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Car manufacturer Renault has entered
a many-year partnership to install sails on board vessels transporting cars to
the US. The sails are expected to reduce CO2 emissions significantly. [duh! - ed]
The car manufacturer has just
entered a three-year collaboration with start-up Neoline to build two
wind-operated vessels to be constructed by 2020 to reduce the use of fossil
fuels in the transport of cars in the routes between France and the US.
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| artists rendition - note side-by-side masts |
Close to 60 percent of Renault's
cars and parts are transported via sea. The project contributes to Renault's
total target to reduce its CO2 emissions in the supply chain by six percent in
the period from 2016 - 2022, according to a press release.
"In the context of our strategy
to explore new sustainable mobility solutions and to continue along the road to
reducing our carbon footprint, the solution designed by Neoline, which combines
energy efficiency and operational relevance, has truly captured our
attention," says Jean-Philippe Hermine, Vice President, Strategic
Environmental Planning Groupe Renault.
Renault is not the only company
wishing to use wind power on large merchant vessels in the future. Product
tanker carrier Maersk Tankers is currently in the process of testing large
cylinder-shaped rotor sails on board one of its vessels.
Neoline is a French startup from
2015 and is referred to as a shipowner in Renault's press release.
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We assume from the wording of the piece that the ships will still be chugging across the pond should the wind fail or be contrary!
Until next time,
Fair Winds,
Old Salt
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