{"id":17252,"date":"2011-03-01T15:30:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T20:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=17252"},"modified":"2011-03-01T15:30:18","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T20:30:18","slug":"wind-and-solar-powered-sailing-ships-the-next-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/wind-and-solar-powered-sailing-ships-the-next-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind- AND Solar-Powered Sailing Ships the Next Thing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Sailing ships once carried much of the world\u2019s cargo across the seas, until canvas sheets were replaced by low-grade \u201cbunker\u201d oil<\/a>. Now it appears that wind power is about to make a comeback, in the form of rigid \u201csails\u201d that double as solar panels. The patent-pending technology, called the Aquarius Solar and Wind Marine Power System, is being developed by a company called Eco Marine Power<\/a>. The dream of a high tech, sustainable energy cargo ship<\/a> has been percolating for a number of years now, but it hasn\u2019t caught on in a big way, so let\u2019s see if this new system is The One.<\/p>\n

Read more on our sister site, CleanTechnica: Wind-Powered Cargo Ships Make a Comeback<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo: Sailing ship by Bruno Girin<\/a> on flickr.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sailing ships once carried much of the world\u2019s cargo across the seas, until canvas sheets were replaced by low-grade \u201cbunker\u201d oil. Now it appears that wind power is about to make a comeback, in the form of rigid \u201csails\u201d that double as solar panels. The patent-pending technology, called the Aquarius Solar and Wind Marine Power […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,43],"tags":[11222,30560,30561,32425,32449,32487,32488,32489,32490,38341,38356,38357],"spectra_custom_meta":{"dsq_thread_id":["508280667"],"_oembed_c3582a6ee2c1f258cc77c0e6e6af1573":["