Sailing a solar boat

By HT Correspondent

Updated On May 04, 2012 09:09 pm IST

Share Via

Copy Link

1 / 8

Team members of PlanetSolar wave as they achieve the first around-the-world tour with only solar energy in Monaco. The biggest solar boat ever built progressed through Atlantic Sea, Panama canal, Pacific Ocean and is back to Mediterranean Sea through Suez Canal. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

Updated on May 04, 2012 09:09 pm IST

Team members of PlanetSolar wave as they achieve the first around-the-world tour with only solar energy in Monaco. The biggest solar boat ever built progressed through Atlantic Sea, Panama canal, Pacific Ocean and is back to Mediterranean Sea through Suez Canal. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

2 / 8

Crew members of Planetsolar hold warning flares as they arrive in the port of Monaco after completing the first around-the-world trip using solar energy. Reuters Photo/Eric Gaillard

Updated on May 04, 2012 09:09 pm IST

Crew members of Planetsolar hold warning flares as they arrive in the port of Monaco after completing the first around-the-world trip using solar energy. Reuters Photo/Eric Gaillard

3 / 8

Crew members of Planetsolar wave as they arrive in the port of Monaco after completing the first around-the-world trip using solar energy. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

Updated on May 04, 2012 09:09 pm IST

Crew members of Planetsolar wave as they arrive in the port of Monaco after completing the first around-the-world trip using solar energy. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

4 / 8

PlanetSolar achieves the first around the world with only solar energy in Monaco. More than a year and a half after leaving Monaco, the 31-metre (102-foot) Swiss catamaran, skippered by a Franco-German-Swiss team of five members, completes the 30,000 miles of this first world voyage only powered by solar energy. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

Updated on May 04, 2012 09:09 pm IST

PlanetSolar achieves the first around the world with only solar energy in Monaco. More than a year and a half after leaving Monaco, the 31-metre (102-foot) Swiss catamaran, skippered by a Franco-German-Swiss team of five members, completes the 30,000 miles of this first world voyage only powered by solar energy. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

5 / 8

PlanetSolar achieves the first around the world with only solar energy in Monaco. The Swiss-flagged boat, which was built in Germany and cost $ 26 million, is topped by 500 square metres of black solar panels, with a bright white cockpit sticking up in the centre. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

Updated on May 04, 2012 09:09 pm IST

PlanetSolar achieves the first around the world with only solar energy in Monaco. The Swiss-flagged boat, which was built in Germany and cost $ 26 million, is topped by 500 square metres of black solar panels, with a bright white cockpit sticking up in the centre. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

6 / 8

An helicopter flies by as four of the five members of PlanetSolar stand on the deck when achieving the first around the world with only solar energy in Monaco. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

Updated on May 04, 2012 09:09 pm IST

An helicopter flies by as four of the five members of PlanetSolar stand on the deck when achieving the first around the world with only solar energy in Monaco. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

7 / 8

Team members of PlanetSolar wave with flares as they achieve the first around-the-world tour with only solar energy in Monaco. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

Updated on May 04, 2012 09:09 pm IST

Team members of PlanetSolar wave with flares as they achieve the first around-the-world tour with only solar energy in Monaco. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

8 / 8

PlanetSolar achieves the first around the world with only solar energy in Monaco. The biggest solar boat ever built progressed through Atlantic Sea, Panama canal, Pacific Ocean and is back to Mediterranean Sea through Suez Canal. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

Updated on May 04, 2012 09:09 pm IST

PlanetSolar achieves the first around the world with only solar energy in Monaco. The biggest solar boat ever built progressed through Atlantic Sea, Panama canal, Pacific Ocean and is back to Mediterranean Sea through Suez Canal. AFP Photo/Valery Hache

Home / Photos / News / Sailing a solar boat

SHARE

Copy

Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin

Copyright © 2026 HT Digital Streams Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Your Subscription Plan

Saved Articles

Subscribe Now!

Follow Us On