List of solar-powered boats is a list of boats powered by the sun, typically

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providing electrical power to motors. *

Aditya (boat) ''Aditya'' is a solar-powered ferry operating between Vaikkom and Thavanakkadavu in the Indian state of Kerala. The boat was inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister Sri. Pinarayi Vijayan and Central Cabinet Minister for Power, Renewable Energy, Sr ...

, India's First Solar Ferry, 75 passenger boat is operating in Vaikom,

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. It is the largest solar boat in India. It transports about 350,000 passengers each year. It was built by Navalt Solar and Electric Boats and started operation in the backwaters in Jan, 2017. *''Alstersonne'' is a passenger ferry for 100 persons on the river

Alster The Alster () is a right tributary of the Elbe river in Northern Germany. It has its source near Henstedt-Ulzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, flows somewhat southwards through much of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and joins the Elbe in central ...

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, Germany. As of year 2000 it was the largest solar-powered ship in the world. *AVALON is a 15 passenger semi-luxury cruise boat on the Conolly canal near Triprayar, Kerala, India. It was built by Navalt Solar and Electric Boats and started operation in the canal in Dec, 2022. *''DESTINY'' is a 30 passenger boat operating in Sukhna_Lake, Chandigarh. It was built by Navalt Solar and Electric Boats and started operation in the lake in Sep, 2022.
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was conceived by David Borton o
Solar Sal boats
with detail design by Gerr Marine and built by the Hudson River Maritime Museum's restoration crew under the direction of Jim Kricker. This vessel is US Coast Guard certified and the only solar-powered commercial boat in operation on the

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. *''EcoCat'' from the EcoBoat series by MetaltecNaval. Launched in 2018 is a zero emission commercial passenger boat achieving speeds of up to 9 kn. Currently operating in

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taking up to 120 passengers on zero emissions tours. * :de:MobiCat - passenger catamaran for 150 passengers, in Switzerland. Used on

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since 2001 *''Green Tours 10'' is a 10 passenger tourist boat operating in

Chakkittapara Chakkittapara is a panchayat as well as a town in the Kozhikode district of Kerala state, India. Chakkittapara borders Wayanad district to the east. Administratively, Chakkittapara comes under the Perambra block panchayat and Koyilandy Taluk, con ...

dam. The boat was built by Navalt Solar and Electric Boats and started operation in the lake in Jan, 2021. *''Green Tours 20'' is a 20 passenger tourist boat operating in

dam. It was built by Navalt Solar and Electric Boats and started operation in the lake in Jan, 2021.
SolarCat Solar-Electric Catamarans
available on the consumer market, utilize batteries or solar panels. Boats are for individual use or for rental operations. Made in Diamond Springs, CA b
Sub Sea Systems, Inc.
FunCat has been rebranded a
SolarCat
an individual catamaran powered by both solar panels and batteries. *''SB Collinda'' was the first solar powered vessel to cross the

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(in 1997).
SeaZen
is a Suncy SolarBoat operated in the Côte d'Azur, between Nice and Monaco. This motor catamaran is the first 100% solar powered boat, operated at sea, for boat tours or for boat rentals. * ''Solar Sailor'' shuttles passengers in Sydney harbor Australia *''Sun21'' sailed the Atlantic from

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, and from there to New York. It was the first crossing of the Atlantic powered only by solar. *The ''Firefly'' lar boat *Sun CRZ 9 - Compact solar boat in Eranakulam,

. *Sun CRZ 30 - Cruise boat for 20 passengers operating in Bathinda Lake,

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. *SunRider - Cruise boat for 10 passengers operating in

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'', the first vehicle to circumnavigate the globe on solar power (2010–2012), first crossing powered by solar energy of the Indian Ocean, biggest solar boat izine n the world and first crossing of the red sea powered by solar energy *Silent-Yachts series of luxury solar-powered boats. "SILENT-YACHTS presents the first and only oceangoing production yachts in the world that are fully solar sustainable and powered by solar energy. Pure solar-powered luxury" In 2018 the Solar-Wave 62 was the first production solar boat to successfully complete a transatlantic crossing. *Swe'Pea, a 13 ft dinghy, traveled 120 nmi through the Salish Sea using solar alone at an average speed of 3.1 kn in June 2019. She is capable of up to 40 nmi on a sunny mid-summer day in the

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. Her system uses commercially available components; a standard EP Carry outboard system, a solar controller and 200 W of crystalline flex cells.
Wayward Sun (aka Solar Sal 27)
is a solar cruiser capable of 6 kn and cruises an average of 4 to 5 kn on solar alone. In the summer of 2021 she was the first 100% solar boat to cruise the Inside Passage from Bellingham, WA to Glacier Bay, AK. *Mundoo 3 is a popular riverboat in Australia, based on the Philip Bolger Tennessee design. An 11m solar electric version has been produced with a 16kW motor and a top speed of 8-9 knots, featured in Wooden Boat magazine number 185. *Iron, fro
Ecomarine BD
a 100% solar powered catamaran having the international award in its category. Made in Bangladesh. 50 passenger carrying capacity.

designed by SYAS Performance is a 10m all electric catamaran. Designed and built in 2012. It has a top speed of 16 kn and a cruising speed of 8 kn

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