Greening oil tankers with Black Magic
Richard Sauter is seeing green again. So soon after introducing the “first zero carbon” megayacht Transcendence, his Sauter Carbon Offset Design has now unveiled Black Magic. The 120 metre-long, 4,000-tonne solar hybrid vessel is said to have the potential of reducing GHG emissions by 75-100% by harnessing energy from the sun, wind and waves. Like his megayacht, the Black Magic is still a concept but Mr Sauter has no doubts that it’s “the only realistic super green alternative to the highly pollutant tankers in use and still being built at an alarming rate.” (more…)
