The ship is powered by direct solar energy. Sanyo’s HIT Power 225 A solar module will be about 11. Solar-Electric Boat Keywords: Solar-Electric Ship. To design and build a working model solar powered boat. To design and build an attractive boat. To test the model solar powered boat at every stage of its construction: a. Does it float? Can it run on sun alone? To make recommendations for the design and construction of solar powered model boats.
DESIGN DRAWINGS: Peter Worsley and Brad Blackford's conceptual design drawings for boats powered by rotary sails. There are several ideas along these lines.
More development is needed until a practical vessel may be achieved. PETER WORSLEY Peter is an amateur yacht designer and an incredibly inventive and productive experimenter. All of his designs work to some degree - which, as he has refined his ideas, they are getting better. We love the rotary sail boats. Not quite so keen on the wing-sail designs, which were pioneered by Walker Wingsail Systems many years ago, but never really took off:) The idea seems to be a development of a fan ship proposal exhibited in 1935 at a patentees exhibition in London, although, we know that Peter developed his ideas independently from scratch. Nevertheless, there is a remarkable similarity, which supports the old adage that 'great minds think alike.'
See Peter's nicely converted catamaran 'Twice Lucky' below and compare that to Brad Blackford's Hobie catamaran further down. BRAD BLACKFORD'S HOBIE 16' CAT A number of windmill powered boats have been built over the years, with varying degrees of success. Some of the smaller ones were built from scratch, larger ones were converted production boats. However, the idea has not caught on beyond a few amateur one-off designs. So why build a windmill powered boat?
The main advantage of a windmill boat is its ability to 'sail' in any direction, regardless of wind direction. Because it is never necessary to tack, this ability can make it a long distance performer.
Therefore, a moderate-speed boat can outperform a speedier counterpart. Further, they can be effortlessly maneuvered in tight quarters where winds are not fair. This would include rivers, estuaries, narrow lakes and shoal infested areas. USING RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR GREENER SHIPPING The trend towards using renewable and alternative energy sources on land has gathered momentum over the last decade as the general public and policy makers tackle the issues of pollution, energy security and climate change. However at sea the shift towards the widespread adoption of alternative energy is only now beginning to take shape. Over recent years the shipping industry has begun to seriously look at ways to reduce fossil fuel consumption and operate in a more environmentally friendly way.
Mi Power Software. The concept of Green Shipping or Sustainable Shipping is now becoming an important issue for ship owners, shipping lines and ship builders globally. In the 1970's and 1980's there were several ships fitted with rigid sails of various types with the aim of reducing fuel consumption.
This was driven largely by the oil crisis in the 1970's which resulted in oil shortages and the price of oil soaring. However the oil crisis passed and as the prices fell in the 1980's the viability of rigid sails in terms of cost was undermined.
However Japanese ships such as the Shin Aitoku Maru and Usuki Pioneer did prove that rigid sails reduced fuel consumption. The rigid sail concept has also been applied to a range of smaller vessels but it has not gained widespread acceptance to date on either large ships or smaller vessels. Another way to reduce fuel consumption on-board ships is through the use of. Recent advances in solar cell and photovoltaic module technologies have lead to solar power becoming a cost effective fuel reduction option on pleasure boats, ferries and tourist vessels. However on large ships the amount of fuel saved through the use of solar power alone is relatively small. So the idea of a commercially viable solar ship seems impractical at the moment. JAMDA - A computer controlled, sail assisted merchant ship.
Perhaps rather than having a ship with rigid sails or a ship with solar panels a better approach would be to design a system that could tap into the power of the wind and sun together. The challenge in developing such a solution is to overcome many of the practical problems entailed in trying to use sails or solar panels on large ships. But there is a solution on the horizon - the Eco Marine Power (EMP) Aquarius MRE System. This innovative wind and solar marine renewable energy (MRE) solution is designed so that the practical limitations of using rigid sails and solar panels on ships are overcome. A ship fitted with the Aquarius MRE System such as a bulk carrier, oil tanker or cargo ship will be partly a solar ship and partly a sail ship. These ships will be able to use wind and solar power together as a source of energy and propulsion (along with the ship's main engines) in order to reduce harmful emissions and lower fuel consumption.