Weighing 60 tons, this 102 foot catamaran yacht has a 50’ beam. The top layer is covered with 5,300 square feet of solar panels, claiming a top speed of around 15 knots (they are still experimenting with speed. One journal lists 10 knots as the optimal speed for the conditions).

This boat left Monaco in late September 2010 and went to Miami in late November. From there it went to Cancun, Mexico- the site of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

They are on the way to Cartagena, Columbia (about 500 miles from it as of 12-14-10)

Their purpose: “We wish for a quality expansion of sustainable energy technologies on the water and in other mobile applications”.

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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.