Helsinki-based Norsepower will install two tilting Rotor Sails onboard a roll-on/roll-off vessel. Norsepower is a leading provider of auxiliary wind propulsion systems in the commercial shipping sector. The company's innovative Rotor Sail is a modernised version of the Flettner rotor, a spinning cylinder that uses the Magnus effect to harness wind power to thrust a … [Read more...]
Norsepower Confirms Rotor Sails Fuel Savings
Finnish technology company Norsepower has confirmed fuel savings of more than 8 percent from a trial of its Rotor Sails onboard the Maersk Tankers product tanker, Maersk Pelican. The company's Rotor Sails are a modern version of a Flettner Rotor, a type of spinning cylinder that uses the Magnus effect to harness wind power to help propel a ship and enhance fuel … [Read more...]
Wärtsilä, Norsepower Team Up on Rotor Sails
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has teamed up with Finnish rotor sail propulsion specialist Norsepower to pursue energy-saving rotor sail projects in the commercial maritime industry. The service cooperation agreement expands the global wind propulsion service network by allow Norsepower to order service work from Wärtsilä, while Wärtsilä can pursue and sell … [Read more...]
Scandlines to Install Norsepower Rotor Sail On Board Ferry
European ferry operator Scandlines has signed an agreement to install Norsepower’s rotor sails on board one of its passenger ferries operating between Germany and Denmark. The wind propulsion technology will help the ferry, the hybrid-powered MV Copenhagen, further reducing its carbon emissions. The ferry already operates on a combination of diesel and battery power while … [Read more...]
Norsepower Rotor Sails Issued First-Ever Design Type Approval for Onboard Wind Propulsion
Finnish clean technology group Norsepower announced Tuesday that its innovative Rotor Sail Solution has received the first-ever type approval design certificate granted to an auxiliary wind propulsion system onboard a commercial ship. The type approval from leading ship classification society DNV GL was issued in February 2019 after a design assessment of Norsepower’s … [Read more...]