Green Shipping Advancement With High-Tech Sails
A new hi-tech sail development called the “AirWing” aimed at reducing the carbon footprint and emissions that come from Shipping boats is about to change maritime navigation.
AirWing’s primary innovation is its unique airflow management technology incorporated into the wing construction.
The idea is the invention of GT Green Technologies founder George Thompson, but he is quick to acknowledge “the wider team of talented engineers and aerodynamicists”.
The firm is presently in the detailed design phase and has obtained various UK government innovation funds, notably from the Department of Transport’s Transport Research and Innovation Grant programme and Innovate UK.
Strategic investors from the private sector have also been brought in to assist growth operations and future investment rounds are planned.
UK-based company “Carisbrooke Shipping”, which owns a 27-ship fleet of small bulk carriers and multipurpose boats, is partnering with GT Green Technologies and the University of Bristol to put a wind sail on one of its boats.
Supported by a £3.7 million funding from the UK Department of Transport’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 4, the business will install a 20m-high AirWingTM wind propulsion system to a vessel that is deployed on round journeys from the UK to Canada.
The effort is estimated to deliver yearly fuel savings of 8.3%.
On-sea testing is to begin during the spring of this year.
Factors That Pushed For This Innovation
Concerns regarding the environment are creating a larger demand for renewable and sustainable energy around the globe with specialised technology being at the cutting edge of new ideas and solutions.
The environmental effect of shipping includes air pollution, water pollution, noise, and oil pollution.
Commercial ships are to blame for more than 18 percent of various air pollutants, including greenhouse gas emissions.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) estimates that carbon dioxide emissions from shipping were equivalent to 2.2% of the worldwide human-made emissions in 2012 and anticipates them to climb 50 to 250 percent by 2050 if no action is done.
Solutions It Could Bring About
To solve the issue of worldwide commercial shipping, the adoption of WPT (Wind Propulsion Technology) has been studied.
According to some recent research, wind-assisted ship propulsion employing stiff wings, sails, kites, Magnus rotors or other new devices on select vessel classes such as bulk carriers and tankers, offer the possibility of fuel savings and pollution reductions of about 10%.
Windship Technology Ltd, a sail power concept being developed by a consortium of important participants in the worldwide shipping industry, have adapted the latest breakthroughs in wind turbine blade design and high performance composite materials to reach a significantly larger emission reduction of 30% on average.
Their ideal design might transform the way tomorrow’s boats move products across the world’s seas.
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