Solar-Powered Boat Carries 8.5 Tons of Lithium-Ion Batteries

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bshell writes “The Verge has a great photo-essay about Tûranor PlanetSolar, the first boat to circle the globe with solar power. ‘The 89,000 kg (nearly 100 ton) ship needs a massive solar array to capture enough energy to push itself through the ocean. An impressive 512 square meters (roughly 5,500 square feet) of photovoltaic cells, to be exact, charge the 8.5 tons of lithium-ion batteries that are stored in the ship’s two hulls.’ The boat is currently in NYC. Among other remarkable facts, the captain (Gérard d’Aboville) is one of those rare individuals who solo-rowed across both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, journeys that took 71 and 134 days, respectively. The piece has a lot of detail about control systems and design.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Solar-Powered Boat Carries 8.5 Tons of Lithium-Ion Batteries

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