Tag Archives: Ships
World’s First Fuel Cell Heavy-Duty Truck Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell Heads to Switzerland
July 7, 2020Hyundai Motor today shipped the first 10 units of the Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell, the world’s first mass-produced fuel cell heavy-duty truck, to Switzerland. Hyundai plans to ship a total of 50 XCIENT Fuel Cells to Switzerland this year, with … Continue reading3
Posted in Biofuels | Tagged Fuel_cell, Hyundai, Ships, Switzerland, Truck, Worlds_First | Leave a commentWorld’s largest ships emit as much pollution as 760 million cars
December 5, 2012If you’ve been under the impression that your SUV is a gas-guzzler and environment killer unlike any other, here’s a bit of respite. Your metal-chunk-on-wheels certainly isn’t the most polluting modes of transport today. James Corbett, professor of marine policy … Continue reading3
Posted in Featured, Other Stuff | Tagged Ships | 2 CommentsEco Marine Power will equip bigger ships with solar and wind power
February 24, 2011Deeper waters will soon breathe a sigh of relief, as ships in future are destined to go cleaner and greener, thanks to a new development currently being worked upon by a Japan-based company Eco Marine Power. The system will use … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Ships, Solar_Power, Wind_power | Leave a commentGreenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior III ship to use wind energy more efficiently
January 28, 2010Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior III will sail the seas soon, with a better use of the wind. Now the Rainbow Warrior III is a warrior ship as it fights for a cause, to save our dying environment. Greenpeace have ordered the … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Greenpeace, Ships, Wind_energy | Leave a commentSolar-powered ferries for Hong Kong Harbor
August 1, 2009It is about time but it is here. Shopping paradise Hong Kong is going green now by launching four solar-powered ferries sailing across Hong Kong’s harbor helping cut emissions of global-warming gases. The boats were designed by Sydney-based Solar Sailor … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Ships, Solar_Power | Leave a commentWorld’s biggest solar powered ship circumnavigation
March 19, 2009France’s PlanetSolar is planning to design the biggest solar run ship in the world. The solar-powered catamaran or a multi-hulled ship is on the drawing board of a project taken by PlanetSolar using Autodesk’s digital prototyping technology. The ship will … Continue reading3
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "Knierim Yacht Club of Kiel", Autodesk, PlanetSolar, Ships, Solar-Power, yachts | Leave a comment