Archive for June, 2008

Frisian Solar Boat Challenge

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

From June 22 to June 28, Friesland will be home to the world’s largest race of solar vessels: The Frisian Solar Challenge.
Around 50 teams will start the Challenge, mainly universities and specialist companies from Europe with teams from Brazil, England, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Poland, though a disproportionate representation from the local area, [...]

World’s first solar speedboat

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

We usually try to keep electricity and water apart, but it seems the electric engine revolution is moving through the boating world as well.
The Czeers MK1 prototype is, as far as its Dutch creators are concerned, the world’s first solar speedboat.
The resulting test boat, made from 100% carbon fiber inlaid with leather trim, photovoltaic [...]

Solar Shuttle

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Now this is something to see–

March 17, 2007 Designed by SolarLab founder Christoph Behling, the Solar Shuttle is the UK’s largest and most advanced solar boat. It was set up last July, and operates on the ecologically-fragile Serpentine Lake in one of the oldest parks in the world, London’s Hyde Park.
Entirely pollution-free [...]