Solar Sailboat Shows How ‘Groovy’ Off-Grid Life Can Be

Groovy Solar Sailboat Collage

If you've ever stared out your office window, wishing for a life less tethered, get ready to drool. Read more →

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Solar Boat Sails For Science, Trash Cleanup

planetsolar solar boat

Having sailed around the world, the PlanetSolar catamaran, powered only by the sun, is on an Atlantic mission to do scientific research and collect floating classic waste. Read more →

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Solar-Powered Robot Sailboat Aims For World Record

Robot Sail Boat

A solar powered robot sailboat will attempt to remain on the high seas for up to 100 hours without interruption, and without a single human on board. Read more →

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Poseidon Concept Yacht Fits 9 (4 If They’re Rich)

Poseidon yacht

A solar-equipped concept yacht aims at creating interior and exterior shelter areas that “suggest the possibility of relaxation.” Read more →

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Students Set Sail In Solar-Powered Boat Battle

Solar Cup 2011

This Solar Cup will pit teens from all over Southern California in endurance and sprint battles in their solar-powered boats. Read more →

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Solar Boat Completes Miracle Global Voyage – Inspired Yet?

PlanetSolar

584 days and over 32,000 nautical miles later, the PlanetSolar boat Tûranor returns to Monaco after a global voyage powered entirely by solar energy. Read more →

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Solar Boat Concept Reimagines Public Ferries

HKI Seabus

The entire HKI Seabus proposal is aimed at reviving waterways as public transport, re-imagining the operating principles surrounding transportation infrastructure. Read more →

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Solar Sail Unfurled, This Catamaran Will Go

Foscat 32

Sure it uses wind power, but the Foscat 32 catamaran concept also has a solar panel that will power a motor when the breezes die down. Read more →

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Powering The Electric Grid With Solar Boats

image via Earth & Industry

Earth & Industry recently got a chance to check out first hand Planetsolar, the solar-powered expedition-at-sea currently attempting to be the first solar-powered boat to circumnavigate the globe. Read more →

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Solar Boat Global Voyage One Step Closer To Home

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The Tûranor PlanetSolar, powered by solar power, set out 18 months ago from Monaco to do what Ferinand Magellan did via wind power in 1519 -- go around the world. Read more →

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