Hard, Round, Tiltable Sails Add Wind Power To Energy Efficient Shipping
Norsepower has big plans to bring wind power back to the shipping industry, with an assist from the Magnus effect to save fuel and maximize energy efficiency.
cargo ships
Space Age Wind Power For Ro-Ro Ships: 20% Carbon Savings Ho!
Wind power might not be the cure-all for shipping industry emissions, but Airsail is talking an average 20% cut in fuel with just two days for installation of its new Sailwing all-automatic parafoil.
Electric Cargo Ships Vs. Green Ammonia: Yara’s Got ‘Em Both
Yara turned heads with its new electric container ship, but the company’s green ammonia ventures could be far more consequential.
Over 100 NGOs Sound The Alarm Over EU’s “Green” Finance Rules
The EU’s green finance rules must be grounded on science, 130 NGOs and experts have told the European Commission after it proposed to designate fossil-fuel powered ships, bioenergy, hazardous chemicals and other polluting activities as “sustainable” investments.
Hard Sails & Green Hydrogen For The Cargo Ships Of The Future
Old and new collide in Japan with the “Wind Challenger” research mashup of green hydrogen, hard sails, and cargo ships.
Barnacle-Repellant Paint Developed To Reduce Shipping Costs
A new type of barnacle-repellant paint — based around compounds derived from the Maytenus tree — has been devised by an international group of researchers. While that, at first, may not sound like something that is that important, the reality is that the drag created by barnacles (or many other … [continued]
E-Ship 1 — 21st-Century Sailing
When Wind Turbine Engineers Face Shipping Problems Engineers are a practical thinking bunch. When they encounter a problem, they think of it as a challenge that has to be solved by utilizing the mighty forces of applied science. The engineers that make up the management of the leading German wind … [continued]
Wind-Powered Cargo Ships Make a Comeback
Sailing ships once carried much of the world’s cargo across the seas, until canvas sheets were replaced by low-grade “bunker” oil. Now it appears that wind power is about to make a comeback, in the form of rigid “sails” that double as solar panels. The patent-pending technology, called the Aquarius … [continued]
