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.
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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 ...
Volvo Penta and Aiab Energy to expand collaboration into BESS solution
Seasoned power generation company and a long-time customer of Volvo Penta, Aiab Energy is diversifying its portfolio into the field of battery energy storage systems (BESS). In this collaboration, Aiab Energy has chosen Volvo Penta to provide an optimized BESS subsystem for its future BESS solutions...
Sanlorenzo and Volvo Penta collaborate to decarbonize yachting industry
Volvo Penta and Sanlorenzo announced they are working together to bring Volvo Penta’s IPS Professional Platform, the industry’s most advanced technology and propulsion platform for commercial marine vessels and superyachts, to two new Sanlorenzo yachts, the SX120 and the SX132
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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 and Covid-19. Swedish pioneers of precautionary measures
Volvo and Covid-19. The Swedish mood Volvo and Covid-19. The Swedish group alerted its employees to the outbreak of the virus and was not unprepared. The first objective is health protection. We asked them for their impressions of this difficult time. VOLVO GOES AUTONOMOUS! The Volvo Group has been ...
Al Masaood Power Division: technology integration in the Middle East
Al Masaood Power Division currently represents three main brands in power generation (Mtu, Volvo Penta and Leroy Somer, the latter for alternators) in the UAE and in Bahrain. At Middle East Energy 2020, the Al Masaood booth hosted Volvo Penta newest genset engines. We’ll talk about them later on. In...
The third India Diesel Powertrain Summit in June 2020
The third India Diesel Powertrain Summit 2020 is scheduled on June 17-18 in Chennai, India. The event will be dedicated to providing the next 5-10 years of policy direction and supporting localized technological innovation as well as exploiting the market opportunities in India and other South Asian...
Conexpo 2020: by the engine side
Conexpo 2020: How many stars under the Nevada sky! Conexpo 2020: it’s time to take stock of what happened in Vegas. We have already reported on the issues relating to Covid19. Cummins and Volvo Penta withdrew their employees, leaving product on display. A general warning that led the organizer...
Our report from Middle East Energy 2020
The report from Middle East Energy 2020. We would have liked to talk – as usual, indeed – only about engines, technology, innovation. We must, however, inevitably begin with the great current global emergency, the coronavirus outbreak which has, among its consequences, the cancellation o...
ConExpo and Covid-19
ConExpo and Covid-19: let’s challenge the fear ConExpo and Covid-19. It sounds such as ‘Love in the time of cholera’, famous novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, EP of Shakira and a movie by Mike Newell. It is difficult to estimate now the extent of the recessive effect on the economy ...
Volvo Penta D8 Stage II and IIIA/Tier 3 engine
Volvo Penta D8 Stage II and IIIA/Tier 3 engine is the key product on display the company’s booth in Dubai. The participation in Middle East Energy 2020, in fact, allows the Swedish manufacturer to introduce Stage II and IIIA/Tier 3 versions of a power generation engine, the D8, that we saw a few mon...
Harvesting in India made easier by Volvo Penta D5 engine
Volvo Penta D5 is the smallest engine in the range. It is a four-cylinder engine with almost 130 kW power and 810 Nm torque, employed by Shaktiman Tejas harvesters that have to chop the tough sugarcane at ground level on a giant sugarcane plantation in rural Gujarat, a state on the Western coast of ...
Volvo Penta and ROPA collaborated for the Stage V D16 on harvesters
Volvo Penta and ROPA, a leading agriculture equipment manufacturer, have been long working together, collaborating for the development of engines capable to push the machines made by the German manufacturer. One of them, the huge Tiger 6 beet harvester awarded with the Red Dot Design Award back in 2...
Volvo Penta D8 and D13 Stage V engines. Our interview with Kristian Vekas
An insight on Volvo Penta D8 and D13. We had been talking with Kristian Vekas, Product manager for genset engines at Volvo Penta, last March at MEE in Dubai, for the launch of the D16, the very first Stage V engine for gensets. And if that was – to quote the PM himself – the […]
