AGCO, which designs, manufactures and distributes agricultural machinery and precision ag technology globally, along with its subsidiary AGCO Power, announced the opening of the company’s first clean energy laboratory. Part of a roughly $77 million investment in the Linnavuori plant in Nokia, Finland, the lab will support development and testing of battery and powertrain solutions for farm machinery.
The Linnavuori team of scientists and engineers are developing next-generation engines powered by low- or zero-carbon electricity and alternative fuels, such as hydrogen and methanol, that will help minimize global agricultural emissions, AGCO said. It noted that the capacity of existing battery technologies restricts the size of fully electric farm machinery, but the AGCO Power lab…
