Norsepower secures €28 million from investors to bring sails back to shipping

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Norsepower Oy Ltd., provider of mechanical sails for large ships, has successfully secured 28 million euros in its latest Series C fundraising round.

French asset manager Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Management dedicated to sustainable investment, led the fundraising through its impact private equity Mirova Environment Acceleration Capital fund*.

Additional participants in the round included:

  • The Finnish Climate Fund (Ilmastorahasto)
  • OGCI Climate Investments
  • Nefco – The Nordic Green Bank
  • Tesi
  • Power Fund III.

With a focus on impact, these organisations have joined forces to enable Norsepower to scale up production and expand the reach of its fuel-saving and emissions-reducing technology.

Photo: Matthias Tasler/Scandlines

Norsepower will install rotor sails on CLdN’s DELPHINE, world’s largest shortsea roro

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The 8,000 lane meters DELPHINE transits between the UK, Ireland and Europe and is the largest shortsea roro operating in the world today. With two 35mx5m Rotor Sails, Norsepower has estimated that the technology would achieve a fuel and emission reduction saving of between 7 to 10% for this vessel, depending on the route.

Installation will happen end of 2022.