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Cargill, an international shipping company, recently partnered with Hamburg-based SkySails to use wind power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the industry.
SkySails developed a patented technology that uses a giant kite which flies ahead of a vessel to augment the power of its engines.
Next December Cargill will install a 320m2 kite on a handysize vessel of between 25,000 and 30,000 deadweight tonnes. The kite will generate enough propulsion to reduce consumption of bunker fuel by up to 35 percent in ideal sailing conditions.
The kite will be connected to the ship by rope, and is computer-controlled by an automatic pod to maximize the wind benefit and minimize extra work for the crew.
"The shipping industry currently supports 90 percent of the world's international physical trade. In a world of finite resources, environmental stewardship makes good business sense," said G.J. van den Akker, head of Cargill's ocean transportation business. "As one of the world's largest charterers of dry bulk freight, we take this commitment extremely seriously. In addition to lowering greenhouse gas emissions, the SkySails technology aims to significantly reduce fuel consumption and costs."
According to a United Nations study, up to 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) could be saved every year by the broad application of the SkySails' technology on the world merchant fleet. This figure would equate to 11 percent of the CO2 emissions of Germany.
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SkySails developed a patented technology that uses a giant kite which flies ahead of a vessel to augment the power of its engines.
Next December Cargill will install a 320m2 kite on a handysize vessel of between 25,000 and 30,000 deadweight tonnes. The kite will generate enough propulsion to reduce consumption of bunker fuel by up to 35 percent in ideal sailing conditions.
The kite will be connected to the ship by rope, and is computer-controlled by an automatic pod to maximize the wind benefit and minimize extra work for the crew.
"The shipping industry currently supports 90 percent of the world's international physical trade. In a world of finite resources, environmental stewardship makes good business sense," said G.J. van den Akker, head of Cargill's ocean transportation business. "As one of the world's largest charterers of dry bulk freight, we take this commitment extremely seriously. In addition to lowering greenhouse gas emissions, the SkySails technology aims to significantly reduce fuel consumption and costs."
According to a United Nations study, up to 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) could be saved every year by the broad application of the SkySails' technology on the world merchant fleet. This figure would equate to 11 percent of the CO2 emissions of Germany.
Related Reading:
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DOE Announces Major Funding For Offshore Wind Projects
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Good that Someone is Finaly using Sail Tech again
For Decades I have been Proposing Sails and Hydrogen Supported Baloon like Sails as Ways of Increasing efficiency and Reducing/Removing Petrol Engine Use
with the Right Mix of Direct Drive Wind powered Propelors, Wave energy generation, Sails and hydrogen Production; The only Need for Oil would Be Lubrication and that could easily be done with Hemp seed Oil; Oceans are a Vast Energy Reserve So Why not use the Power that's There..
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Well done Cargill!!!
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Any improvement to save fuel is welcome news for our planet.
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Good fuel savings idea. Hope more ships will adopt the suggestion.
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Back to the glory days of sail.
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or... even better, BUY LOCAL when you can and cut out all this crazy waste of resources shipping things all over the planet.
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More companies should be searching for ways to reduce costs and in turn reduce their carbon footprints. Win, win indeed.
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Innovative idea. But let's be realistic - the real reason they did it was to reduce fuel consumption - which reduces operating costs and improves profits. A side benefit of reducing fuel consumption is reduced carbon emissions (which sounds better from a marketing perspective).
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Great idea ;D
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finally someone taking action
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