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 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...

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