04.05.2012: US chemical company DuPont announced that the world’s largest solar-powered boat has successfully concluded a 585–day round–the–world journey using only solar power. The 31 meter-long and 15 meter-wide PlanetSolar catamaran relies on two electric motors powered by 537 square meters of photovoltaic solar panels. DuPont supplied photovoltaic materials for the project. … Source: DuPont; Summary: PHOTON http://www.planetsolar.org/ The complete press release can be viewed in PHOTON's archive using the following link:
http://www.photon-international.com/newsletter/document/64596.pdf | 
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