Twentyfour7
issue 01.2013
WÄRTSILÄ WORLD
WÄRTSILÄ SOLUTION
WÄRTSILÄ SOLUTION
WÄRTSILÄ NOW
01.2013
LEADING THE RENEWABLE REVOLUTION
LEADING THE RENEWABLE REVOLUTION
DON QUIXOTE FOUGHT A WINDMILL BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS A GIANT. THIS ONE IS. As a chilly wind blows...
LIGHT AND POWER FOR AFRICA
Graphs comparing regions by electricity use and gross domestic product per capita show a clear linea...
QUANTUM LEAP IN LEARNING
Do you have nine minutes and an internet connection? Want to know about the housing price conundrum?...
THE EXHAUST GAS CLEANING EVOLUTION
There are just two years to go before the 0.1% sulphur limit within Emission Control Areas becomes r...
MASTERS OF GAS ENGINE TECHNOLOGY
“We started to develop gas-diesel (GD) technology in 1985,” says Mikael Troberg, Director, Technolog...
OPTIMISING POWER SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
PLAYING IT SAFE AT SASOLBURG
Formed in 1950, Sasol is a large industrial company specialising in alternative fuels, chemicals and...
WORLD’S LARGEST ENGINE-DRIVEN POWER PLANT FOR THE MIDDLE EAST
It’s now nearly four years since Wärtsilä Development and Financial Services (WDFS) adopted an activ...
SMART POWER GENERATION FOR A CHANGING WORLD
Power for a changing world” was a well-known slogan used by Wärtsilä in the early 90’s. Today the sl...
POLAR OPPOSITES ATTRACT
South Africa’s first national Antarctic expedition was undertaken in 1959. The country was one of th...
LNG COMES OF AGE
In the marine industry, liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a fuel is still sometimes mentioned as a nove...
DEAR READER,
“Waka Waka, this time for Africa!” The anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup called the world’s attenti...
LOOKING FORWARD
CERTIFICATION FOR BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT
Wärtsilä AQUARIUS® UV Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has been granted Type Approval in accor...
RIGHT ON TARGET ZERO
ADJUSTING THE COURSE
Just as a captain must make sure that he has set the right course, a company needs to reflect on its...
RENEWING SOUTH AFRICA’S ENERGY INDUSTRY
The largest economy in Africa, South Africa has joined the club of fast-growing emerging markets of ...
NET SALES BACK TO GROWTH WITH STABLE PROFITABILITY
Supported by a very strong fourth quarter, Wärtsilä’s full year net sales grew by 12% with profitabi...
ALLES IM WUNDERLAND
SWIM AGAINST THE STREAM
MARKUS VON ZMUDA’s office stands near the port of Hamburg, the second largest in Europe. Wärtsilä ha...
PLANTING WÄRTSILÄ ROOTS
If a customer needed a spare part, three people from different Wärtsilä business units teamed up and...
MORE THAN JUST A JOB
One feature of today’s working life is a certain restlessness. Long gone are the times when you got ...