Innovative sails for container ships - in development

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4:41 AM Sun 27 Feb 2011 GMT

'Eco Marine powered ship' .

In the effort to find alternative ways of moving our ships around the oceans of the world with less - or without - fossil fuels , there have been many experiments, the most publicised being the German efforts to use high flying kites. But now a Japanese company has been coming up with some imaginative sail solutions, the most interesting of which is a retrofit for existing ships. Well, they don't look much like sails as you and I know them, but it's a start... Energy firm Eco Marine Power has developed rigid sails that are installed with solar models ...

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