Looking at the linked boat (the NZ one), it has a set of solar panels. There are 42 of them (in a grid 6x7). Let's assume these are the newest 330W panels from Sunpower.
That would mean this thing is making 13.86KW of power at noon on a sunny day. That's 18.6HP.
18.6HP is PEANUTS. It's not going to move a boat of that size at any usable speed. And it's not going to noticeably cut the Diesel usage when the boat is moving.
16KW according to the link, 10 knots with wind and sun. Not to mention it STILL runs off diesel, just 1/10th the amount of a typical boat that size. Read the article before commenting.
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I'm skeptical.
Looking at the linked boat (the NZ one), it has a set of solar panels. There are 42 of them (in a grid 6x7). Let's assume these are the newest 330W panels from Sunpower.
That would mean this thing is making 13.86KW of power at noon on a sunny day. That's 18.6HP.
18.6HP is PEANUTS. It's not going to move a boat of that size at any usable speed. And it's not going to noticeably cut the Diesel usage when the boat is moving.
well, read above, it says these are already working in sydney, so they must be moving somehow...
16KW according to the link, 10 knots with wind and sun. Not to mention it STILL runs off diesel, just 1/10th the amount of a typical boat that size. Read the article before commenting.