A team of academics and students has begun work on a solar-electric powered boat which they claim will be one of the most sophisticated to enter the annual Solar Splash competition so far. A team of ...

Silicon Valley father of four Damon McMillan is hoping to launch the fruits of a two year garage project in time for Memorial Day. He's just put the finishing touches to his Seacharger boat and plans ...

As boatbuilder Dan Miller drove west on Route 3 one Saturday morning in April, headed for Liberty’s Lake St. George, he harbored all the usual concerns of a shipwright on a sea-trial day: Would the ...

When famed "Free Solo" climber Alex Honnold decided to donate one-third of his income to climate solutions, his top priority was funding projects that could increase access to renewable energy. What ...

This awesome boat, dubbed Firefly, is a six-person boat that is powered entirely by the sun. The first Firefly was built in 2010 by Dan Baker who decided to construct his own pontoon to cruise around ...

Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, a small autonomous boat is braving wind and waves to demonstrate the power of solar energy. Isaac Penny and Christopher Sam Soon’s Solar Voyager embarked from Boston ...

Contact this contributing writer at Erica.Harrah@woh.rr.com. The Cedarville University Solar Boat Team has been inspiring young engineers to put their education into practice since 1997. Solar boat ...

An up-and-coming boat business is making a splash with its state-of-the-art solar-powered electric boats. Solar Sal Boats has already made some boats for a few places around the state and country. One ...

To find a NYSERDA-certified vendor, click here. Schenectady County expands its renewable energy program as it opens new solar farm in Glenville, NY, on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. (Skip Dickstein/Times ...

The first model, the POL Lux, features roof-mounted solar that will recharge its battery. As long as the sun is shining, the solar panels will continue to charge their battery. It is built using ...