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World’s First Solar-Powered Ship: Is it any good?
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Here is a subtle yet very clear difference between something that is a eco-friendly move that helps the planet and a commercial move that claims to do the planet plenty of good. Most often every green investment is driven by commercial motive (and it...
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Manish
Sep 1 2008
Mumbai,
India
Sameer, I have always felt a boats are ideal for any kind of alternate fuel, may it be solar or wind. With unrestricted sun light falling over the sea, solar can be very well used to power the boat. The problems of vibration and saline conditions is not much to overcome. And if not solar, wind can power the boats. However they may not be adequate to power a large ship.. can’t imagine a super liner powered by sun or wind... atleast not for now.
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I do agree that boats are ideal for alternate power source usage but it has to come from a very wise combination of wind, wave and solar power. Any singular source could fall woefully short in providing substantial power to run considerably large ships. While the concept is great, this particular case I feel is just a publicity stunt. Just my opinion though...
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