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		<title>Solar power boat</title>
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German shipbuilding Knierim Yachtbau team built the largest solar boat in existence. Called &#8220;Solar Planet&#8221; , this boat is skippered and managed by Raphaël Domjan and Gerard d&#8217;Aboville who  design it in Dell inspiron 1545 battery . The boat started the month and the official launch is planned for April this year. The boat has a [...]]]></description>
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<p>German shipbuilding Knierim Yachtbau team built the largest solar boat in existence. Called &#8220;Solar Planet&#8221; , this boat is skippered and managed by Raphaël Domjan and Gerard d&#8217;Aboville who  design it in <a href="http://www.discount-laptopbattery.com/dell-inspiron-1545.htm">Dell inspiron 1545 battery</a> . The boat started the month and the official launch is planned for April this year. The boat has a cost of $ 24 million to build.</p>
<p>The boat is a catamaran which measures 100 ft x 50 ft, we can get the maximum speed of 15 knots and can contain up to 50 passengers. It multihulled and is topped with 500 meters of solar photovoltaic panels that can power a <a href="http://www.discount-laptopbattery.com/dell-inspiron-1525.htm">Inspiron 1525 Battery</a>.</p>
<p>Solar Planet has an interesting and futuristic was 13 months in the shipyard built and designed. The construction crew boat wants more solar technology to replace the <a href="http://www.discount-laptopbattery.com/dell-inspiron-1526.htm">Inspiron 1526 Battery</a>, planet of the solar energy using unique concepts and technological advances no boat has seen to date.</p>
<p>Immo Stroeher, owner of the multi-hull boat wanted above all to emphasize the technological importance of the event: &#8220;Every step of the Planet solar project is another step in the development of renewable energy technologies t. thank you in ambitious projects of scientific research is in progress by your <a href="http://www.discount-laptopbattery.com/dell-xps-m1330.htm">XPS M1330 Battery</a>. &#8221;</p>
<p>Planet solar will be the world tour which is scheduled to launch in 2011.</p>
<p>The boat is a multihull PlanetSolar topped with photovoltaic solar panels. Under construction since August, he will enjoy impressive proportions, yet quiet and clean. The goal is to sail an average speed of 8 knots around the world, a considerable speed boat powered by <a href="http://www.discount-laptopbattery.com/dell-inspiron-e1505.htm">Inspiron E1505 Battery</a> solar energy.</p>
<p>The host two multihull sailors in the world tour and to fifty persons during navigations provided for promotional stops.</p>
<p>Numerous studies have determined its size and its ideal forms depending on the route. The engineers must manage PlanetSolar <a href="http://www.discount-laptopbattery.com/dell-xps-m1530.htm">XPS M1530 Battery</a> propulsion, the design of solar panels and storage of energy, materials and external environment. Many studies will also be made in these areas.</p>
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		<title>Sailing Around the World On Solar Power</title>
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Eschewing earth, wind and fire, an intrepid sailor plans to circumnavigate the world in a 60 foot solar-powered boat.
Backed by the Peoples Projects Foundation, Anthony Howarth is building the Solar Circumnavigator to raise awareness about environmental issues and give the world a “solar power wake-up call.” According to Howarth, [...]]]></description>
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<p>Eschewing earth, wind and fire, an intrepid sailor plans to circumnavigate the world in a 60 foot solar-powered boat.</p>
<p>Backed by the Peoples Projects Foundation, Anthony Howarth is building the Solar Circumnavigator to raise awareness about environmental issues and give the world a “solar power wake-up call.” According to Howarth, the boat will have “no internal combustion engines, no sails, no wind generators and no fuels of any kind onboard,” a restriction that includes cooking fuel. Also you can take your <a href="http://www.laptops-battery.co.uk/dell-latitude-d800-battery.htm">Latitude D800 battery</a> <a href="http://www.discount-laptop-battery.co.uk/dell-latitude-d800-battery.htm">Latitude D800 battery</a> for charge  in solar power. But it cant charge the <a href="http://www.laptops-battery.co.uk/sony-laptop-battery.htm">Sony laptop battery</a> <a href="http://www.laptops-battery.co.uk/ibm-laptop-battery.htm">IBM laptop battery</a>  as their high volt.</p>
<p>Howarth expects to begin building the boat later this year, with the voyage taking place in 2010 or 2011. Should the Circumnavigator get in the water before Planet Solar, he even has a chance at being the first to accomplish a round-the-world journey powered only by the sun.</p>
<p>Howarth told Wired.com the Circumnavigator would feature cells with 30 percent efficiency that self-orient towards the sun — allowing for output 50% greater than a fixed solar array. The cells will power a DC motor driving six fixed-speed propellers that will be activated in pairs as needed. More power? More propellers. According to Howarth, the multi-propeller setup is more efficient than variable-speed propulsion.</p>
<p>The boat will be made from lightweight, renewable plywood that Howarth says is “as light and effective a boat building material as fashionable non-renewable composites.” The wood-is-better philosophy follows the lead of the Global GreenCat — a prototype boat (pictured above) created by Howarth in 1995 but abandoned due to what he called “a general lack of concern about environmental issues and resultant lack of support.”</p>
<p>He wouldn’t show us any photos or renderings of the Solar Circumnavigator because he worries someone would steal his design.</p>
<p>When the boat arrives at a port of call, Howarth plans to use an existing solar dinghy to reach shore and one of two existing solar runabouts to travel on land. They’re proof-of-concept vehicles and all part of an attempt at evangelizing solar power. Of course Howarth plans to film the entire expedition, and we promise to provide you with updates along the way.</p>
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