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Bigger, stronger and powered by plant-based fuel: the KNRM's new rescue boat
Along the coast of South Holland, a new KNRM lifeboat is on patrol — and it runs on HVO, a renewable plant-based diesel. A small but meaningful step towards greener boating.
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Waarom een eenvoudig CRM systeem nuttig is voor groene booteigenaren en watersportinitiatieven
Of je nu een kleine zeilschool runt, een duurzaam botenverhuurbedrijf hebt of een vrijwilligersinitiatief leidt rond schoner varen — een eenvoudig CRM helpt je contacten, leden en donateurs overzichtelijk te beheren.
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De Voordelen van Energiebesparing met Sigma PowerLED-verlichting
De Sigma PowerLED van Imtra is een slimme oplossing voor bootliefhebbers die willen overstappen op energiezuinige LED-verlichting, zonder ingewikkelde aanpassingen aan de bedrading.
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Super Fast Sailboat — When Wind Alone Breaks Speed Records
Modern kite-powered sailboats are shattering speed records using nothing but wind. No engine, no fuel, just pure aerodynamic genius pushing boats past 60 knots.
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The Silent Boat – electric boating
There are several reasons to move away from a noisy and polluting combustion engine. Whether it's sustainability, noise or regulations, there are many good reasons to say goodbye to the combustion engine.
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A purpose: Renewable Boating Blog!
From air-conditioning to aquadrive, from cooking to classics to canals. But I miss something. Where is the renewable energy?
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A Sustainable Boat?
I was reading an article about an electrically powered boat. Although the main aim of this boat is not to be purely powered by renewable energy, it could be.
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A variety of energy sources
My goal is to have a boat that can go for hours using just an electrical engine. To create a 'green boat', I need access to green energy.
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Athena
One of the most beautiful and impressive yachts built in the recent past. Built in the Netherlands by the founder of Netscape.
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BioLite Stove – Electricity from fire
As you might have noticed, I have a very broad interest, both related to renewable energy for boats and in general. The BioLite Stove is an example of something different that caught my attention.
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Solar Powered Inflatable Boat
It is possible! That is the good news. Fully solar powered, all you hear is a whisper from the electrical engine.
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Frisian E-Performance Challenge
As the title suggests, this is a challenge for electrical boats to see how long and how far electrically powered boats can go.
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Saving Energy on Board
Energy efficiency on board – how LED lights and smart choices can help create a boat powered solely by renewable energy.
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Frysian E-Power Challenge – Full Race Report
Last Sunday I spent the day in Sneek to watch 21 electrically powered boats compete in the Frysian E-Power Challenge. A great day with surprising results!
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Frisian E-Performance Challenge – Update
I had a great day in Sneek today watching all the electrical boats. There were 21 boats competing for the title of fastest e-powered boat.
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Really?!
To show how little is being written about this topic, renewable energy for your boat or ship, you should try to Google 'renewable energy for boats'.
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Interesting Observation
While writing a post about renewable energy I noticed something peculiar in my Google Ads — a nuclear power plant advertisement on a green boating blog.
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PlanetSolar: The World's Largest Solar Boat
PlanetSolar is the world's largest solar-powered boat. It completed the first solar circumnavigation of the globe and is an incredible feat of engineering.
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Electrical Boat from an Unexpected Place
Swiss company Grove Boats has built the Aqua Bus 850T — a fully electric passenger ferry that costs just €1 per day to run. Innovation comes from unexpected places.
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Let Me Know What You Think
A quick poll for Green Boating readers — what do you think of the blog so far? Your feedback helps shape what I write about.
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The DONG Solar Challenge Has Started!
The DONG Energy Solar Challenge — one of the world's most exciting solar boat races — has started. Hydrofoil solar boats racing across Dutch waterways.
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Rising Energy Prices are Good for Renewable Energy
RWE is warning that energy prices will rise significantly. While painful for consumers, rising energy prices make renewable energy investments more attractive.
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Electrical Boat in Seattle
A guy in Seattle built his own plywood electric boat — proof that electric boating is accessible to anyone with a bit of DIY spirit.
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The Story of Change
The Story of Stuff project launches The Story of Change — a powerful video about how real change happens, relevant to the green boating movement too.
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Zero Emission Ferry from France
French shipbuilder STX France has built the Ar Vag Tredan — a zero-emission electric ferry that charges in minutes using supercapacitors.
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Burn Baby Burn
The BioLite CampStove update: a wood-burning camp stove that generates its own electricity, charges your phone, and reduces smoke by 95%.
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Surprisingly, I Love This Fact
Two-thirds of solar panel buyers are motivated by money, not the environment. That is actually great news for the green energy movement.
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It Starts with Ambition
The Solar Roadways project wants to replace every road surface with solar panels — and it has gone viral. Big ambition inspires big action.
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How to Green Your Boat
Manitou Pontoon Boats share 5 tips for making your boat greener — but the real question is how to green the entire boating infrastructure.
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Overview of Solar Boats
Solar boats are of course the thing we are looking for here. Small or large, with a traditional design or futuristic ones. Some are designed for recreational purposes while others are build to break records.
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Tesla Powerwall
Before we have even written anything about the new Tesla Powerwall, it is already sold out until next year. 38.000 reservations in days — what makes it even more surprising is that many people were wondering whether there was a market.
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Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup project is an incredible initiative to clean up the massive plastic soup that is floating in our oceans. A young Dutch inventor, Boyan Slat, founded the project.
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