Teemu Heikkilä, Head of Product Line, Drives Before joining Yaskawa Environmental Energy (formerly Wärtsilä Norway AS Drives division),…
You are registered to How to connect large-scale batteries to a DC system Master Class: Part 3 of 3 Our Master Class speakers Asbjørn Halsebakke, Manager Technical Solutions, Marine Teemu Heikkilä, Head of Product Line, Drives Before joining Yaskawa Environmental Energy (formerly Wärtsilä Norway AS Drives division), Halsebakke worked for Aker Kværner Elektro AS in…
Wednesday, 19 October 2022 Marine business is growing We are rapidly reducing our dependency on wind by growing our marine product business. We have received repeat orders for our largest direct-drive permanent magnet (PM) shaft generators and have extended our sales channels with new system integrators. We have also received the first orders for our…