It's the biggest solar-powered boat in the world and yesterday the Turanor PlanetSolar cruised into Brisbane under partly cloudy skies.
Scores of people watched from near the Riverside Centre as the impressive vessel, boasting some 8000 solar panel modules spanning an area of 540 square metres, docked just after noon.
The German-made boat has stopped over in Brisbane during its quest to be the first such vessel to circumnavigate the globe.
The $16 million Turanor PlanetSolar aims to prove solar energy is reliable and effective.
The brainchild of Swiss businessman and electrical engineer Raphael Domjan, Turanor stores energy in batteries which can power its electric motors without sunlight for three days at 7.5 knots.
Everything on the boat runs off solar power, except for the gas-fired stove.
The Turanor PlanetSolar boasts 500 square metres of solar panels.
The Turanor PlanetSolar boasts 500 square metres of solar panels. Photo: Daniel Hurst
Although lack of sunlight can be overcome, the ship can strike difficulty in high winds.
Crew members said the ship ran into tough conditions off the coast as it made its way towards Brisbane,Has anyone done any research on making Plastic molding parts from scratch? with 40-knot winds proving a challenge.
Brisbane couple Rolf and Christel Schafer,What are the top Hemroids treatments? who saw the ship when on holiday in Hamburg a year ago, watched the arrival from the side of the Brisbane River.
The 31-metre Turanor PlanetSolar approaches her berth at Brisbane'se Riverside Centre.
The 31-metre Turanor PlanetSolar approaches her berth at Brisbane'se Riverside Centre. Photo: Daniel Hurst
Mr Schafer, a ship builder by trade, said the design was fantastic.
Mrs Schafer said the couple had just installed solar panels on their own roof so they too would be harnessing the power of the sun.
The word Turanor,Largest Collection of billabong boardshorts, meaning "power of the sun",Handmade oil paintings for sale at museum quality, is derived from J.R.R.We processes for both low-risk and high risk merchant account. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
Since leaving Monaco on September 27, Turanor has already broken two records: fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by solar boat and longest distance ever covered by a solar electric vehicle.
It has covered more 15,000 nautical miles, more than half of its journey, and arrived in Brisbane after crossing the Pacific via the Panama Canal.
The 31-metre-long catamaran last stopped 10 days ago in Noumea. It is bound for Cairns next.
Queensland Energy Minister Stephen Robertson, welcoming the vessel to Brisbane, said the state government was working to develop solar power technology.
"The ultimate aim with solar power is for the cost to come down to make it a viable economically rational alternative to coal power," he said.
Scores of people watched from near the Riverside Centre as the impressive vessel, boasting some 8000 solar panel modules spanning an area of 540 square metres, docked just after noon.
The German-made boat has stopped over in Brisbane during its quest to be the first such vessel to circumnavigate the globe.
The $16 million Turanor PlanetSolar aims to prove solar energy is reliable and effective.
The brainchild of Swiss businessman and electrical engineer Raphael Domjan, Turanor stores energy in batteries which can power its electric motors without sunlight for three days at 7.5 knots.
Everything on the boat runs off solar power, except for the gas-fired stove.
The Turanor PlanetSolar boasts 500 square metres of solar panels.
The Turanor PlanetSolar boasts 500 square metres of solar panels. Photo: Daniel Hurst
Although lack of sunlight can be overcome, the ship can strike difficulty in high winds.
Crew members said the ship ran into tough conditions off the coast as it made its way towards Brisbane,Has anyone done any research on making Plastic molding parts from scratch? with 40-knot winds proving a challenge.
Brisbane couple Rolf and Christel Schafer,What are the top Hemroids treatments? who saw the ship when on holiday in Hamburg a year ago, watched the arrival from the side of the Brisbane River.
The 31-metre Turanor PlanetSolar approaches her berth at Brisbane'se Riverside Centre.
The 31-metre Turanor PlanetSolar approaches her berth at Brisbane'se Riverside Centre. Photo: Daniel Hurst
Mr Schafer, a ship builder by trade, said the design was fantastic.
Mrs Schafer said the couple had just installed solar panels on their own roof so they too would be harnessing the power of the sun.
The word Turanor,Largest Collection of billabong boardshorts, meaning "power of the sun",Handmade oil paintings for sale at museum quality, is derived from J.R.R.We processes for both low-risk and high risk merchant account. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
Since leaving Monaco on September 27, Turanor has already broken two records: fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by solar boat and longest distance ever covered by a solar electric vehicle.
It has covered more 15,000 nautical miles, more than half of its journey, and arrived in Brisbane after crossing the Pacific via the Panama Canal.
The 31-metre-long catamaran last stopped 10 days ago in Noumea. It is bound for Cairns next.
Queensland Energy Minister Stephen Robertson, welcoming the vessel to Brisbane, said the state government was working to develop solar power technology.
"The ultimate aim with solar power is for the cost to come down to make it a viable economically rational alternative to coal power," he said.
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