A Company Will Reduce Cargo Ship Carbon Emissions by 20%. With a Giant Kite?

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Trials with a 500 square meter kite will begin early next year. 🏄‍♀️ engineering

In the first quarter of 2022, the company will strap a 500 square meter kite to the Ville de Bordeaux, a 154-meter-long cargo vessel that ships aircraft components for Airbus. That will be part of a six-month series of trials and tests as the ship makes its way along its usual route across the Atlantic Ocean.

The initiative is yet another new idea aimed at helping the shipping industry meet its goals for decarbonization following this year. If initial trials go as planned, Airseas will then test a larger 1,000 square-meter parafoil that will fly at an altitude of 300 meters above sea level, cutting fuel consumption and emissions by roughly 20 percent. The company says that its sail technology can be easily installed on any vessel and that the installation process takes only a few days.

Other initiatives to reduce carbon emissions in the cargo shipping industry include the use of sustainable fuels. , the"MMA Leveque", to run almost entirely on green ammonia. Artificial intelligence might also help the shipping industry to reduce its emissions. Take, for example, Michelin's in-development

 

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