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Boating Powerboat – Solar cat to circle the world – the future for solar energy

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Skipper Raphael Domjan and navigator Gerard d’Aboville together with a seafaring band of scientists and engineers are building what they call the largest solar boat in the world, a $13 million catamaran they hope will take them around the world next year.

The world sea voyage powered by solar energy is the dream of Raphaël Domjan. ‘I want to prove it is possible,’ explained the adventurer from Neuchâtel. ‘We want to be the Philéas Foggs of the 21st Century. But beyond Jules Verne’s dream, our project is to serve humanity and the environment and to overtake the classical energies of fossil fuels.’

Construction is well underway on the 98-foot-long vessel, which will feature …  Details

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