SKYTUG Wind Propulsion for Deep Sea Shipping

蓝水工程公司正在开发SKYTUG概念船；一种以前所未有的规模为海洋货物运输部门提供风力推进的方法。SKYTUG将为现有和新船提供牵引服务，以风筝的形式部署大量风力，以正常的服务速度将大型船只拖过海洋，而燃料消耗仅为通常的一小部分。我们正在申请专利的技术将使有史以来最大的风筝阵列能够可控地部署，并将大量零碳风能输送到世界各地的必需品中。将风力推进技术封装在拖船上，而不是在船上，这给了设计和操作空间的自由，携带大量的风筝区域，足以牵引重负荷的散货船和油轮。它还为船舶运营商提供了一种简单、有吸引力的解决方案：无需改装、无需安装、无需维护、无需专业船员、无需停机、无需资本支出。只是拖着，一个熟悉的操作，没有额外的费用。该项目将开发和评估SKYTUG概念的关键要素的可行性，以期批准设计和建造一个综合演示器。

Bluewater Engineering is developing the SKYTUG concept; a means of providing wind propulsion to the ocean cargo shipping sector at a scale never before seen. SKYTUG will provide a towing service to existing and new ships, deploying a vast array of wind power in the form of kites, to tow large ships across oceans at normal service speeds with only a fraction of their usual fuel consumption.Our patent pending technologies will enable the largest kite arrays ever seen to be deployed controllably and channel masses of zero-carbon wind energy into the movement of essential goods around the world.The encapsulation of the wind propulsion technology aboard a tug, rather than aboard ship, gives freedom to design and space to operate, carrying large amounts of kite area sufficient to tow heavily loaded bulk and tanker ships. It also offers a simple, attractive solution for ship operators: no modifications, no installations, no maintenance, no specialist crew, no downtime and no capex. Just towing, a familiar operation, and no extra costs.This project will develop and assess the feasibility of the key elements of the SKYTUG concept, with a view to approving the design and building of an integrated demonstrator.