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Skysails – Marine Environmental Initiatives At Work

By On May 26, 2009

  Passion focused on a singular goal is often the driver of new ideas and technology. Today the focus for many is on saving our planet from the effects of [...]

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Skysails – First Ocean Voyage A Success

By On March 21, 2008

Discoverer user mateMB has pointed us to news of Beluga shippings Skysails project to cross the atlantic with the use of a kite. In yesterday’s press release Beluga Group tells [...]

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Launching Kite Power

By On December 16, 2007

The 433 ft long “Beluga SkySails” in an undated image. Turning ocean winds into gold while cutting greenhouse emissions in the process might sound like some sort of alchemy for [...]

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kite powered ships

By On September 29, 2007

We are always on the lookout for “green” stories so were pleased when a friend forwarded a link to Skysails, a German based company looking to augment tradition ship propulsion [...]

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