Report

Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - RotorDEMO (Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution demonstration project)

Teaser

The Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution enhances the complete propulsion system of a vessel by using wind as an auxiliary propulsion measure. The patented turnkey solution, which is based on the Magnus effect, offers auxiliary wind propulsion for freight vessels, requires no...

Summary

The Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution enhances the complete propulsion system of a vessel by using wind as an auxiliary propulsion measure. The patented turnkey solution, which is based on the Magnus effect, offers auxiliary wind propulsion for freight vessels, requires no additional crew to operate the Rotor Sails, and is suitable for retrofitting to over 20 000 vessels in the global merchant fleet. The system enhances energy efficiency, and reduces emissions and pollution. Norsepower Rotor Sails are developed to be an affordable off-the-shelf product to be retrofitted into existing vessels or installed into new-build vessels.

The main objective of the RotorDEMO project is implementation of Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution in full scale on board the Viking Grace cruise ferry to boost sales of the solution. Other objectives are performance validation and type approval of the technology and update of Norsepower’s commercialization plan based on the findings.

At the moment there are no practical auxiliary wind propulsion solutions available on the market. The global long-term market potential for the technology is 20 000 vessels and 30 B€. The high level of cargo vessel emissions is a big global and EU-level challenge and the maritime industry is lacking efficient retrofitting solutions helping to enhance fuel economics and to reduce emissions.
Norsepower\'s vision is to become the global market leader in cargo vessel auxiliary wind propulsion.

Successful full-scale demonstration of the Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution on board Viking Grace would enable realizing large-scale deployment and manufacturing ramp-up of the technology in relatively short period.

Work performed

During the reporting period (1.1.2017-31.12.2017), the following work has been carried out:
• The agreement with the owner (Viking Line) of the target ship (Viking Grace), has been closed.
• WP1, “Management”, has progressed as planned, and it is on-going
• WP2, “Designing the Implementation of Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution”, has been completed.
• WP3, “Implementation of Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution on a RoPax vessel”, has been started and it is on-going.
• WP4, “Piloting, performance validation and type approval”, has progressed as planned, and it is on-going.
• WP5, “Commercialization (exploitation and dissemination)”, has progressed as planned, and it is on-going.

Final results

At the moment there are no practical auxiliary wind propulsion solutions available on the market. The global long-term market potential for the technology is 20 000 vessels and 30 B€. The high level of cargo vessel emissions is a big global and EU-level challenge and the maritime industry is lacking efficient retrofitting solutions helping to enhance fuel economics and to reduce emissions.

Successful full-scale demonstration of the Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution on board Viking Grace would enable realizing large-scale deployment and manufacturing ramp-up of the technology in relatively short period.

Website & more info

More info: http://www.norsepower.com/h2020.