Volvo Penta successfully installed a quadruple IPS on a catamaran
Volvo Penta powered Alilauro's Giove JET, in service in the Gulf of Naples, the first passenger catamaran with a quadruple IPS 30 installation
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Volvo Penta, 17 highlights of D17 industrial genset engine
Volvo Penta’s most powerful engine – the D17 – supports the current business needs of industrial customers as well as their future demands as they navigate the energy transition towards decarbonization using renewable fuels.
Volvo Penta, Danfoss Drives and MHO-Co together for hybrid vessels
Two new advanced vessels have entered operation for MHO-Co, debuting a progression of the hybrid technology from Volvo Penta and Danfoss Drives.
Volvo Penta engines in the compressor segment with Ojus’ Power and Technologies
Ojus Power and Technologies, a prominent contender in India’s generator market, has expanded its operations into the air compressor industry with Volvo Penta, placing an order for D13 engines after recently diversifying into the air compressor segment.
Volvo Penta at Middle East Energy
Volvo Penta will showcase their battery energy storage subsystem, dual-fuel hydrogen engine and fuel cell technology at Middle East Energy (MEE).
Volvo Penta and the simple transition to HVO100
Volvo Penta continues to explore the future of boating at pace and sustainability remains a key driver. HVO100 is an inherently more sustainable fuel option that is already powering Volvo Penta engines. It’s a simple and highly effective alternative fuel that is readily available and already making ...
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AS Labruna at the DPE Rimini with LF and start-up MOVe
AS Labruna was present at the DPE - International Electricity Expo in Rimini with LF, FPT Industrial dealer for North Africa, and MOVe, startup for the electrification of on-road vehicles, such as the Metrocab of Fresia
FPT Industrial: let’s go, XC13
The XC13 surely sounds agnostic in FPT Industrial’s unofficial nomenclature; it comes, indeed, with a tripartite certification: Euro 6E (winking an eye at the upcoming Euro 7), methane gas and also biofuel, with a link to hydrogen. Andrea Abbà, FPT’s product marketing manager, told us about dialogui...
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Volvo Penta 2020: fishing for big fish
Volvo Penta 2020, a balance sheet that is not so negative, despite the effects of the pandemic. Of course, Q2 and Q3 suffered a lot from lockdown, and it couldn’t have been any other way. The two ‘wings’ of the year, however, confirmed the vitality of Volvo Penta. After a very live...
Absolute Navetta 64 and Volvo Penta D13 engines: a winning team
Absolute Navetta 64 is the latest addition to the Navetta yacht line. Volvo Penta is the supplier chosen for the engines, coupled with the patented IPS to complete (here, a focus on the hybrid version of the IPS) the propulsion line. Absolute let us know indeed that «the Navetta 64, The Absolute Pat...
More Volvo Penta solutions for marine commercial
It’s time for digital events within Volvo Penta. After introducing the new CEO, Heléne Mellquist, a few weeks ago, the expanded product range for the marine commercial segment was presented lately via web platform. The latter is the best solution indeed, waiting for the next year and, hopefully, the...
Heléne Mellquist Volvo Penta CEO. Gothenburg is home: for 32 years
Heléne Mellquist Volvo Penta CEO: «I started in Volvo at 1988, I’m really a long timer. I’ve been in very many places, in trucks, in buses, in the construction equipment.» And now, it’s time to lead Volvo Penta, Heléne Mellquist. Heléne Mellquist Volvo Penta CEO. Ready to approach the 2021 The...
Volvo D13TC with I-SAVE package (and turbocompound)
The Volvo D13TC engine features the I-SAVE package, which also includes the turbocompound. That is, coupling the D13TC and the advanced gear management (I-Shift) software with the optimized software for long-range operations (Eco mode), predictive cruise control (I-See) in combination with I-Cruise....
Volvo Penta engines for straddle carriers
The long-lasting collaboration between Volvo Penta and Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries was the background for an interesting joint project regarding intelligent straddle carriers, that is to say those systems used to load, unload, stack and move containers at a port terminal. We have been talking ...
A new boat from the Netherlands. The Venegy 37 is powered by Volvo Penta
Developed by the Prins van Oranje Group in Heeg, The Netherlands, The Venegy 37 is a yacht that combines the latest developments in hull shape, sustainability and performance. Nevertheless, first of all let’s go searching for some more information about its propulsion system (we always think about t...
Volvo Penta Stage V
Volvo Penta Stage V. It may seem out of place, or out of time, to talk about Stage V just now that the EU moratorium has become official. Yet at Volvo Penta, where the wait for the Big Bang of electrification, scheduled for 2021, hasn’t waned, attention to reducing exhaust emissions is also, a...
Volvo Penta launches an electric driveline for fire trucks
Volvo Penta (here, our post about the newly appointed president) has developed an electric driveline addressed to innovative fire trucks. An interesting application deals with the collaboration with Rosenbauer, a leading fire service vehicle manufacturer. The driveline enables quite an innovative so...
Heléne Mellquist is the new President of Volvo Penta
Heléne Mellquist has been appointed President of Volvo Penta and member of the Volvo Group Management Team. Currently President for the European Division of Volvo Trucks, Mellquist began her career at the Volvo Group in 1988 and has held many senior positions at the company, as well as being the CEO...
