A prototype for efficiency

摘要

Teignbridge Propellers has entered into a partnership with the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), a venture established between UK-based private energy and engineering companies and the British Government, in the hope of developing a new high-efficiency propulsion system (HEPS) for the maritime sector. The partnership will see Teignbridge and the ETI undertake a two-year development project, valued at approximately £3 million (US$3.7 million), to result in the creation of a commercially viable HEPS. The ETI and Teignbridge tell Ship & Boat International that the HEPS will comprise a propeller-based solution which can be retrofitted on a number of vessel types and which can boost fuel efficiency by at least 8% whilst slashing CO2 emissions.