MonacoYachtShow 2009, Solar-Cleantech Yachts

Monaco Yacht Show 2009

Sep 23-26 Europe

Solar Cleantech Report:

o Solar Electric Yacht Hybrid 25m

o Solar Floating Island Yacht by Hermes & Wally MC

o Li-Ion electric Submarine U-boat Worx

o Clean Port, no smoke Diesel generator

o Green Prize for low carbon Yacht manufacturing

People:

The Show was overbooked, many people

more Sellers than Buyers (agent with Cellular phone pictures bussy), starting to think about CO2 tax one day ?

Why Solar - Cleantech Yachts now ?

The simple answer, good weather, sunshine, yacht show, a lot of Diesel pollution in the Air, also from stationary Aircondition Containers for the Show rooms.The port has to get a clean place with yachts filtering

Diesel and on-board real waste water treatment

to keep the beautiful Riviera clean for Swimmers

How does a Solar Yacht produce money ?

Well with the coming "Obama smart grid",

not only electric cars or Solar PV roofs

deliver to the grid electricity. Also Yachts

with big surface plug-in the port smart grid and

deliver Electricity if batteries full. Most of

the year anyway they are in the port in the

Sun. Additional Range extenders do the long

Range, or better the Hydrogen combustion

or Fuel cell Yacht with Zero emission.

Can luxury contribute to Environment ?

It has, the money is here for prototypes

look at the Solar Floating Island Yacht

from Hermes & Wally,

a Monaco Initiative.

Today the Solar electric shuttle boat

brings the Cruiseship guests to Monaco.

Carbon compensated Yacht show Monaco

The concept is interesting, but could not

yet convince me, every year a new project

for Renewables in China or so, not to control;

no local Initiative for neighboring Africa with

online progress video reports for the population

hit most by climate change.

Credit crisis ?

Yes, leasing or financing gets more difficult

in a world without Subprimes.