A large kite installed on a merchant ship is expected to save shipping fuel costs by up to 20% and do its part for the environment.The kite will cost pay for itself after about three years.
Use of the computer-controlled kite to assist the ship's diesel engines is expected to save 20-30% on fuel costs (or $1600 per day) over the course of the month-long transport.
"The shipping industry emits 800 million tonnes of CO2 now and that will rise to over 1 billion tonnes in five years," says Niels Stolberg, a SkySails company rep.
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