Superyachts Of The Super-rich To Go Green With Solar Sail - Born Rich

Superyachts Of The Super-rich To Go Green With Solar Sail - Born Rich
Magnificent, majestic, royal, breathtaking, and graceful are the words that describe best the real meaning of luxury yachts. But most of the superyachts owned by the uber-rich aren’t considered eco friendly. Sydney-based technology company Solar Sailor is currently working on a “solar sail” that might act as both a sail and a solar power source to all sorts of large vessels. Superyachts will use a sail similar to the one pictured above. You will be shocked to know that on average, a superyacht consumes one liter of fuel per second when traveling at high power. Solar Sailor’s CEO Robert Dane told CNN… Solar sails are large solar paneled wings which can exploit sun or wind power. These solar sails could be fixed to superyachts to reduce their fuel consumption efficiently. Dane believes that the sail could make for 5 percent savings in fuel consumption from the solar power and 20 to 40 percent from wind power when the vessel is taming the waters at 18 knots.
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