Milestones
Second-generation Power2 hits the seas and is applied on land-based power plants.
June 2015
ABB announces the first application on a marine engine of its second-generation two-stage turbocharging solution. Guinness World Records recognizes the Wärtsilä 31 engine – benefitting from performance enhanced by ABB’s Power2 800-M series – as being the world’s most efficient four-stroke diesel engine.
December 2015
First commercial application of the Power2 800-M series on three 8 cylinder Wärtsilä 31 diesel engines installed on the world’s most advanced icebreaker, serving the Yamal liquefied natural gas project in the Russian Arctic.
May 2017
Launch of a new frame size, Power2 845-M, enabling the benefits of two-stage turbocharging to be applied to a greater spectrum of main and auxiliary engines; on vessel types like OSVs, drill and semi-submersible vessels, RoPax, ferries, medium-sized tankers, container ships and bulk carriers; for mechanical and diesel-electric propulsion and onboard power generation.
The Power2 800-M series is being increasingly installed on marine and land-based power applications operating on heavy and distillate diesel fuels as well as on gas.