Bad News For Oil: Digital Twin Optimizes Wind Power To Decarbonize Cargo Ships
Wind power is returning to cargo ships in unusual forms, including a cylindrical sail that deploys the Magnus effect.
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Transporting Cargo Across The Atlantic With Wind Power: Grain De Sail
Modern oceanic shipping uses diesel engines and fossil fuels, but doing so generates massive amounts of air pollution. Fossil fuels are toxic and the oil and gas industry frequently causes destructive if not disastrous oil spills that poison marine habitats and kill marine wildlife. Then there is the global problem … [continued]
More Wind Energy Heading To The US, One Way Or Another
Wind energy harvesting at sea is ready for scale-up, as illustrated by the forthcoming Neoliner Ro-Ro equipped with rigid sails.
First 100% Green Corridor Between Spain & Morocco — Two 100% Electric “Fast Ferries”
Baleària, a Spanish ferry operator, has launched a concept to create the first green corridor between Spain and Morocco, which will be served by two 100% electric, zero-emission fast boats. These twin ships will be used to connect the cities of Tangier, Morocco, and Tarifa, Spain, on the “most sustainable” … [continued]
British Columbia Shows Norway How To Decarbonize Ferries
Moving people and vehicles across short distances is a no-brainer for batteries and electric motors. The only problem, as with most electrification of transportation, is getting electricity at sufficient power levels to the point of charging. British Columbia has a very obvious and straightforward strategy for its ferries. British Columbia … [continued]
More Hydrogen Maritime Trials Surface From Sargasso Sea
Recently I published a roundup of quite awful hydrogen maritime trial efforts, and ended with a request that if others knew of more, they should share. A few additional ones bubbled up and there were a couple of minor corrections and delightful additions. I encourage those who haven’t read the … [continued]
Developing Boat-To-Grid Technologies In Order To Electrify Marine Environments
Using recreational boats that are simply taking up space for many months of the year to help back up the grid makes practical sense and provides a method to redirect leisure time to a productive asset for the grid. On the path to decarbonize at sea, Volvo Penta is employing … [continued]
Hydrogen Ships Are Seeing Same Pattern As All Hydrogen Fleets
As the years pass and more re-enactments of the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet are played out, they get staged in multiple settings, much like Shakespeare’s Tempest being staged in a waterpark in Germany in 2019. In recent months, I’ve curated a couple of lists of hydrogen bus and train … [continued]
Experience the 1st Electric Hydrofoil: A Pollution-Free Silent Electric Hydrofoil Ferry That Captures the Timelessness…
New Zealand seems like the other side of the world, and is certainly a land and sea that many would love to explore. There is the timelessness of the water to experience, as well as the mountains and caves. Now, beginning at Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour, the Electric Hydrofoil Experience provides … [continued]
Hard Sail Power Might Have Niche In Roro Vehicle Shipping
Sails on ships are a romantic and idealized vision of the world. Our history as a species includes innumerable tiny vessels pushed by wind across great expanses of featureless ocean, bold explorers and traders risking all on the science of sextants and the vagaries of the weather. But in recent … [continued]
