TRUE NORTH сувгийн бүтээгч Лукас Сжоман нарны эрчим хүчээр ажилладаг Helios 11 загварын яхтаараа Испанийн Ибица арлаас Хабиа хүртэл 60 далайн миль замыг ямар ч түлш зарцуулалгүйгээр туулжээ.
Уг аялал нь анхнаасаа төлөвлөгдөөгүй байсан бөгөөд тэдний ашиглахаар бэлтгэсэн завь хулгайлагдсаны улмаас ийм шийдвэр гаргахад хүрсэн байна. Helios 11 яхт нь нарны эрчим хүчийг бүрэн ашиглаж, дунджаар 6.2 зангилаа хурдтайгаар аяллыг амжилттай дуусгажээ. Мөн аяллын явцад хөргөгч суурилуулж, үлдсэн модон материалаар уснаас гарахад хялбар болгох үүднээс эвхэгддэг шат хийсэн байна.
Далайн тээврийн хэрэгслийн хувьд ашиглалтын зардал хамгийн өндөрт тооцогддог ч нарны эрчим хүчээр ажилладаг хөлөг онгоц нь урт хугацаанд үр ашигтай шийдэл болж байна. Хэдийгээр нарны хавтан болон холбогдох эд ангиудыг суурилуулах зардал өндөр ч түлшний үнэ өсөж буй энэ үед нарны эрчим хүч нь эдийн засгийн хувьд хэмнэлттэй хувилбар юм.
Одоогийн байдлаар Aptera Motors зэрэг автомашин үйлдвэрлэгчид нарны эрчим хүчээр ажиллах боломжтой автомашины төслүүдийг туршиж байна. Үүний нэгэн адил PlanetSolar зэрэг томоохон төслүүд нарны эрчим хүчээр ажилладаг хөлөг онгоцууд далай тэнгисийн хол зайд аялах бүрэн боломжтойг баталсаар байна.
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The man who’s been traveling the world with a solar-powered yacht on an (almost) zero-dollar budget for fuel managed to cover 60 nautical miles with zero fuel in Ibiza, Spain.
Naturally, it was entirely powered by the sun like his previous journey from Finland.
But this journey was done in the yacht because he was completely out of options.
It all started with a small dose of misfortune, actually.
Why the solar-powered yacht had to travel 60 nautical miles with no fuel
Lukas Sjoman, the guy behind the TRUE NORTH YouTube channel, said the dinghy he and his partner were intending to use to travel from Ibiza to Xàbia, Spain, was stolen.
This left them with no choice but to use the solar-powered yacht.
Dubbed Helios 11, the boat was able to handle the trip quite efficiently, maintaining an average speed of 6.2 knots using nothing but solar power.
Apples to apples, yachting is probably the most expensive method of transport.
If you factor in absolutely everything – crew, upfront costs, insurance, fees, and so on – the cost per mile of a boat is probably the highest in the world.
It’s miles worse than that of a car or a motorbike, and depending on the aircraft, can even eclipse the cost of flying.
Still, building a DIY yacht that’s potentially capable of sailing under its own ‘steam’ on a zero-dollar budget with you at the helm is something you can definitely brag about.
Below: the yacht anchored near the port in Ibiza, Spain
Even so, as a side note, he still ended up replacing the dinghy.
But he replaced it with a kayak.
His latest video also showed him installing a freezer and constructing a foldable swimming ladder from leftover timber, allowing easier access from the water after taking a dip.
Is solar power the future?
We should probably start with a preface that’s not always understood or accepted: there’s no such thing as a free meal.
Solar power isn’t free because the panels you need to actually harness solar power need specialized materials and semiconductor components that are neither cheap nor easy to source.
Even so, generating your own solar power remains highly cost-effective over time.
While the upfront infrastructure requires maintenance, the fuel source itself is free and unlimited.
Automakers like Aptera Motorshave experimented with solar-assisted cars designed to generate power directly from the sun.
Meanwhile, large-scale maritime projectssuch as PlanetSolarhave already demonstrated that solar vessels can travel vast distances across oceans.
Energy prices are going up across the board, which means that solar is the lesser of two evils.
With that in mind,solar technologyis still definitely on its way up, not down.
