Making a solar-electric bike from a kit is one thing, but this solar-powered boat is a master class in hacking at all levels, from the solar drive train to the pontoons, and even the anchor.

Developed in 2010, the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar is the largest solar-powered boat ever built. Its 500 solar panels can provide 120 kilowatts of energy, allowing the ship to travel around 5 knots.

I always enjoy checking them out, and this time I was rewarded with the SolarShuttle boat from the U.K. This 42 passenger boat carries it's passengers around the ecologically-fragile Serpentine ...

the engineering and design team has taken the boat builder's signature craft, the solar-powered Loon, and re-thought it from stem to stern, water to sky. The result is a breakthrough design that ...

Young engineers from across the Asia-Pacific battled it out as UNSW Sydney recently hosted the finals of the Australian-International Model Solar ...

Most famous of these is probably the toroidal propeller that made waves a while ago, mostly in the field of flying drones, but commercial toroidal boat props ... the CAD model and the design ...

The Aldao Azul was launched in Palawan in the Philippines An Orkney company has helped to build a solar-powered version of a "banca" boat which has been launched in the Philippines. The ...

The MS Tûranor PlanetSolar boat is covered by 500 solar panels. It's the largest solar-powered boat ever built. The ship is now used to help raise awareness about alternative energy solutions.