Tûranor PlanetSolar Archives - Synergy Files https://synergyfiles.com/tag/turanor-planetsolar/ Portal for Renewable Energy & Sustainability Wed, 17 May 2017 08:43:10 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://synergyfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/cropped-Wordpress-Transparent-1-32x32.png Tûranor PlanetSolar Archives - Synergy Files https://synergyfiles.com/tag/turanor-planetsolar/ 32 32 Environmentally friendly Marine Transport https://synergyfiles.com/2017/05/environmentally-friendly-marine-transport/ https://synergyfiles.com/2017/05/environmentally-friendly-marine-transport/#respond Tue, 16 May 2017 15:28:26 +0000 http://synergyfiles.com/?p=2036 For almost a century, the emissions released though marine industry were ignored. Ships got bigger, sea based transportation cost slide down but the emissions continued to climb. Today we have container ships like Madrid Maersk thousands of containers in one go. They can shift cargo weighing over 196,000 tons. Large ships are still the most environmentally […]

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]]> https://synergyfiles.com/2017/05/environmentally-friendly-marine-transport/feed/ 0 Turanor 2.0: Modifications for a more effective solar boat https://synergyfiles.com/2015/05/turanor-2-planetsolar/ https://synergyfiles.com/2015/05/turanor-2-planetsolar/#respond Fri, 08 May 2015 10:41:48 +0000 http://synergyfiles.com/?p=285 It was three years ago when the Turnaor Planetsolar completed circumnavigating the globe (4th  May 2012).  It was the first boat of its kind to achieve this feat without any particle emissions, let alone Carbon dioxide. The boats legacy was not the many records it broke and set along the way but the promise it […]

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]]> https://synergyfiles.com/2015/05/turanor-2-planetsolar/feed/ 0 Time out for Green Tourism https://synergyfiles.com/2013/10/time-out-for-green-tourism/ https://synergyfiles.com/2013/10/time-out-for-green-tourism/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:52:15 +0000 http://haroonjunaidi.wordpress.com/?p=2 This year, in early September, the Tower bridge opened up to make way for another icon- Turanor- the world’s only boat powered entirely by solar energy. Named “Planet Solar“, this catamaran recently circumnavigated globe and reached the banks of Thames on a balmy day with 37,000 miles under its belt. At the same time “Solar […]

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