solar powered boat Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:12:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 PlanetSolar: The World's Biggest Solar-Powered Multi-Hull Vessel Released https://www.greenoptimistic.com/planetsolar-solar-boat-20100301/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/planetsolar-solar-boat-20100301/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:12:57 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6668 The world's biggest vessel powered entirely by solar energy has been unveiled in Germany. Measuring about 31m in length, the new catamaran called PlanetSolar is able to achieve a top speed of about 25 km/h (15 knots) and can carry 50 people.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/planetsolar-solar-boat-20100301/feed/ 1 6668 Nanotube-Based Solar Powered Boat Built by Berkeley Researchers https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-nanotube-solar-powered-boat-20090413/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-nanotube-solar-powered-boat-20090413/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:36:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3365 There have already been successful experiments involving solar powered boats, and there have already been people sailing them in the last ten years. Still, all of them have something in common: they use photovoltaic cells as an intermediate between the sunlight the mechanical work.

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