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The great clean-up
The fight against ocean plastic has spurred countless efforts to physically remove trash from the environment, from old-fashioned beach cleans to ambitious engineering ventures. Here's a look at various types of projects and its potential impacts.
- Environment, 21 August 2018
RPA – the digital colleague providing businesses with superpowers
The merging of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with Artificial intelligence (AI) is not quite there yet. However, through awareness sessions and training of internal developers, RPA has become a comprehensive solution at Wärtsilä – and it is growing fast.
- Innovation, 17 August 2018
Sustainable investing is not just PR
When it comes to the environment and social justice, more and more investors are putting their money where their mouth is – for a good reason. Read how investors really have a say in making the world a more sustainable place, and how Wärtsilä is contributing to the change.
- Environment, 16 August 2018
The e-volution of shipping
The ever more powerful e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and Alibaba, with their customer focus, want full speed ahead. Will shipping ride this wave or be crushed by it?
- Innovation, 15 August 2018
Life after plastic: the hunt for alternatives
From seaweed-based packaging to fabric made of waste milk, the drive to find sustainable substitutes for conventional plastic has yielded a number of surprising innovations. Though still in their infancy, such solutions are giving hope that green tech will one day triumph over trash.
- Environment, 14 August 2018
Everyone can be part of the digital transformation
Developing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) does not require a university degree. Anyone with ordinary computer skills and detailed knowledge of the process to be automated can succeed.
- People, 10 August 2018
Exhaust gas cleaning systems are here to stay
With the marine industry facing drastically tighter emission rules, come 2020, demand for SOx exhaust gas cleaning systems is set to swell. Wärtsilä is taking the challenge head on.
- Environment, 9 August 2018
15 years - and counting - of partnership
Exploring opportunities with machine learning and artificial intelligence takes partnership between Royal Caribbean and Wärtsilä to the next level. Find out what it entails and what makes it unique.
- Innovation, 8 August 2018
The future of our plastic oceans
As plastic waste continues to pour into the world's seas at mind-boggling rates, the resulting environmental devastation has reached crisis levels. What will it take to stem the plastic tide?
- Environment, 7 August 2018
Taking the machine out of people
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) – three words that could remind one of human-like metal robots such as C-3PO in Star Wars. However, it is not. RPA is the invisible personal assistant that boosts efficiency, decreases the amount of manual errors, and frees up time for employees to do more value-added work.
- Innovation, 3 August 2018
Trailblazers in exhaust gas cleaning system retrofits
Companies looking to comply with MARPOL sulphur requirements now have great reference cases available, one being Finnlines operating in the Baltics SECA.
- Innovation, 1 August 2018
SparkUp Challenge invites start-ups to innovate and co-create together with Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä’s SparkUp Challenge aims for the perfect match between the company’s business and innovative start-ups.
- In Detail, 31 July 2018
Wanted: Future Tech
As smart technology continues to conquer the world, Wärtsilä wants to be one of the pioneers in the digitalisation wave.
- Innovation, 26 July 2018
Latin American Mining: Switching to renewables
Something is happening in Latin America - home to the world’s largest reserves of copper, silver, lithium & gold. Mining-driven economies like Chile, Peru & Colombia are spearheading the transition to renewables. We find out why.
- Energy, 25 July 2018
Next-generation energy storage systems
What is driving the growth of energy storage? How can operators derive maximum returns on their investments, and what are the challenges they should be prepared for? We answer these questions and more in our analysis.
- Energy, In Detail, 24 July 2018
Space-based Solar Power: Fact or Fiction?
Is space-based solar energy the answer to our planet’s energy crisis? Scientists around the world have been debating this for years. Why do we need energy from space? How will we get it and is it even logistically and financially feasible? We investigate.
- Energy, 19 July 2018
South Africa: Digging Deeper
South Africa’s mining industry is in a conundrum. On the one hand, the cost of energy supply is rising and supply is becoming intermittent. And on the other, mines are becoming more remote making transporting fuel increasingly problematic. The sector is now plugging its problems with the help of renewable energy.
- Energy, 18 July 2018
AI will turn into superintelligence in just a few decades
Will it be possible to build a machine that could function as a human? Professor Nick Boström from the University of Oxford sure thinks so. As one of the keynote speakers at the Shift Business festival in Turku, Finland, he urged scientists, companies, and governments to focus on the “big picture” - the future of machine technology.
- People, 17 July 2018
Sailing solo, retro style
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the Golden Globe sailing race will see contestants spending almost 300 days alone at sea, limited to similar yachts and equipment to what was available in the original race.
- People, 13 July 2018
Re-energising the Australian outback
The landscape of Australia’s outback is changing and for the better. Its mining industry, which consumes as much electricity as all of Portugal, is slowly opening up to the idea of renewables. But what’s driving this change and how will the economy benefit?
- Energy, 11 July 2018
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