Tûranor PlanetSolar
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MS Tûranor PlanetSolar, known under the project name PlanetSolar, founded by the Swiss explorer Raphaël Domjan, is the largest solar-powered boat in the world[2] and launched on 31 March 2010. The vessel was designed and engineered by LOMOcean Marine. In May 2012, the vessel became the first solar electric vehicle ever to circumnavigate the globe taking 584 days between 2010 and 2012.[3]
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Switzerland | |
Name | MS Tûranor PlanetSolar |
Owner | PlanetSolar SA from 2015 Race For Water Foundation |
Builder | Knierim Yachtbau, Kiel, Germany |
Cost | €15 million |
Launched | 31 March 2010 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Yacht |
Displacement | 85 tonnes |
Length | 31 m (35 m with flaps) |
Beam | 15 m (23 m with flaps) |
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Crew | 4 |
The boat was renamed Race for Water in 2015, after the name of the foundation which then operated the vessel and was dedicated to water conservation missions and to protect the oceans from plastic pollution.[4] In 2021, new owners Porrima projects renamed the ship Porrima.[5]