Germany shipped the world's largest solar ship

Dubbed the world's largest solar power train, PlanetSolar is 31 meters long and 15 meters wide, weighing 60 tons, launched in Kiel.

PlanetSolar viewed from above.

If the two venture operators in April 2011 as planned, this will be the first solar-powered cruise ship to travel around the world.

The total area of photovoltaic panels of SunPower Company (USA) installed in the hull is 500m ² . PlanetSolar only uses natural gas for cooking stoves, while electric motors, computers, light bulbs ... use solar energy.

"In the process of traveling around the world, we use only solar-powered engines to generate electricity ," said Raphael Domjan, PlanetSolar's captain and project initiator . Otherwise this is not a world tour with solar energy. '

As expected, PlanetSolar will travel around the world with more than 40,000 km in 140 days at an average speed of 1.85 km / h. When visiting each port on the way, the train will pick up to 50 people to visit.

PlanetSolar was built at a shipyard in Kiel for 13 months at a cost of nearly € 18 million (about 468 billion VND).