Background
Wind propulsion can result in substantial savings in fuel consumption and exhaust gas emissions. Demonstration projects have shown that savings of 5% to 15% are immediately achievable in average wind conditions without really changing operations and ship design. However, present development projects indicate that by changing design and operations those savings can even be highly increased, getting close to 80% to 90% savings in favourable wind. This is a very interesting prospect for shipping. Wind propulsion can deliver savings that are out of range for other technologies. It can also reduce the operational cost that is inevitably involved with carbon free / neutral fuels.
The question is whether your ships and designs and the (intended) operations are suitable for wind propulsion. The impact that wind propulsion can have is highly dependent on the operational wind climate, the ships speeds, and the type and size of wind propulsion. The latter highly depends on the ship design in terms of deck lay-out, heel stability, maximum air draught, yaw balance and capability of the propulsion installation to run at low loads.
The question is whether your ships and designs and the (intended) operations are suitable for wind propulsion. The impact that wind propulsion can have is highly dependent on the operational wind climate, the ships speeds, and the type and size of wind propulsion. The latter highly depends on the ship design in terms of deck lay-out, heel stability, maximum air draught, yaw balance and capability of the propulsion installation to run at low loads.
WIND PROPULSION SERVICES
To decide whether wind propulsion can be applied to your design or ship, we do feasability studies and specific research for optimisation and verification.
The first step to judge whether wind propulsion is interesting for your ship design and operation is to do a feasibility and concept study by experimenting with different device types and arrangements. If wind propulsion is a suitable technique for your ship and operation, the next step is to optimise ship/design and operation and to verify performance, operability and compliance to rules and regulations.
For each design or ship we use a customised approach.
Track record | Research and publications
The first step to judge whether wind propulsion is interesting for your ship design and operation is to do a feasibility and concept study by experimenting with different device types and arrangements. If wind propulsion is a suitable technique for your ship and operation, the next step is to optimise ship/design and operation and to verify performance, operability and compliance to rules and regulations.
For each design or ship we use a customised approach.
Track record | Research and publications
Contact
Rogier Eggers
senior project manager
Quick feasibility and concept study
The first step to judge whether wind propulsion is also relevant for your ship design and operation is to do a feasibility and concept study; experimenting with different device types and arrangements. This study allows to quickly and cost efficiently find out whether and how wind propulsion may help your design. It may be followed up by further design, optimisation and verification studies..
Quick feasibility and concept study
The first step to judge whether wind propulsion is also relevant for your ship design and operation is to do a feasibility and concept study; experimenting with different device types and arrangements. This study allows to quickly and cost efficiently find out whether and how wind propulsion may help your design. It may be followed up by further design, optimisation and verification studies..
Optimisation and verification
If wind propulsion is a suitable technique for your ship and operation, the next step is to optimise ship/design and operation and to verify performance, operability and compliance to rules and regulations.
Optimisation and verification
If wind propulsion is a suitable technique for your ship and operation, the next step is to optimise ship/design and operation and to verify performance, operability and compliance to rules and regulations.
Track record | research & publications
Since 2011 MARIN has been actively engaged to support the (re-) implementation of wind propulsion.Commercial (public) projects
- Deltamarin | Calculations and model testing for wind-assisted RoRo design
- Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Cruise vessel free running model tests
- Ocean Wings (AYRO) Canopé | Powering concept & trials
- ANEMOI (EU) | Bulk carrier concept & assessment
- Ferry | Manoevring simulations
Collaborative initiatives
- WiSP3 JIP to gather data for better standards (with BlueRoute prediction tool)
- ITTC Committee on Wind Powered and Wind Assisted Ships
- Optiwise EU research project to rethink ship design and operations
- Natural Propulsion Seminar as part of the BlueWeek to develop new projects.
In addition we have published a large number of scientific papers on the subject of wind propulsion.
