The Ulysse catamaran of the Plastic Odyssey project inaugurated in Concarneau on June 17, 2018, in Finistère. Fight against ocean pollution by traveling around the world on a catamaran propelled by plastic waste: this is the challenge of the Plastic Odyssey project, which has just launched its prototype.
『塑膠奧德賽計畫』中的尤利西斯號*1正式在2018年7月17號於法國孔卡爾諾啟用。(菲尼斯泰爾省) 利用可回收的塑膠垃圾來驅動船舶環遊世界、防治海洋汙染正是『塑膠奧德賽計畫』的挑戰，如今它已完成了概念船。
Dubbed “Ulysses”, the demonstrator boat 6 meters long inaugurated a few days ago in Concarneau in Brittany (western France) prefigures a catamaran of 25 meters supposed to go to sea in March 2020.
這艘概念船被命名為「尤利西斯號」，目前它的船身只有６公尺長，而未來2020年3月要下水的新船則放大為25公尺長。
“An extraordinary project,” greeted the French Secretary of State for the Transition Ecologique Brune Poirson, baptizing the boat Friday. “You are the economy of tomorrow,” she added to the four young men between 24 and 30 years behind the project.
「真是一樣卓越的計畫！」法國生態永續發展暨能源部的國務卿-布魯恩·鮑爾森(Brune Poirson)在禮拜五的洗禮儀式中表示。「你們就是國家經濟的未來」她向著年紀在24~30之間年輕的幕後團隊說道。
The idea was born a few years ago, in Dakar, Senegal, says Simon Bernard, 27 years old, officer of the merchant navy. “We saw plastic everywhere and people looking for a job to survive, and we thought we needed to make recycling more accessible,” he says.
「這個想法最初是在幾年前產生的」於達卡(西非_塞內加爾首都)商船隊的西蒙·伯納德(27歲)表示：「我們發現到處都是塑膠垃圾，而人們正在尋找工作求生活，我們想我們可以讓回收能有更好的利用」
The goal of “Ulysses” is not to clean the oceans, already largely polluted by plastic. Indeed, “once at sea, it is too late: only 1% of plastic waste floats on the surface”, emphasize its designers. “The remaining 99% break down into microparticles and line the seabed”.
尤利西斯號的目標並不是清潔被大量汙染的海洋，「只要一到海上就已經太遲了，只有1%的塑膠垃圾會漂浮於海上。」它的設計者強調：「其餘的99%都會分解成為塑膠微粒散佈於海床上。」
“So, how do we make sure that the plastic does not arrive in the ocean? We must turn off the tap,” said the leader of the expedition.
「所以要如何確保塑膠不會流入海洋中呢，我們必須阻斷源頭」探險隊隊長說。
這艘船舶的理念再經歷了三年與33個階段的改變後，人們將重新審視再生、塑膠的回收與分類，包含再生資源機械的公家使用。
According to the UN, only 9 percent of the nine billion tons of plastic the world has produced were recycled and 12 percent was incinerated. The rest has ended in landfills, oceans, pipelines, where it will take thousands of years to completely decompose.
根據聯合國的數據，全世界生產的90億噸塑料中，只有9％被回收、12％被焚化，其餘的淪落在垃圾掩埋場、海洋、管道中，並要耗費數千年才能完全被分解。
“Swiss knife of recycling” 回收界的萬用瑞士刀
“The goal is to provide a kind of Swiss recycling knife” at affordable prices for emerging countries, says Simon Bernard, presenting crusher, compressor, extruder and sorting sensor, which will be offered in Africa, Asia and Latin America where does most of the plastic spilt into the ocean come from?
「我們的目標就是提供一把回收界的萬用瑞士刀，以一個可負擔的價錢提供給新興國家。」西蒙·伯納德說。包含了破碎機、壓縮機、擠出器和分類傳感器，這會給與非洲、亞洲、拉丁美洲很大的幫助，大大減少塑膠流入海洋的機會。
“You need viable business models so that these machines do not stay in a garage,” he says.
他說：「你會需要可行的商業模式，以便這些機器不會呆坐在車庫裡。」
The plastic that can not be recycled will be turned into fuel thanks to the “plastic pyrolysis” and will feed the catamaran for the rest of its odyssey.
藉由「塑料熱解」將難以回收的塑膠轉化成燃料，並提供給尤利西斯號完成它的《奧德賽飄流記》。
Built-in particular to test this plastic-fuel system, the demonstrator Ulysse is also “the first boat in the world to advance to plastic waste,” according to its designers. The prototype has a capacity of 5 kg/hour of treated plastic, for a production of 3 liters of diesel and 2 liters of gasoline maximum.
為了測試塑膠燃料系統而生，概念船_尤利西斯號也是第一艘利用塑膠當動力的船。根據它的設計者所言，這艘概念船具有每小時處理5千克塑料的能力，最多可生產3升柴油和2升汽油。
“We do not promote pyrolysis as the flagship of our expedition but we are convinced that there is a market to develop,” said Benjamin de Molliens, responsible “partnerships” of the expedition.
「我們不會將此塑膠熱解作為探險隊旗艦的動力，但我們堅信這具有市場潛力。」探險隊負責人－本傑明·德·莫里恩斯說道。
According to him, the price of “plastic-fuel” should be “competitive or even cheaper than the price at the pump” in countries like Mozambique or Senegal.
依據他的說法，塑膠燃料系統是非常有競爭力的，甚至在某些國家價錢會比泵還便宜，像是莫三比克(東非)或塞內加爾(西非)。
The project, with a total cost of 11 million euros, was in its initial phase financed by private sponsors (Clarins, Crédit Agricole, Veolia, etc.). But funds are not yet raised for the construction of the boat, supposed to start in September.
這個計畫在初始階段的總成本為1100萬歐元，由私人贊助商(Clarins、CréditAgricole、Veolia等）資助，但預計在九月(2019)開始建造的船舶計畫資金卻尚未籌足。
“The hard part is getting started, and now we are on the move,” says Simon Bernard. “We are starting to have people who contact us from all over the world: African entrepreneurs, a Costa Rican researcher …”
「萬事起頭難，但我們正在前進。」西蒙·伯納德說：「我們開始有來自世界各地的人與我們聯繫，像是非洲企業家、哥斯達黎加研究人員……」
Next step: a tour of France with the prototype to promote the project and find funding.
下一步：透過概念船在法國的展出，尋找贊助商籌足資金。
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*1 Ulysse catamaran：直翻=尤利西斯雙體船，在此譯作尤利西斯號。尤利西斯是《奧德賽飄流記》的主角為古希臘史詩。
Transition Ecologique ：法國生態永續發展暨能源部
Merchant navy：商船隊
出處：https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/worlds-first-catamaran-propelled-by-plastic-waste-coming-to-life/
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最近幾年我很關注新能源，塑膠燃料並不是很新的技術，上述公司甚至稱他是LOW-TECH低技術，畢竟需要達到熱裂解還是需要其他燃料加溫與催化劑，要達到商業實用還有很多需要突破的技術。尤利西斯號的誕生背景是歐盟禁止大量塑膠垃圾產生、2050年目標達到碳中和、環保能量抬頭，我覺得『塑膠奧德賽計畫』與其說是一艘新概念船舶，不如說是一段警惕世人的史詩。
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