French shipping startup VELA has introduced a 100% wind-driven business model that offers a sustainable alternative for niche customers in the global shipping industry. By harnessing wind power, VELA aims to reduce carbon footprints and cater to clients seeking eco-friendly transportation options, as published in Clean Technica.
Wind Energy Makes A Comeback, With PalletsFrench shipping startup VELA has introduced a unique concept by applying high-performance sailboat racing...
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The WindEurope Annual Event 2023 starts today in Copenhagen. This year’s edition will be the biggest WindEurope event so far. More than 14,000 participants and more than 500 exhibitors … |
https://maritime-professionals.com/its-time-to-get-serious-about-expanding-wind-energy/
Wind Assisted Propulsion systems (WAPS) are one of the most promising measures to assist the decarbonization of shipping today. Wind is an inexhaustible, free, zero carbon energy source, and a combination of advanced aerodynamics, automation, computer modeling, and new materials are unlocking a new generation of innovative wind systems.
Potent SolutionWhile experience in using the systems is still developing, WAPS have already been implemented on commercial vessels and can...
https://mfame.guru/going-with-the-wind-dnv-releases-update-to-waps-technical-standards/
S&P Global Commodity Insight’s (SPGCI) European Long-Term Power Forecast service enables customers to better understand the changes taking place in the market over the long-term and more aptly assess potential revenue opportunities.
With a growing proportion of renewable generators exposed to merchant price risk, SPGCI’s robust, market-leading forecasts—which now extend through 2050—provide a comprehensive and transparent view of evolving power prices and help you to stay ahead of the...
https://mfame.guru/infographic-european-long-term-power-forecast/
In a world-first, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) will bring a new type of hard sail equipped bulker to Newcastle, Australia later this year.
GHG savings
The single sail will produce enough propulsive force to save 5% of greenhouse gas emissions on the Japan-Australia route. However, the company notes that, in future, the multiple...
Crowley Promotes Coulston Van Gundy to Vice President of Construction and Engineering
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; Jan. 24, 2022) – Crowley has appointed Coulston Van Gundy as vice president of construction and engineering. He will lead the company’s vessel design and engineering, construction management and project engineering with an expanded emphasis on growth and innovation.
With more than 15 years of experience, Van Gundy has played an integral role in advancing Crowley’s growing...
Mammoet converts CC2800-1 to narrow track in Brazilian fleet
Specialized crane will help tackle needs of growing wind market
Many wind farms in several countries, including Brazil, have narrow internal roads of 6-7 meters wide. This restricts the use of conventional crawler cranes, as conventional machines are severely restricted relocating between turbines. The narrow track cranes can crawl in between turbines with no or partial disassembly, ultimately...
The next decade will see more innovation in ocean-bound technologies than possibly the past 100 years combined.
Advances in low-cost private satellites, artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, cloud data storage, and communication, are opening up new frontiers in ocean-bound transportation.
However, Forbes reports that a surprising propulsion technology is also making an appearance that could re-disrupt the global shipping industry: wind.
Big comeback in the makingThe wind is about to make a...
https://mfame.guru/wind-to-re-disrupt-the-global-shipping-industry/
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced a renewable energy initiative for the Gulf of Mexico, with plans to harness Louisiana’s strengths in offshore energy production for the development of wind power, the U.S.’s No. 1 source of renewable energy.
Gov. Edwards presented his vision at the inaugural meeting of the Climate Initiatives Task Force he created earlier this year. Offshore wind energy will be one of many strategies pursued by the task force to curb the growth of greenhouse gas...
Anderson Trucking Service (ATS) has spent more than 20 years investing tens of millions of dollars in acquiring specialized equipment and hiring drivers to become the nation’s largest over-the-road transporter of gigantic wind turbine components.
Those investments have paid off, and even in the face of economic uncertainty from the coronavirus, the American wind energy industry has been at the back of this diversified Minnesota-based trucking company.
“COVID-19 has impacted some of our...