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Toranor PlanetSolar - the first and the world's largest boat runs entirely on solar energy - went round the world trip. The vessel is 102 feet (31, 09 meters), and the width - 50 feet (15 to 24 meters). The boat made a stop in the Galapagos Islands, Bora Bora, New Caledonia, Panama Canal, Miami, Cancun and Cartagena.
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1. The vessel was sent to the world tour in September 2010, it moved away from the dock of Monaco, and recently came to the Australian port city of Brisbane, where this photograph was taken
2. The total area of solar panels in Turanor PlanetSolar is 537 square meters. The boat is equipped with thirty eight thousand solar cells. The company that built the ship, says it is the largest ship in the world that runs entirely on solar energy. The ship's captain told the site recently, CNN, that the battery never fell below 20 percent of the total. "We are very pleased with how the ship showed itself," he says. "Although it is moving more slowly than expected, but in bad weather conditions, it proved to be well done!»
3. German industrialist Immo Shtreer financed the construction of the ship, investing in the construction of about 17, 5 million dollars. Vessel name comes from the world-famous epic novel JRR Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and means "power of the sun."
4. Team boats make four. The aim of the ship is a distance of 27,000 nautical miles (about 50,004 kilometers) to prove that alternative energy sources are credible and can be effectively applied in practice. In late May, the boat arrived in Australia, breaking the more than 15,000 nautical miles (priblizitelno23730 kilometers).
5. To date, battery and motor system of the boat is in good condition, but in March, the team had to return to Bora Bora because of problems with the steering and the screw.
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5 ph here
1. The vessel was sent to the world tour in September 2010, it moved away from the dock of Monaco, and recently came to the Australian port city of Brisbane, where this photograph was taken
2. The total area of solar panels in Turanor PlanetSolar is 537 square meters. The boat is equipped with thirty eight thousand solar cells. The company that built the ship, says it is the largest ship in the world that runs entirely on solar energy. The ship's captain told the site recently, CNN, that the battery never fell below 20 percent of the total. "We are very pleased with how the ship showed itself," he says. "Although it is moving more slowly than expected, but in bad weather conditions, it proved to be well done!»
3. German industrialist Immo Shtreer financed the construction of the ship, investing in the construction of about 17, 5 million dollars. Vessel name comes from the world-famous epic novel JRR Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and means "power of the sun."
4. Team boats make four. The aim of the ship is a distance of 27,000 nautical miles (about 50,004 kilometers) to prove that alternative energy sources are credible and can be effectively applied in practice. In late May, the boat arrived in Australia, breaking the more than 15,000 nautical miles (priblizitelno23730 kilometers).
5. To date, battery and motor system of the boat is in good condition, but in March, the team had to return to Bora Bora because of problems with the steering and the screw.
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