Tag: wind propulsion

Norsepower signed a contract with Socatra for the retrofit installation of two Norsepower Rotor Sails on the Medium Range (MR) tanker Alcyone.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen and project partners have secured a Horizon Europe funding totalling EUR 9m to support building a RoRo sailing vessel.

WHISPER, an energy transition project comprised of 14 partners, received €9,2 million in funding from Horizon Europe, regarding retrofitting ships to achieve emission reductions.

MOL plans to launch the construction of Wind Hunter, a hydrogen-producing vessel outfitted with multiple rigid sails, in 2024.

K Line informed that it installed the first Seawing, an automated kite system that harnesses wind power, on a Capesize carrier at the end of 2022.

The Port of Tianjin, Northern China, now features three wind turbines of over 100 meters high, intended for clean power generation, marking the completion of 15MW wind power project phase II of the Green Intelligent Energy Demonstration Program Section C.

Airseas has issued video footage of its automated kite system Seawing in flight during ongoing transatlantic sea trials. This comes as the company announces the successful completion of the crucial initial stages of these trials, which are taking place on the vessel Ville de Bordeaux, as it transports aircraft components between Europe and the United States.

Along with other green alternatives, wind propulsion is gaining momentum as stricter environmental regulations -including CII, EEXI, FuelEU Maritime, EU ETS and the US Clean Shipping Act- are all entering into force in 2023. How is the wind propulsion landscape is expected to unfold in the coming months?

The UK Government chose GT Green Technologies that is developing a new approach to wind-assisted propulsion as one of the projects to receive funding in the second round of a multi-year clean maritime demonstration competition.

DNV has officially joined the International Windship Association (IWSA) with the intention of using the membership status to further support and accelerate the uptake of wind-assisted propulsion systems by the global shipping fleet.