The technology group Wärtsilä will provide the engines, propellers, and control system for a new, large-size hopper dredger being built by the Netherlands-based shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Group. The vessel has been ordered by Cemex UK, a leading supplier of building materials. The order with Wärtsilä was booked in March. Wärtsilä will prepare the engines…
The technology group Wärtsilä and Norwegian Wilhelmsen Ship Management, a Wilhelmsen group company, have signed a 5-year agreement covering the maintenance of exhaust gas cleaning systems installed in three vessels managed by Wilhelmsen Ship Management. The agreement ensures that the vessels are fully MARPOL compliant and can fulfil the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) new, stricter…
Wärtsilä collaborates with PIER71 in strengthening the maritime start-up ecosystem. PIER71 is an industry-wide acceleration programme setup by Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore, NUS Enterprise, in support of the Sea Transport Industry Transformation Map. Wärtsilä and PIER71 are testing how Wärtsilä’s Venture model…
The technology group Wärtsilä is leading the way to the power industry’s transformation towards a future that utilises 100 percent renewable energy. In announcing its vision for the energy market, Wärtsilä is making a call to action since the technologies required to achieve this vision are already available. The energy sector is changing for all…
Wind power is highly competitive in Finland without subsidies. In the coming years, significant amounts of market-based wind power will be built in Finland, which will change the Finnish electricity system. Wärtsilä Energy Solutions has modelled the Finnish electricity system and calculated capacity, electricity production and system costs. Based on the results Wärtsilä estimates the…
The technology group Wärtsilä introduces a new hybrid solar PV and storage solution. Wärtsilä Hybrid Solar integrates solar PV generation and storage to deliver a true “renewables as baseload” solution that is not only climate-friendly, increases resilience and efficiencies but can be supported by a power producer’s existing grid infrastructure. Hybrid Solar will allow utilities…
Wärtsilä donates new Seabins to Hanko and Rauma The technology group Wärtsilä donates two new Seabins to Hanko and Rauma. These new locations were selected through applications in a contest held during May 2018. From all the participants, Hanko’s Guest Port (Oy HSF Marine AB) and the City of Rauma were selected as winners of…
Seoul, South Korea and Helsinki, Finland, — The technology group Wärtsilä and Hyundai Motor Group have signed a technology and commercial partnership designed to utilize second-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries towards the growing energy storage market. The global partnership will combine Hyundai’s expansion in electric vehicles, with Wärtsilä’s growing energy business, which includes 67 GW…
Mr Javier Cavada Camino, President of Energy Solutions, Executive Vice President and member of the Board of Management will leave Wärtsilä to become President & CEO of the London-based energy storage company Highview Power on 30 September 2018 at the latest. Wärtsilä has started the process to appoint a successor for Mr Cavada to lead…
Fast-track delivery of Wärtsilä gas fired power plant will help alleviate Myanmar’s electricity shortage in Kyaukse The technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to provide the generating equipment for a new gas-fired power plant needed to alleviate the shortage of electricity in Myanmar. The power plant will operate on eight Wärtsilä 50SG gas-fuelled engines, and…
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