100-foot spinning sails harvest wind to power ships

An artist's rendering of the rotor sails on a Maersk ship.

An artist's rendering of Norsepower spinning sails on a Viking Line ship.

For the first time in nearly a century, a ship is about to be fitted with a set of “spinning sails” that harness the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/environment/wind/">wind</a> to help power it across the ocean—a technology that could significantly green up the process of trans-oceanic shipping. As <a href="https://www....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/100-foot-spinning-sails-harvest-wind-to-power-ships/'>READ ARTICLE</a>