
Scandlines rotor sail geared up ferry M/V Copenhagen seen within the Port of Rostock as crane installs rotor sail on sister ship M/V Berlin
Norsepower has accomplished its second rotor sail set up for Scandlines, including a 30 meter excessive rotor sail to the hybrid ferry, M/V Berlin in an operation that was accomplished inside just a few hours.
The retrofit adopted the 2020 set up of a Norsepower rotor sail on the hybrid ferry M/V Copenhagen, which operates on the Rostock-Gedser route between Germany and Denmark.
After only a 12 months in operation, the M/V Copenhagen rotor sail delivered reductions in gasoline consumption and CO2 emissions of 4% on common and 20% underneath optimum circumstances. Based on these outcomes, Scandlines proceeded with the set up of the rotor sail on M/V Berlin within the port of Rostock on May 16, 2022.
“After positive experiences with the rotor sail on the Scandlines hybrid ferry Copenhagen, Scandlines prepared the sister ferry Berlin for a rotor sail as well,” mentioned Michael Guldmann Petersen, COO, Scandlines. “We are happy to see, that the installation was successfully completed and that the ferry went into operation again this morning as planned.”
“Scandlines is taking the international GHG emissions reductions targets extremely seriously and is demonstrating a leading approach to investing in innovation to exceed them,” mentioned Tuomas Riski, CEO, Norsepower. “Expanding its use of our rotor sail technology on its second vessel highlights the viability of wind power, and the significance of the emissions savings which can be achieved.”
Norsepower’s rotor sail answer is totally automated: the system measures the wind pace and route, based mostly on which it calculates whether or not utilizing the rotor sail will scale back emissions or not. If the circumstances are favorable, the rotor sail begins robotically.