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A UK start-up is using satellite data to develop technology that will help the shipping industry reduce its CO2 emissions. 90% of everything we consume is moved by sea. As world trade continues to grow, there is an increasing number of ships crossing our oceans, each using vast amounts of energy. The shipping industry is .
Policy support needed to drive maritime innovation
Government support for innovative low-carbon propulsion technology is needed to help unlock the shipping industry’s desire to decarbonise, according to a panel of experts.
Speaking at ShipTech Virtual Is the Zero-Carbon Future a Slow Shipping Future? as part of the Maritime Online Series, Diane Gilpin, CEO & Founder of Smart Green Shipping said action was needed to prevent innovations from being lost.
Gilping recalled that early, small, land-based wind turbines received domestic UK government support in the form of renewable obligation certificates which supported the sector through a period where it would otherwise have made little commercial sense for financial investors to come on board. “That enabled was for the pioneering developers to overcome what is known as the valley of death, where innovations go to die,” said Gilpin.
Shipbuilders set sail for a green revolution
Innovative new technologies are popping up as pressure builds on the shipping industry to cut its emissions
23 May 2021 • 9:00am
Smart Green Shipping s FastRig design sees a series of vertical aerofoils mounted on vessels, reducing fuel consumption by at least a fifth
Credit: Smart Green Shipping
Boris Johnson wants Britain to become a “shipbuilding superpower” in a transition that will strengthen the Union and level up left behind regions. But his vision won’t mean ailing yards dotted around the country turning out tankers and cargo ships in their hundreds. Instead, the change is likely to be a lot more subtle and green.
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Fitting sails and slowing down could cut shipping emissions up to 40% according to a new report by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
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Fitting sails to cargo ships and sailing more slowly could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry by up to 40%, according to a new report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Air pollution from shipping has increased rapidly over the last decade and there are few if any plans to reduce it since the IMO has brokered a deal to enable the industry to continue to increase its pollution until 2030.
Most emissions are from international shipping, so they are not included in individual countries’ reduction targets.