Solar Splash is an intercollegiate solar/
electric boat
An electric boat is a powered watercraft driven by electric motors, which are powered by either on-board battery packs, solar panels or generators.
While a significant majority of water vessels are powered by diesel engines, with sail pow ...
competition dedicated to showing the feasibility of
solar energy
Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture. It is an essenti ...
.
Solar Splash
IEEE Power Electronics Society
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An annual collegiate solar boating competition started in 1994. The 2007 contest was hosted by the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville () is the second-largest city in Arkansas, the county seat of Washington County, and the biggest city in Northwest Arkansas. The city is on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains, deep within the Ozarks. Known as Washington until ...
, and the University of Arkansas
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College of Engineering. It took place June 13–17.
See also
* Formula E
Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is a single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The series was conceived in 2011 in Paris by FIA president Jean Todt and Spanish businessman Alejandro Agag, who is ...
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Motorboat races
Solar-powered vehicles
Recurring sporting events established in 1994
Photovoltaics
Electric boats
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