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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>A cargo ship fitted with giant, British-designed special wind-powered sails has set out on its maiden voyage. Shipping firm Cargill, which has chartered the vessel, hopes the technology will help the industry chart a course towards a greener future.<\/p>\n

Using the wing-sized rigid WindWings sails aims to cut fuel consumption and therefore shipping\u2019s carbon footprint. It is estimated the industry is responsible for about 2.1% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.<\/p>\n

The Pyxis Ocean\u2019s first journey will be from China to Brazil \u2013 and will provide the first test real-world test of the wind-wing technology. Folded down when the ship is in port, they are opened when it is at sea.<\/p>\n

They stand 123ft (37.5m) tall and are built of the same material as wind turbines, to make them durable. Enabling a vessel to be blown along by the wind, rather than rely solely on its engine, could hopefully eventually reduce a cargo ship\u2019s lifetime emissions by 30%.<\/p>\n

Jan Dieleman, president of Cargill Ocean transportation, said the industry was on a \u201cjourney to decarbonise\u201d. He admitted there was \u201cno silver bullet\u201d \u2013 but said this technology demonstrated how fast things were changing.<\/p>\n

\u201cFive, six years ago, if you would ask people in shipping about decarbonisng, they would say \u2018well, it\u2019s going to be very difficult, I don\u2019t see this happening any time soon\u2019,\u201d he told the BBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cFive years later, I think the narrative has changed completely and everybody is really convinced that they need to do their part \u2013 everybody is just struggling a little on how we\u2019re going to do this.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019ve taken the role as one of the larger players to underwrite some of the risk, and try things, and take the industry forward.<\/p>\n

\u201d The Pyxis Ocean will take an estimated six weeks to reach its destination \u2013 but the technology it is using has its origins in something much faster.<\/p>\n

It was developed by UK firm BAR Technologies, which was spun out of Sir Ben Ainslie\u2019s 2017 America\u2019s Cup team, a competition sometimes called the \u2018Formula One of the seas\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is one of the most slow-moving projects we\u2019ve done, but without doubt with the biggest impact for the planet,\u201d its head John Cooper \u2013 who used to work for Formula One team McLaren \u2013 told the BBC.<\/p>\n

He thinks this voyage will be a turning point for the maritime industry. \u201cI do predict by 2025 half the new-build ships will be ordered with wind propulsion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason I\u2019m so confident is our savings \u2013 one-and-a-half tonnes of fuel per day. Get four wings on a vessel, that\u2019s six tonnes of fuel saved, that\u2019s 20 tonnes of CO2 saved \u2013 per day. The numbers are massive. \u201d<\/p>\n

The innovation has come from the UK but the wings themselves are manufactured in China. Mr Cooper says a lack of government support in reducing the cost of imported steel prevents the company from making them here.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a shame, I\u2019d love to build in the UK,\u201d he told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Experts say wind power is a promising area to explore, as the shipping industry tries to reduce the estimated 837 million tonnes of CO2 it produces each year.<\/p>\n

In July it agreed to reduce planet-warming gases to net-zero \u201cby or around 2050\u201d \u2013 a pledge critics said was toothless. \u201cWind power can make a big difference,\u201d says Dr Simon Bullock, shipping researcher at the Tyndall Centre, at the University of Manchester.<\/p>\n

He said new cleaner fuels will take time to emerge \u201cso we have to throw everything at operational measures on existing ships \u2013 like retrofitting vessels with sails, kites and rotors\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately we do need zero-carbon fuels on all ships, but in the meantime, it is imperative to make every journey as efficient as possible. Slower speeds are also a critical part of the solution,\u201d he told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Stephen Gordon, managing director, at the maritime data firm Clarksons Research, agreed that wind-related technologies were \u201cgaining some traction\u201d. \u201cWe have the number of ships using this technology doubling over the past 12 months,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is from a low base, however.<\/p>\n

In the international shipping fleet and new-build order book of over 110,000 vessels, we have records for under 100 having wind-assisted technology today.
\nEven if that number dramatically increases, wind technology may not be suitable for all vessels, for example, where the sails interfere with the unloading of containers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shipping industry does not yet have a clear decarbonisation pathway and, given the scale the challenge and the diversity of the world shipping fleet, there is unlikely to be a single solution for the industry in the short or medium term,\u201d Mr Gordon predicted.<\/p>\n

John Cooper, of BAR Technologies, is more bullish though, saying the future for wind wings is \u201cvery rosy. \u201d He also admits he takes a certain satisfaction in the idea of the industry returning to its origins.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe engineers always hate it, but I always say it\u2019s back to the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe invention of big combustion engines destroyed the trade routes and the sailing routes and now we\u2019re going to try to reverse that trend, just a bit.<\/p>\n

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