Another Wind Power Technology Being Installed On Tankers And Container Ships...

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On Saturday, 20 August 2022 at 19:17:02 UTC+2, Fred Bloggs wrote:

On Friday, August 19, 2022 at 10:57:29 PM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 18:21:32 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
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On Friday, August 19, 2022 at 9:08:10 PM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 17:44:27 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
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On Friday, August 19, 2022 at 11:08:06 AM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 06:58:24 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
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All these technologies are 10x more effective than conventional sails and result in 30% fuel savings. This one just got a big installation contract:

https://www.norsepower.com/technology/
I bet that would blow away in a storm.

The site says that the first ship application was in 1926. I see a lot
of cargo ships on the bay and none have these things.

They already have an installed base. If you look in technical brochure, even the smallest model weighs 20 tons welded steel and securely fastened to a 9 ton foundation which itself is welded to hull. They list \"survival\" wind speed of 70 m/s for all the models, which is say 160 MPH. I take that to be sustained, so it\'s like 2x anything they will ever see at sea. Every ship is a custom job and may require multiple sails.
https://www.norsepower.com/download/brochure.pdf
They have been installing the things since 2014. Somewhat less than
one ship per year, says Wikipedia. It doesn\'t seem wildly popular.

Surely they will run out of money at that rate.

\"The main investors supporting Norsepower are Power Fund III, OGCI Climate Investments, our first venture capital investor Lifeline Ventures Oy, EAKR Aloitusrahasto Oy, Valve Ventures Oy and Korkia Venture Insight. Norsepower is also funded by TEKES – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, and the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.\"
All the more to lose. Investors don\'t create success; customers do.

https://www.norsepower.com/story/

They\'ll be coming into their own shortly as soon as all the clean shipping regulations start kicking in. Dirty ships won\'t be allowed in port.
They installed a system on a Maersk ship in 2018. Why has Maersk not
ordered more?
They trialed it for a few years and the fuel savings came in at only 8%. MAERSK has since sold that proto ship:
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/maersk-tankers-sells-product-tanker-fitted-with-rotor-sails/
MAERSK spokesman says one thing but it looks a lot like they\'re not real impressed with the technology.

I guess dirty ships will have to hire clean tugs.
They won\'t let them get away with that:
https://lowenthal.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-lowenthal-introduces-bill-clean-massive-emissions-generating

never sell more fakes and never get Mesk involved in your delusional day dreaming