In Malaga we experienced the wonder of Caterpillar
Caterpillar invited eight European magazines, including POWERTRAIN International, to the Demonstration Center in Malaga, Spain, to discover the new frontier of power generation
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AS Labruna has embraced his world. What the ancient Romans called “mare nostrum”
AS Labruna organised the “Network & Customer Event” with Mediterranean distributors and OEMs. We will go soon into detail
Flash Battery made a big step forward
With over six million invested, Flash Battery completed a crucial step with the automated module assembly line with laser welding
Big change at Rehlko: Fontaine in, Perrone out
Succeeding Vincenzo Perrone, Rehlko announced the appointment of Eric Fontaine as the new President of the Engines business
Cummins and Liberty Energy partner to develop NG engine powered hydraulic fracturing system
Cummins and Liberty Energy announced that the industry’s first natural gas variable speed, large displacement engine to power Liberty’s digiPrime hydraulic fracturing platform will be deployed in the first half of 2025. The companies entered into a strategic partnership in June 2024.
JCB receives approval for hydrogen engine use in Europe
JCB is the first construction equipment company to develop a fully working combustion engine fuelled by hydrogen and a team of 150 engineers has been working on the exciting £100 million development for over three years.
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Moteurs Baudouin to showcase world’s most powerful 6+ MVA genset at Middle East Energy 2025
In a world premiere at Middle East Energy 2025, Moteurs Baudouin will introduce the highest-rated genset available for critical backup power, unprecedented power rating exceeding 6 MVA.
Dellorto two-track strategy
The two-track strategy allows the Dellorto group to extend and customise its expertise in EGR, throttle bodies, power units, BMS and batteries from motorbikes to off-highway applications with long-life requirements
HD Hyundai Infracore from G2 compact engines to DOTY 2025 DX Series
Hyundai G2 and DX. Doosan Infracore’s G2 series made its first DIESEL International cover at bauma 2013. Twelve years after, at bauma 2025, DIESEL has since become POWERTRAIN and Doosan has become HD Hyundai Infracore.
The DX series, crowned DotY 2025, marks a new milestone. But what does it have
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Interact Analysis: Lithium ion battery market is moving into surge mode
Looking at the figures for 2020-2021, we realize that the global Li-ion battery market is moving into surge mode. Let’s have a look at some more figures and identify the drivers to the Li-ion battery revolution in this article written by Maya Xiao, Senior Analyst at Interact Analysis.
Deutz: further growth in first quarter of 2022
Deutz has just published its first-quarter 2022 results. With a rise in orders to around €750 million and a significant improvement in adjusted EBIT, Deutz has defined new service revenue target: €500 million by 2025.
IEEFA: If Chevron, Exxon and Shell can’t get carbon capture right at Gorgon, who can?
According to a IEEFA (Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis) report, Gorgon, the largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the world, has failed to deliver, underperforming its targets for the first five years of operation by about 50%.
Wärtsilä sustainable fuels paper
Wärtsilä has published an important paper on the role of sustainable fuels in the energy sector’s transition towards decarbonised power generation. Future carbon-neutral fuels and the use of flexible engine power plants capable of utilising such fuels, will be central to this transition.
REPower EU, the European Commission focuses on biomethane to reduce dependence on Russian gas
The plan presented by the European Commission provides for an increase in biomethane production capacity up to 35 billion cubic meters (bcm) by 2030 within the European Union. The goal will be to replace 20 percent of Russian natural gas imports with a sustainable, cheaper and locally produced alter...
Heavy trucks will keep oil industry alive in the next decades. Or not? The Chinese example
China’s heavy truck market, the largest in the world, saw dramatic increase in sales of battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell trucks throughout 2021. «We’ve seen this pattern before in China’s bus market», wrote Colin McKerracher, Head of Transport analysis at BloombergNEF.
Perkins: new 2.8 and 3.6 litre industrial engines
Perkins is expanding its current Industrial Open Power Unit (IOPU) offering with the introduction of two new 2.8 and 3.6 litre engines.
If diesel is less polluting…
Energy transition of Class II, switching to gas while maintaining a share of the latest generation diesel can generate fewer emissions than a rapid consecration of the LNG. The Politecnico di Milano has studied the guidelines for the renewal of the fleet
Deutz Days 2021
During Deutz Days 2021 at Coreum in Stockstadt am Rhein, the German company unveiled vision and technologies for electrification and hydrogen applications
Two-stroke engines and efficiency (part 2)
Two-stroke engines have two important advantages over four-stroke engines in terms of efficiency. This article about the link two-stroke engines and efficiency sounds as the natural evolution of the previous research of Serguei Tikhonenkov, MSc. We propose to our readers the second part of the new s...
