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title: "Orcelle Wind: The world’s first wind-powered RoRo vessel - PES - Power & Energy Solution"
description: "On June 21st 2022 Wallenius Marine and KNUD E. HANSEN signed an agreement that KNUD E. HANSEN will join the project of designing the world’s first wind-powered RoRo vessel, as Naval Architects. The vessel will: use wind as the main form of propulsion operate at speeds of 10-12 knots under sail that can be increased […]"
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# [Orcelle Wind: The world’s first wind-powered RoRo vessel - PES - Power & Energy Solution](https://pes.eu.com/press-releases/orcelle-wind-the-worlds-first-wind-powered-roro-vessel)

 Written by [Oliver](https://pes.eu.com/press-releases/author/oliver) | Jun 28, 2022 11:00:00 PM

On June 21st 2022 Wallenius Marine and KNUD E. HANSEN signed an agreement that KNUD E. HANSEN will join the project of designing the world’s first wind-powered RoRo vessel, as Naval Architects.

The vessel will:

- use wind as the main form of propulsion
- operate at speeds of 10-12 knots under sail that can be increased with the supplemental power system
- reduce emissions by as much as 90 percent
- have a capacity to carry 7000 cars along with breakbulk and rolling equipment

[View full post](https://pes.eu.com/press-releases/orcelle-wind-the-worlds-first-wind-powered-roro-vessel)

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