If we're going to have #CargoShips, they might as well be sail-driven!

A cargo ship’s ‘WindWing’ sails saved it up to 12 tons of fuel per day

After six months sailing around the world, the numbers are in for the retrofitted ‘Pyxis Ocean.’

By Andrew Paul
Posted on Mar 14, 2024

"Using the wind force captured by its two giant, controllable sails to boost its speed,#PyxisOcean reportedly saved an average of 3.3 tons of fuel each day. And in optimal weather conditions, its trips through portions of the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans reduced fuel consumption by over 12 tons a day.
"According to Cargill’s math, that’s an average of 14 percent less greenhouse gas emissions from the ship. On its best days, Pyxis Ocean could cut that down by 37 percent. In all, the #WindWing’s average performance fell within 10 percent ts designers’ computational fluid dynamics simulation predictions."

Read more:
https://www.popsci.com/technology/windwing-ship-sails/

#SolarPunkSunday #SteamPunk

#Verpasstodon

"Pyxis Ocean": Erstes Frachtschiff mit Bar Tech WindWings sticht in See

Mit guter alter Windkraft und neuer WindWing-Technik sollen künftig Frachtschiffe über die Ozeane schippern und dabei CO₂ einsparen.

https://www.heise.de/news/Pyxis-Ocean-Erstes-Frachtschiff-mit-Bar-Tech-WindWings-sticht-in-See-9275536.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#BARTechnologies #PyxisOcean #Schifffahrt #Seefahrt #Umweltschutz #WindWings #Windkraft

Pioneering wind-powered cargo ship sets sail
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66543643 #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Renewables #WindPower

"The #WindWings sails are designed to cut fuel consumption and therefore #shipping's #carbon footprint... Enabling a vessel to be blown along by the #wind, rather than rely solely on its engine, could hopefully eventually reduce a cargo ship's lifetime #emissions by 30%... The #PyxisOcean's maiden journey, from China to Brazil, will provide the first real-world test"

"The ship(#PyxisOcean) , chartered by US shipping firm #Cargill, has been retrofitted with two #WindWings – large steel sails 37.5 meters (123 foot) tall, designed by UK company #BARTechnologies and produced by industrialization partner Yara Marine Technologies.

The wings are expected to generate emissions savings of up to 30%." #WindPower #SailingShips #GreenTech

Wind-powered #CargoShip sets sail in a move to make shipping greener | CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/22/travel/wind-powered-cargo-ship-cargill-bartech-climate-c2e-spc-intl/index.html

Promising use of wind power to reduce CO2 emissions by augmenting the power from the engines.

https://www.cargill.com/2023/cargill-bar-technologies-wind-technology-sets-sail

#PyxisOcean #Tech #Sustainability #Transport #Maritime #Horizon2020 #WindWings

#Frachter mit Flügeln bricht zur Jungfernfahrt auf

#Schiffe müssen Emissionen reduzieren, aber wie? Entwickler haben nun einen Frachter nachträglich mit #Segeln ausgestattet. Sie funktionieren nach einem Prinzip, das bereits vom America’s Cup bekannt ist.
#PyxisOcean #Schiffsverkehr
https://www.spiegel.de/auto/singapur-frachter-mit-fluegeln-bricht-zur-jungfernfahrt-auf-a-a29463ac-f0bb-4d61-985b-20858df0a838