I’m delighted to read that Bar Technologies in Hampshire are to fit sails "Wind Wings" to a cargo ship belonging to Cargill , a giant US shipping company.
The prototype of first vessel to be on the water by 2022!
They say in their sustainabitity report:
Partnering with BAR Technologies to combine worldclass yacht racing design and technology to use wind propulsion to reduce CO2 emissions from commercial shipping by as much as 30%.
Presumably, they will also generate either own apparent wind, the faster they go?
This is Great News!!
The use of free direct power. Fewer emissions and less "Noise in the Oceans".
I suspect that the next stage will be hull design to reduce drag and lessen noise even further
We have an up and coming series of talks which will be directly focusing on “Noise In the Ocean” with Dr Olivier Adam of the Sorbonne and experts in most effected fields. - details to follow.