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Michelin introduces decarbonised shipping, recycled material racing tire solutions

2nd June 2021

By: Marleny Arnoldi

Deputy Editor Online

     

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Original-equipment manufacturer Michelin has presented its two latest solutions to making transportation more efficient, while conserving resources, at the 2021 Movin’On global sustainable mobility summit.

The first of the solutions, the Wisamo project, will help to decarbonise maritime shipping. It involves an automated, telescopic and inflatable wing system that can be fitted on merchant ships and pleasure craft.

Michelin also revealed a racing tyre containing 46% recycled, or sustainable, materials has been developed for endurance racing - the tire will be fitted to the GreenGT Mission H24 hydro-gen powered prototype racing car.

With this new innovation, engineered for motorsports, Michelin has found a way to make a tyre with high sustainable content that still delivers superior on-track performance.

CLEANER SHIPPING

Michelin’s Wisamo system is the product of a collaborative venture between Michelin Research & Development and two Swiss inventors who share the group’s “all-sustainable” vision.

The inflatable wing sail harnesses the wind as a free, universal and inexhaustible source of propulsion. Its revolutionary design enables a ship to reduce its fuel consumption and thereby have a positive impact on the environment by lowering carbon dioxide emissions.

Designed and developed by the Wisamo project team, the system is installable on most merchant ships and pleasure craft. Especially suitable for roll on/roll off ships, bulk carriers and oil and gas tankers, it can be fitted as original equipment on new builds or retrofitted on in-service vessels.

The wing’s range of use is one of the market’s broadest, with proven effectiveness on many points of sail, and especially when close-hauled (windward). It can be used on every maritime shipping route, Michelin states.

The telescopic mast is retractable, making it easy for a ship to enter harbours and pass under bridges. In all, the system can improve a ship’s fuel efficiency by up to 20%.

Wisamo collaborated with world-renowned skipper Michel Desjoyaux to perfect the system’s development. He says the advantage of wind propulsion is that wind energy is clean, free, universal and noncontroversial.

It offers a very promising avenue to improving the environmental impact of merchant ships.

The Wisamo system will first be fitted on a merchant ship in 2022, when Michelin expects it to go into production following completion of a trial phase.

The project is Michelin’s contribution to enabling greener, softer maritime mobility in advance of future regulations.

Michelin is also taking action to reduce the environmental impact of its supply chain. In addition to this commitment, and in line with its strategic plan, the group is basing a portion of its growth on the development of new businesses.

SPORTING GREEN

Michelin achieved the high sustainable materials percentage of its new racing tyre by increasing the tyre’s natural rubber content and using recycled carbon black recovered from end-of-life tyres.

The company says other bio-sourced or recycled materials, including orange and lemon rind, sunflower oil, pine resin and recycled steel from aluminium cans, can be used in making the tyre.

“As a real-world technological laboratory, motorsports enable Michelin to develop and test new high-tech solutions in extreme use conditions.

“With this innovative partnership, Michelin is showcasing its ability to incorporate an ever-higher proportion of sustainable materials into its products without compromising on their performance,” the company states.

Michelin aims to use 100% sustainable materials in all its tyres by 2050. In leading up to the target, Michelin aims to reach an initial milestone of having 40% sustainable materials in its tyres by 2030.

Alongside its commitment to integrating sustainable materials into its tyres, Michelin also uses eco-design processes to attenuate its tyres’ environmental impact at every stage in their lifecycle, from raw materials sourcing and production to road use and recycling.

“We share a core value with Movin’On and its partners, namely the deep belief that mobility, and movement in the broadest sense of the term, are inherent to life and a source of progress.

“The two innovative solutions presented at this year’s global sustainable mobility summit offer tangible, real-world proof of our determination to make mobility increasingly sustainable,” says Michelin chairperson Florent Menegaux.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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