From Solar Powered Homes to Solar Powered Boats?

Green technology is currently on the rise,PlanetSolar, financed by private funds. Raphael has
especially after the new stimulus plan in which thestarted this project to encourage other's to
government is using it's resources to enhance theproduce solar powered transpiration machines, and
use of renewable energy. With the effect ofto create a growing awareness of renewable
many conventional technology uses, theenergy.
environment has been on planet Earth's radar,Solar power is the technology for the future. This
with many individuals taking action either installingpowerful technology brings you many advantages
green technology to their homes, or spreadingsuch as free energy, zero release of pollution or
awareness of the positive effects of renewableharmful chemicals, light weight, and reliable.
energy. One of those individuals are RaphaelGenerators can always go bust, but solar power
Domjan a former ambulance driver who started ais here to stay. However with the many pro's of
Swiss company PlanetSolar has created therenewable energy, it has it's share of cons as well
worlds largest solar-powered boat to travel oversuch as expense, production, and implementation.
34,000 mile journey.Solar or renewable energy is very expensive to
Solar power technology is truly limitless, this is aproduce, also since it's such a new technology it is
hopeful story of the many uses of renewablevery complicated to implement and produce. But
energy being implemented in other area's ofthese are only barriers that will be overcome by
technology besides creating solar powered homes.our new research facilities all around the world,
The solar powered boat is named the Turanor, aand new scientists spending their time developing
word taken from J.R.R. Tolkein's "The Lord of theand enhancing solar technology for the
Rings." It means "power of the sun." The boatbetterment of mother earth.
was constructed by engineers and scientists from