NYCkayaker cargo ships going back to wind power

[mike]

Back to the future design, maybe the bat wing will be improved upon?

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7201887.stm

 

 

Kite to pull ship across Atlantic 

The world's first commercial cargo ship partially powered by a giant kite is
setting sail from Germany to Venezuela. 

The designers of the MS Beluga Skysails say the computer-controlled kite,
measuring 160sq m (1,722sq ft), could cut fuel consumption by as much as
20%. 

They also hope the state-of-the-art kite will help reduce carbon dioxide
emissions, as it tugs the ship. 

Fuel burnt by ships accounts for 4% of global CO2 emissions - twice as much
as the aviation industry produces. 

The MS Beluga SkySails' maiden transatlantic voyage is from the northern
port of Bremerhaven to Guanta in Venezuela. The ship is expected to leave
the German port at 1700 local time (1600 GMT). 

 

 

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