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The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) will fund development of flettner rotor systems for cargo vessels, arguing that wind power represents the only credible way to cut shipping’s CO2 emissions.

A flettner rotor system uses a spinning cylinder to convert wind force into thrust that helps propel a ...

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