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Heléne Mellquist, president, Volvo Penta.
Volvo Penta together with its partner Al Masaood Power Division, showcased the latest additions to its engine range at the Middle East Energy 2022.
‘We ensure success of the industry for future generations’ At the Middle East Energy 2022, Heléne Mellquist, president, Volvo Penta spoke to Technical Review Middle East about the company’s focus on alternative fuels, commitment towards sustainability and plans for the region. Technical Review Middle East (TRME): How important are alternative fuels in Volvo’s product portfolio? Heléne Mellquist (HM): Volvo is creating a new energy ecosystem, working with new partnerships and joint ventures, carving new business areas and making investments, to enable the transformation towards carbon neutrality. Our focus on alternative fuels involves three broad segments. Battery electric solutions depending on different applications; hydrogenbased fuelcells in collaboration with cellcentric; and CO2 neutral fuels which offer several options including hydrogenated vegetable oils, synthetic diesels, hydrogen technologies and others. One great example of the partnerships that the Volvo group has entered into is that of investing in a network for fuelling, in Europe.
TRME: How important is sustainability for Volvo Penta? HM: The environment has been a core value of the Volvo story for decades. One and a half years ago, the Volvo group decided to adhere to the Paris agreement, and that was a gamechanging decision and all the investments that we make now are aligned with that. I believe that we should create the balance for the future that our children will live in. At Volvo Penta, we are greatly committed to sustainability, and it is reflected in all our partnerships and investments. Together with our customers, it is our objective to ensure that the industry is successful, for future generations. Volvo Penta genset engines are used around the globe for numerous applications from electrification to vital power sources for new construction activities and disaster
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response. We are looking at being carbon neutral by 2040. While we are making huge investments in transforming our entire portfolio to support this transition, we are also completely dedicated in offering support to our customers for combustion engines, by providing more fuelefficient and better productivity through solutions suitable for their needs. Volvo Penta is committed to continuing to improve today’s engines to become even more efficient and reliable. Over the last few years, the company has introduced not only the full Stage V range for mobile gensets; the D8, D13, and D16, but new additions too, to the Volvo Penta genset engine family. The new compact and powerful D8 engine is a great fuelefficient addition to the company’s current power offer. Volvo Penta’s D13 500 kVA gives full
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