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The 31-metre boat is covered by 537 m 2 [6] of solar panels rated at 93 kWp, [7] which in turn connect to two electric motors, one in each hull. [2] There are 8.5 tons of lithium-ion batteries in the ship's two hulls. [8] The boat's shape allows it to reach speeds of up to 10 knots (19 km/h). [1]
The lightweight solar panels, developed by researchers in Australia and the UK, were able to convert 11 per cent of the Sun’s energy into electricity, making them suitable for commercial use.
Flisom AG was founded in 2005 as a spin-off company of ETH Zurich, and has a long-standing research partnership with Empa – the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, which has been developing this type of flexible solar cell to world record efficiencies of 20.4%.
Solar powered: A boat propelled by direct solar energy is a marine solar vehicle. The available sunlight is almost always converted to electricity by solar cells, temporarily stored in accumulator batteries, and used to drive a propeller through an electric motor. Power levels are usually on the order of a few hundred watts to a few kilowatts.
In 2025, Kara Solar will launch a new project on the Kapawari River, in Pastaza, eastern Ecuador, that aims to replace 50 gasoline-powered boats with solar-electric ones.
The 27-metre-long and 7-metre-wide boat is covered by 125 square metres (1,350 sq ft) of solar panels rated at 25 kW, which in turn connect to two electric motors of 20 kW, one in each hull. [3] There are 1500 kg of lithium-ion batteries in the ship's two hulls with a total capacity of 80 kWh.
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