Giant kites to drag cargo ships across oceans in bid to cut down carbon use

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/cargo-ships-carbon-decarbonisation-seawing-b1978211.html

"the first of the 500 square meter kites will aid a ship – the 154-metre-long Ville de Bordeaux – on its trade journey across the Atlantic Ocean for six months of trials... titled ‘SeaWing’, were developed by French tech company, Airseas, in hopes to reduce fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent. The SeaWing is an automatic kite based on parafoil technology... At full-size, the 1,000 square metre kite will fly at an altitude of 300 metres"

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