Wind Energy Harvesting for Ship Propulsion Assistance and Power (WHISPER)

长途海运占全球贸易的80-90%，但对氮氧化物、硫氧化物和温室气体（GHG）排放的严格规定将导致重大的技术变革。虽然实现国际海事组织（IMO） 2050年温室气体减排50%目标的途径尚不清楚，但可以明确的是，需要大幅减少该行业对化石燃料的依赖。液化天然气（LNG）正在成为主流，可以减少20-30%的二氧化碳排放，而氨、氢或生物燃料等其他替代燃料可以进一步脱碳，但在资金、资源潜力和可接受性方面面临重大障碍。同时，通过实施效率措施，如慢速航行、改进船舶设计和利用可再生资源，可以节省大量燃料和温室气体。由于风能是真正的海上特征，船上风能的利用将在长途海上运输业的脱碳中发挥重要作用。然而，它的吸收速度很慢，在商业航运部门广泛采用它面临重大挑战。WHISPER将开发一种新颖的模块化改造解决方案，包括一个风能-太阳能混合动力系统，以显著减少辅助发动机的排放，以及一个倾斜翼帆系统，以提供风辅助推进，显著降低主发动机的燃料消耗和排放。风力发电将通过新型集装箱涡轮机进行利用，该涡轮机将在一艘现役集装箱船上进行演示，效率节省15.3%。WHISPER将在现役散货船上证明整个改造解决方案的技术和财务可行性，显示效率节省29.8%。

Long-distance maritime transport provides 80-90% of global trade, but strict regulations around NOx, SOx and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are set to cause major technological shifts. Whilst the pathway to achieve the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) target of 50% GHG reduction by 2050 is unclear, what is clear is the need to drastically reduce the industry’s dependence on fossil fuels. Liquified natural gas (LNG) is reaching mainstream and provides 20-30% CO2 reduction and other alternative fuels such as ammonia, hydrogen or biofuels could decarbonise much further but face significant barriers concerning financials, resource potential and acceptability. In tandem, considerable fuel and GHG savings could be attained by implementing efficiency measures such as slow steaming, improved ship design and utilising renewable resources. With wind being a truly maritime feature, the onboard harnessing of wind energy will play an important role in the decarbonization of the long-distance maritime transport industry. However, its uptake has been slow and there are significant challenges to its widespread adoption in the commercial shipping sector. WHISPER will develop a novel modular retrofit solution comprising a wind-solar hybrid power system to significantly reduce auxiliary engine emissions and a tilting wing sail system to provide wind-assisted propulsion significantly reducing main engine fuel consumption and emissions. Wind power will be harnessed through novel containerised turbines which will be demonstrated on an in-service container ship with efficiency savings of 15.3%. WHISPER will prove the technical and financial viability of the complete retrofit solution on in-service bulk carrier vessel, demonstrating efficiency savings of 29.8%.