Serpentine solar boat to set sail
Posted by duncan, 866 days ago
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/51893...
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Reading article "Serpentine solar boat to set sail" - Reply to this / 3 comment(s)
This is a perfectly timed bit of PR:
"A shuttle boat powered entirely by the sun is to be launched on the Serpentine lake in London's Hyde Park.
[...]
When not in use and docked, any surplus electricity generated by the boat's solar panels will be fed back into the National Grid."
It's a leisurely 4mph but I'd love to take a trip. It's silent and pollution free, which is quite a change to the hot and stuff train I had to peel myself out of this morning.
This is a perfectly timed bit of PR:
"A shuttle boat powered entirely by the sun is to be launched on the Serpentine lake in London's Hyde Park.
[...]
When not in use and docked, any surplus electricity generated by the boat's solar panels will be fed back into the National Grid."
It's a leisurely 4mph but I'd love to take a trip. It's silent and pollution free, which is quite a change to the hot and stuff train I had to peel myself out of this morning.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/51893...
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There's some more information here from CBBC, who are often surprisingly well informed for a kids website
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_519000...
"The boat's builders are now planning a new ferry for use on the River Thames that could carry as many as 300 passenger, but it won't be ready to set sail until 2008."
And more here too, from Wired news:
http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,71405-0...
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Really excellent about the commuter ferry plans. At 4 mph I doubt you would even feel like you are moving! But sounds fun anyway.
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This is excellent! I love the idea for the use for it and also that surplus energy created isn't wasted. That's great news.
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