Comments on: Wind-Powered Cargo Ships Make a Comeback

By: B9 Cargo Ship Uses Sails and Biogas Instead of Fossil Fuels

B9 Cargo Ship Uses Sails and Biogas Instead of Fossil Fuels — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:59:18 +0000

[…] commercially viable wind powered cargo ships, it better get a move on. Last year a company called Eco Marine Power unveiled a rigid sail design for cargo ships that […]

By: Finz

Finz — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:03:00 +0000

How do you think wind and solar farms and many other green technologies are built? They require work trucks to get supplies and people there. You can’t just replace everything with GREEN. Fuel is a requirement of our society that will be around for a very long time. Get used to it.

By: Jforrester

Jforrester — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:43:00 +0000

Why do you advertise gas-guzzling 4 wheel drive vehicles on a ‘green’ site?

By: Dr.A.Jagadeesh

Dr.A.Jagadeesh — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:15:41 +0000

Excellent.

In fact Sails for the ships was the origin for Windmills. There are interesting developments to revive the SAIL TECHNOLOGY for Ships. Here is excellent information on the subject:

Sail-powered cargo ship test results in: It cut fuel by 20 percent, by Michael Kanellos , March 19, 2008 ,cnet NEWS:

Sail power is back.
The MV Beluga SkySails, a cargo ship rigged up with a billowing 160-meter sail from SkySails, used approximately 20 percent less fuel than it would have without the sail during a two-month voyage. Put another way, that’s 2.5 tons of fuel, or $1,000 a day, in operating costs. Beluga Shipping ultimately hopes to save $2,000 a day with the technology.
The ship left Bremen, Germany, on the 22nd of January, sailed to Venezuela, and then headed toward the Norwegian port of Mo-I-Rana, docking on March 13. In all, the ship sailed 11,952 nautical miles. The sail was up, depending on the winds, from between 5 minutes and 8 hours a day.
In the picture, look in the sky past the end of the ship. That’s the sail up there. The sail is attached to a tether that runs 100 to 300 meters long. This is an actual shot from the ship–until now, the company has had to use artists’ renderings.
The company says that the sail, by their calculation, could cut fuel consumption by 10 to 35 percent on ocean voyages, depending on the conditions, the size of the ship, and other factors. More testing will be conducted this year. SkySails will double the size of the sails and attach them to larger, heavier ships. A big question will be how well the economics–buying a sail versus using diesel–work.

Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India

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By: Greg Atkinson

Greg Atkinson — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:42:57 +0000

Hi all and thanks for your interest in the Aquarius System. We will be releasing further details in the months ahead about this system and others we are working on.

By the way we have an images gallery open now which might be of interest to readers: http://www.ecomarinepower.com/en/images-gallery

Cheers,

Greg Atkinson
Eco Marine Power Co. Ltd.

By: Gavin Allwright

Gavin Allwright — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:51:33 +0000

Hi Tina,

At Greenheart we are in the final stages of design for a small sail/solar auxiliary cargo vessel that can handle shipping containers specically designed for the developing world. http://www.greenheartproject.org
There are also a number of sail cargo vessels plying the oceans, a couple of very active ones are our friends on the Tres Hombres http://www.fairtransport.eu/ and CMTV fairwind wine http://www.fairwindwine.com/sustainable-transport.php?PHPSESSID=ebaf52b95f59040f7f4f18610e11d474

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:02:18 +0000

Hi Chris, good to hear from you. I can’t believe your video hasn’t gone viral yet (or maybe it has!) I’m passing your link along to our sister blogs at Important Media. Readers, you have to check this out, it’s really unbelievable. Come to think of it, your solution is kind of like Frank Lloyd Wright in reverse and for stairs instead of hallways — he was known for small, dark, uninviting hallways that you wouldn’t want to linger in, but if there were rainbows and paw prints and all sorts of cool things then you might want to go down the hallway just for fun. Good luck with your project and I hope you win!!

By: Chris Bowal

Chris Bowal — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:51:08 +0000

Hi there!

I’m Chris, and I’m a huge reader of your blog. Just wanted to let you know I love your writing! Keep it up!

I’m a student at the University of Calgary, and just recently along with two other fellow students I created a video about our idea to make our University a greener place. Here’s a quick summary:

“Revitalize sustainability measures, increase fitness and lessen the negative environmental impact of elevators by promoting existing stairway infrastructure through auditory/visual enhancements, nature themes, educational eco-facts and sustainability-focused features.”

We would be honored if you could help us reach our goal of getting the most votes – the team that wins earns their university $100,000 to implement the environmental solution!!!

If you could, please feature this story and help us build awareness to combat this growing dilemma. You can find our video at http://www.tdgogreenchallenge.com/video/id/18/playid/18.

Thank you so much!!!

Christopher Bowal
Student at the University of Calgary