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Whatever Floats Your Boat
Sail-powered cargo ship returns home, wave-powered vessel sets off |
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17 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:20 PM on 17 Mar 2008 A cargo ship partially powered by a gigantic kite-like sail has completed a 12,000-mile roundtrip voyage across the Atlantic. Captain Lutz Heldt, who says the ship used around 20 percent less fuel thanks to kite power, says, "We can once again actually 'sail' with cargo ships, thus opening a new chapter in the history of commercial shipping." Not to be outdone, ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, innovation, news, wind power (all these topics) |
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Blow by Blow
Company creates global map of wind patterns |
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04 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:11 AM on 04 Mar 2008 Any way the wind blows, weather-consulting service 3Tier wants to map it. The company has created a global map of weather patterns that's available free on the internet, allowing anyone to check whether there's strong enough air movement -- and transmission capacity -- to power property in a certain area. 3Tier plans to do a similar project to show the potential of solar energy, to keep the renewable-energ ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, greenish companies, innovation, news, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, wind power (all these topics) |
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