“The control system will understand where the wind is blowing and it will speed the rotor up or slow it down accordingly ... it can go up to 170 revolutions per minute”
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mounted a rotor sail on the bow of a container ship where no containers are present, using the wind trapped by the container stacks to create higher wind speeds for the rotor
“The control system will understand where the wind is blowing and it will speed the rotor up or slow it down accordingly ... it can go up to 170 revolutions per minute”
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