Salisbury Cafe Sci: "Smart Green Shipping"

This is an in-person talk hosted by Salisbury Science Cafe. Everyone from Basingstoke Science Cafe is more than welcome to attend and we look forward to seeing you!

The February talk will be given by Di Gilpin who will be talking about how her innovations in wind propulsion technologies are revolutionising global shipping with significant environmental benefits.

More details at the Salisbury Science Cafe web site below:
https://cafescientifiquesalisbury.org.uk/event/di-gilpin-smart-green-shipping/

SUMMARY
From early mobile phones and Formula One to grand prix yacht racing, Smart Green Shipping (SGS) Founder & CEO Di Gilpin has spent her career demonstrating that “impossible” innovation becomes achievable when you commit to tackling the challenge. In this talk, she explores how the mindset that fueled her success in fast-paced industries can be applied to transforming global shipping — a sector often regarded as “hard-to-abate.”

Di introduces FastRig, SGS’ lightweight, stowable wingsail, and its “Wind‑as‑a‑Service” circular business model, designed to cut fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions by up to 40% per year while delivering attractive investor returns. By combining cutting‑edge engineering, digital performance prediction tools and flexible leasing, the system turns regulatory and technical complexity into commercial advantage.

Backed by major partners — including the world’s second-largest shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, leading UK renewable energy supplier Drax, and a network of expertise across the UK and Scotland — SGS offers end-to-end solutions and innovative business models that enable whole-system collaboration across shipowners, cargo owners, financiers, insurers, lawyers, and scientists. This is how SGS transforms challenges into a thrilling race for competitive advantage.

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