Editing Electric boat (section)

==Solar ships==
[[File:Planetsolar-miami-12.jpg|thumb|[[Tûranor PlanetSolar|PlanetSolar]], the world's largest solar-powered boat and the first ever solar electric boat to circumnavigate the globe (in 2012)]]

The first passenger solar vessels started to appear in Switzerland in 1995 with the ''Solifleur'' (pictured above), which was also the first solar vessel to feed more energy into the electricity grid than it consumed, on a yearly average, via a grid connection when docked.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trampelwurm.ch/IBS/solship2.html|title=Solar Ships for the new Millennium|publisher=TO Engineering|date=15 March 2001|access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>

In 2010, the [[Tûranor PlanetSolar]], a 35-metre long, 26-metre wide [[catamaran]] yacht powered by 537 square metres of solar panels, was unveiled. On 4 May 2012 it completed a {{convert|60023|km|mi}} [[circumnavigation]] of the Earth in [[Monaco]] after 585 days and visiting 28 different countries, without using any fossil fuel. It is so far the largest solar-powered boat ever built.<ref>[[Raphael Domjan]] the Swiss ecoexplorer was the founder and the expedition leader of the project [[PlanetSolar]]. {{cite web|url=http://www.charterworld.com/news/ms-tranor-planetsolar-yacht-completes-tour-world-success|date=4 May 2012|title=MS Tûranor PlanetSolar yacht completes her first tour around the world with a success|publisher=Charterworld.com|access-date=9 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507032555/http://www.charterworld.com/news/ms-tranor-planetsolar-yacht-completes-tour-world-success|archive-date=7 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

India's first solar ferry – the [[Aditya (boat)|Aditya]] – a 75-passenger boat fully powered by sun, is under construction. It is expected to be completed by the middle of 2016.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = India's First 75-Seater Solar Ferry Readies To Test The Waters|url = http://www.officechai.com/startups/indias-first-75-seater-solar-ferry-readies-to-test-the-waters/|website = OfficeChai|date = 16 January 2016|access-date = 2016-02-04|language = en|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160130031401/http://www.officechai.com/startups/indias-first-75-seater-solar-ferry-readies-to-test-the-waters/|archive-date = 30 January 2016|url-status = live}}</ref>

Japan's biggest shipping line [[Nippon Yusen]] and [[Nippon Oil Corporation]] said solar panels capable of generating 40 kilowatts of electricity would be placed on top of a 60,000 tonne [[car carrier]] ship to be used by [[Toyota Motor Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.enn.com/energy/article/38019 |title=Alternative Energy and Fuel News: ENN – Know Your Environment |publisher=ENN |date=26 August 2008 |access-date=20 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201182012/http://www.enn.com/energy/article/38019 |archive-date=1 February 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.solardaily.com/reports/Japan_launches_first_solar_cargo_ship_999.html |title=Japan launches first solar cargo ship |publisher=Solardaily.com |access-date=20 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209082715/http://www.solardaily.com/reports/Japan_launches_first_solar_cargo_ship_999.html |archive-date=9 February 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Solar-ship-sails-the-ocean-green/2005/03/14/1110649129813.html |title=Solar ship sails the ocean green – National |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=15 March 2005 |access-date=20 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604010927/http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Solar-ship-sails-the-ocean-green/2005/03/14/1110649129813.html |archive-date=4 June 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Monaco]] yacht company [[Wally Yachts|Wally]] has announced a "gigayacht" designed for billionaires torn between buying a mansion and a superyacht.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motorboatsmonthly.co.uk/news/472707/the-world-s-first-gigayacht|publisher=Motor Boat Monthly|title=The world's first gigayacht|date=11 June 2010|access-date=11 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614184245/http://www.motorboatsmonthly.co.uk/news/472707/the-world-s-first-gigayacht|archive-date=14 June 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Why 58 x 38'' is designed to have an autonomous cruising range of 12,000 miles at 12 knots by means of 900m<sup>2</sup> of solar panels which generate 150&nbsp;kW to assist the diesel–electric motors and optional [[Skysails]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.why-yachts.com/|title=Why|publisher=Wally Yachts|access-date=11 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100402101914/http%3A//www.why%2Dyachts.com/|archive-date=2 April 2010}}</ref>