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Mar 21
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Stena Line and Norsepower Join Forces for a Cleaner Future

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Stena Line and Norsepower have signed an agreement for the installation of two Norsepower Rotor Sails™ on STENA CONNECTA, Stena Line’s brand-new methanol-hybrid RoRo ferry.

  • This partnership marks another step in Stena Line’s ambition to reduce its CO₂ emissions by 30% by 2030.
  • Two 28×4 metre Norsepower Rotor Sails™ (NPRS).
  • Up to 9% fuel savings on the vessel’s planned route. T
  • Ferry is scheduled for delivery from Stena RoRo in Q4 2025
  • Irish Sea, Belfast-Heysham, where wind conditions are highly favourable for wind-assisted propulsion.
Apr 06
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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

Press release Norsepower
Mar 10
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Norsepower will install rotor sails on CLdN’s DELPHINE, world’s largest shortsea roro

By | 2022 Newsletter week 10 | No Comments

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.