The catamaran “sun21” successfully made the first motorized crossing of the Atlantic with solar power. This definitely goes to prove the great potential of solar power for ocean navigation.
Sun21 arrived in New York City on 8 May 2007, after having traversed about 7000 sea miles. Sun21’s historic journey was made possible because of the sponsorship of the Swiss transatlantic21 Association.
The association has now donated the solar boat to the WWF Adena/Madrid, so that it can be used as a scientific research vessel.
I am sure with this amazing journey of Sun21, which not only successfully harnessed renewable energy but was also able to defy wind, waves and storms to reach its destination safely, more and more people will be motivated to use solar power.
via: greenboating
