Black Magic pioneers zero carbon by design

by Sauter Design on 19 Jun 2010 Sauter Carbon Offset Design introduces Black Magic, a zero carbon vessel that points to the way future tankers can reduce their GHG emissions by 6 billion tons over the next 20 years.

Black Magic is a 4,000 ton Solar hybrid Vessel that reduces GHG emissions by 75 to 100% by harnessing energy from the sun, wind and waves, It features Mercedes Benz / MTU Bluetec engines to deliver the cleanest marine propulsion system the world has ever seen

Richard Sauter, head of design commented: “Now that the North Pole is little more than a fragmented pile of frozen debris, cargo vessels going between Japan and Germany have cut 4000 miles off the journey. This is the good news. The bad news is that the Greenland ice sheet is likely to disappear a lot sooner than predicted.'

Black Maigic is the only realistic Super Green Alternative to the highly pollutant tankers in use and still being built at an alarming rate. Over the next 20 years a 75% reduction in emissions for the 16 supertankers mentioned below amounts to a 40 million ton reduction in GHG emissions..

The currently available green technology present in Black Magic includes:

· Mercedes Benz & MTU Bluetec diesel electric power generation

· Hydro and aerodynamic advances in wave piercing pentamaran hull design

· Azimuth counter rotating CLT high torque propeller systems.

· KER & Power sailing regeneration.

· State of the art fully rotational Wing Sails.

· Maximum solar cell deployment. (2,000 square meters)

· Energy efficient equipment, including AC & refrigeration with waste heat recovery

· Computerized energy management, maintenance & guidance.

· Lithium UPS

Solar cells, power sailing regeneration and plug-in power sources charge a lithium ion storage system that runs all hotel services including AC, day and night, The same lithium UPS allows Black Magic to achieve her maximum speed of 16 knots and navigate harbors and inland water ways with Zero emissions

Combine the above with 300 to 1,000kws of wing sail propulsion to arrive at virtually unlimited Zero Carbon Cruising at an average speed of 10kts. (With optional Sky Sail 12 kts)

Black Magic is a 10,000 tons per year Certifiable Carbon Offset Project. As such it achieves a reduction in GHG emissions equivalent to the average annual carbon footprint of 2,500 people across the globe.

More at www.SauterCarbonOffsetDesign.com