Wind Power Returns To Oceangoing Cargo Ships, Finally
Wind power finally comes home to roost in the maritime industry as cargo ships set sail with high tech renewable energy on board.
Wind power finally comes home to roost in the maritime industry as cargo ships set sail with high tech renewable energy on board.
The shipping industry creates more carbon emissions than most of the world’s countries. A new plan would reduce those emissions, but companies have already figured out how to do an end run around the new rules. Human behavior is so predictable.
Two 30-meter tall Rotor Sails have been installed onboard the product tanker vessel Maersk Pelican, targeting a reduction in fuel cost and associated emissions on typical global shipping routes of 7-10%.
Plenty of people are interested in recycling shipping containers – the military even mods them out to build fake training villages – but what about recycling the entire ship? Well, Danish shipping giant Maersk is going for it on a grand scale. The company is ordering up to 30 new … [continued]