Norsepower Wins Fathom Energy Efficiency Solution Award 2015

Norsepower Oy Ltd has won the Energy Efficiency Solution award in annual Ship Efficiency Awards, organized by Fathom Maritime Intelligence. The recognition was awarded to the Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution, which is a modernized version of the Flettner rotor – a spinning cylinder that uses the Magnus effect to harness wind power to propel a ship. When the wind conditions are favorable, Norsepower Rotor Sails allow the main engines to be throttled back, saving fuel and reducing emissions while providing the power needed to maintain speed and voyage time. Rotor sails can be used with new vessels or can be retrofitted on existing ships without off-hire costs.

In June this year Norsepower announced, that based on the successful sea trials of the Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution on board Bore’s 9,700 DWT Ro-Ro carrier MS Estraden, the technology has potential for fuel savings of up to 20% for vessels with multiple, large rotors traveling on favorable wind routes.

Norsepower CEO Tuomas Riski states: “Wind at sea is a no brainer – it is an eternal free source of power. Norsepower is very proud of being the first actor on the market with a practical, tested and class-approved auxiliary wind propulsion solution. We want to thank our employees, partners, financers and our pilot customer Bore, who have enabled reaching this important milestone on our way towards the market.”

This year’s Ship Efficiency Awards 2015 was hosted with Lloyd’s Register and organized by Fathom. A panel of high level industry experts across the maritime sphere had deliberated and independently scored and selected the short-listers based on the set criteria for each award category. The judges for this year were Lars Robert Pedersen, BIMCO; Craig Eason, Lloyd's List; Oskar Levander, Rolls Royce; Tristan Smith, UCL and Roger Strevens, Wallenius Wilhelmsen. Katharine Palmer, Environmental Manager from Lloyd's Register chaired the judging proceedings.