the eu co-funded wintecc project tests skysails, an innovative wind propulsion technology for cargo vessels and wamos II, a reliable wave and surface current monitoring system that uses the unfiltered output from common nautical radar units to determine wave and surface current parameters in near real-time, with measurements based upon the backscatter from the ocean's surface.
the 320m kite-like automatic skysails are currently used during regular operation of the mv beluga skysails cargo vessel and can save up to twenty or thirthy percent oil.