This is the second episode of the Winds of Change Podcast. This podcast series tells the story of the Winds of Change project which is working to instal a wing-sail onto a ship. Wind propulsion, sometimes called wind assist, systems are increasingly being seen as a way for modern shipping to use wind to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels (fuel oils and marine diesel). Through the story of the Winds of Change podcast this series will highlight the passion and drive to introduce new technologies into an industry which is famously slow to adapt to change, and why such solutions are needed.
Narrator and host Craig Eason talks to the people in the project to understand the technology, to hear what needs to be done to build a system that has never been built before and convince a shipowner that it is perfectly sensible to put it on their vessel.
As well as a project update from Di Gilpin, CEO of Smart Gren Shipping, we also hear from Henry Smith, a chartering manager withingthe shipping giant MOL Group and Mark Gibbens from the British bioenergy group, Drax about their involvement and how they see wind assist solutions making a difference.