French firm Airseas is one of many businesses now using wind energy to clean up the world’s shipping industry, modernising a centuries-old idea, as reported by Canary Media.
Dirty fuelA red-and-white kite hovers 660 feet above a big blue vessel sailing across an empty, sweeping stretch of the Atlantic Ocean.
The 2,700-square-foot parafoil is helping to tow the cargo ship and lessen the workload of the massive diesel engines — reducing the ship’s use of dirty fuel.
On Tuesday,...