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Wind propulsion technology has a bigger role to play in decarbonizing shipping

October 31, 2022

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The document was submitted to the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee ahead of its 79th session and the upcoming revision of the Initial IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships as well as the entrance into force of the EEXI and CII in 2023.

The general message of the submission underlies that the potential of wind power technology has been underrated in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships, especially with regard to the potential of optimizing newbuilding designs and combining the technology with optimisation factors such as weather routing and speed variation to achieve greater efficiency gains.

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