Solar Boats
Friday, June 18th, 2010
This solar powered boat operates in Sydney Australia as a passenger ferry. Pollution free boats- WOW!
Boats are among the biggest fuel guzzlers of all time… right up there with Hummers and Tanks.
This is a passenger boat that is powered by wind and solar energy. It has movable wing- like solar panels that act as sails.
Since it is Hybrid, it can run on wind, sun, battery, diesel or any combination of these.
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This is The Solar Shuttle, designed by SolarLab founder Christoph Behling. It is the UK’s largest and most advanced solar boat. It carries 42 passengers in all daylight conditions, has reserve power for night-time running and even generates surplus energy that can be fed back into the national grid.
It operates on the ecologically-fragile Serpentine Lake in one of the oldest parks in the world, London’s Hyde Park.
