Solar Powered Catamaran Sailboat

These solar catamaran concept boats are now in production as silent yachts.

Solar powered catamaran sailboat.

See our updated solar catamarans article. Swr german national tv station the vision behind silent yachts is important to people and hopefully helps to steer energy policies towards the right direction. The 60 m solar panels produce so much energy that the catamaran can drive up the rhine german river with 10 km h despite the countercurrent. Grand cayman based serenity yachts just showed off two of their new designs for solar powered yachts at the miami international boat show.

With the abundance of solar panels on board each boat every silent yachts model is able to cruise for 100 nautical miles in complete silence. The soelcat 12 is an energy autonomous solar electric boat designed from the ground up as a fully sustainable excursion vessel to enjoy the sea. Enjoy all the benefits of a power catamaran with the addition of solar energy. A solar power installation on a sailboat is made up of two independent systems.

Skeptics continue to question whether solar powered sailing is really viable but after a successful award winning concept turned catamaran in 2009 the answer is yes. With no co2 or noise emissions involved we can save the ocean and offer a. The sunwave 54 solar catamaran is more than a concept but since the sunwave 54 solar. In the charging system the solar panels convert sunlight into electrical current and deliver it to the batteries via a solar charge controller.

The serenity 64 and serenity 74 will go for 3 3 million.