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DNV GL Issues First-Ever Design Type Approval for Onboard Wind Propulsion System
- Norsepower has received first-ever type approval design certificate granted for its innovative Rotor Sail Solution.
- The technology was assessed onboard the Maersk Pelican LR2 tanker.
- Norsepower’s Rotor Sail Solution are technically capable of safely navigating ‘all operational and environmental situations’ with verified fuel savings with the potential of up to 20%.
- It was installed on three vessels and has achieved over 35,000 hours in operation, saving more than 4,500 tonnes of CO2 in the...
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Rotor Sail Solution Gets First-Ever Design Type Approval from DNV GL
- Norsepower’s auxiliary wind propulsion system Rotor Sail Solution received the first type approval design certificate.
- The type approval from leading ship classification society DNV GL was issued in February 2019.
- The technology has already been installed on three vessels saving more than 4,500 tonnes of CO2 in the process.
- The solution has delivered independently verified fuel savings with potential of up to 20%.
Norsepower Oy Ltd.,announced on March 5th that its innovative Rotor Sail...
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DNV GL Certifies Norsepower’s Auxiliary Wind Propulsion Solution
Norsepower’s Rotor Sail Solution has already been installed on three vessels and has achieved over 35,000 hours in operation.
DNV GL issues Norsepower first-ever design type approval for onboard Wind Propulsion System
Seppo Liukkonen, Principal Surveyor, DNV GL (centre), presenting the first-ever type approval design certificate for onboard wind propulsion system, to Jarkko Väinämö, Norsepower CTO (right), and Otto Valkeisenmäki, Norsepower Certification Engineer (left).
HELSINKI – 5 March 2019: Norsepower Oy Ltd., the leading clean technology and engineering company pioneering modern auxiliary wind propulsion for the global maritime industry, today announced that its innovative Rotor Sail Solution has...