The first solar-powered boat

The spacecraft reached a speed of 6 knots and carry up to 170 pounds. It was designed and built by an inventor of the town of San Lorenzo Santa Fe, and is the first boat of its kind in the country that runs along the Paraná River without polluting the environment.
The new boat or catamaran multihull layout that is used for recreational boating and various water bodies is driven by an electric motor powered by photovoltaic modules that are responsible for transforming the sun's light energy into electrical energy, "he told Telam its inventor Lucas Hazzi.
The eco catamaran, named "Sun" (sun in English), measures 5.07 meters in length by 1.9 meters wide, and has a range of 24 hours, according to battery capacity.
Its structure is made of plastic reinforced fiberglass, developing a final speed of 6 knots (about 10 miles per hour), and can carry up to 170 pounds. Hazzi Lucas, who is a musician, soloist, teacher and scholar of solar energy, said it took just over three years to build the boat.

The first solar-powered boat

"Seven years ago I have been researching clean renewable energy and so I developed this boat powered by an electric motor powered by 10 solar modules, which generate energy and store it in an electrochemical battery," he said.

The engine then transforms electrical energy into mechanical spinning the propeller to produce the thrust required for the movement of the ship.
The catamaran has two hulls hydrodynamic symmetrical high-performance, cross-linked by two aluminum tubes attached to the helmet by clamps, and a central platform or basket that is used to take the helm, and the boat with solar panel is important, for the occupant or items of need on board. Hazzi said his idea of building the vessel is associated with the particular geography of the region. "I wanted to invent something in order to navigate through the different bodies of water in the area without causing any environmental impact."
"So I dedicated myself to investigate the potential energy of the sun, on time to the study of photovoltaics and its application in various areas," he told the inventor, who in line with environmental protection and study of other energy alternatives, sailed from 1989 to date only on sailing boats.

Ecologic Boat with solar panel 

The inventor Santa Fe, a member of the NGO Civil Entrepreneurs Association of San Lorenzo, said his idea is to continue the study, development and construction of other renewable energy projects, such as a hydraulic generator (extracts energy from the river), and electric motorbike which is currently in the stage of completion. Also anticipated that soon begin to develop "a draft boat hybrid (wind / solar) of larger tourist purposes, in order to generate future jobs." In this context, Hazzi stated that "as an environmentalist, I have a social responsibility to raise awareness and guide humanity towards the care, preservation and respect for the environment, essential to our life and that of future generations." That commitment was completed during a course of strengthening Social Responsibility (CSR), through which, Hazzi said "one realizes the magnitude of the environmental impact that we are producing, irreversible and increasingly catastrophic results. The future will be impossible to live on a planet in such weather, "he said. for this reason is important the boat with solar panel.
On July 20 last, the catamaran "Sun" was presented at the 1st Entrepreneurs Bicentennial exhibition 2010, held in San Lorenzo. The "Sun" as well and was successfully tested in the waters of the Parana River, where he held out waves of almost five feet tall. The ship also has a notable feature for the solar panel boat : "Never is sinking, and that having a helmet alongside the other stays afloat," said its inventor. Hazzi's invention has already been declared "Municipal Interest" in San Lorenzo, and soon the government of Santa Fe, also declared the "Provincial Interest."