8.05.08 Solar Sailor subsidiary wins second US Navy contract for Unmanned Ocean Vehicles

10.03.08 Solar Ferry A Bright Idea - SBS TV

January 08 Solar Sailor featured on CNN

14.01.08 Solar Sailor technology used on successful "Crossing of the Ditch"

November 07 Report of shipping-related PM emissions causes 60,000 deaths a year

29.11.07 Solar Sailor has successful AGM

Solar Sailor 'hybrid marine power' (HMP) and 'solar wing' technology is suitable for a wide range of applications from small-unmanned vessels to large tankers, including ferries, tourist cruisers and private yachts.

Like hybrid cars, the HMP system combines the efficiency of electric drive with the power of conventional drives. The HMP system also adds renewable energy available particularly the sun and the wind via the 'solar wing' a single device, which harvests both sun and wind energy in a seaworthy manner at sea. Solar Sailor has won numerous awards for design and innovation including the 2001 Australian Design Award of the Year.

For the customer the vessels offer compelling return on investment from fuel savings, exceptional passenger comfort and acceptability and vessels satisfy US Tier 3 and Tier 4 environmental standards. Solar Sailor's Hybrid Marine Power systems are installed by Solar Sailor's Advanced Technology Watercraft engineers working with the boat builder. The HMP system can incorporate the use of alternative fuels such as biofuels or gaseous fuels. The systems are commercial platforms for the use of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the future.

About Solar Sailor Holdings Ltd

Solar Sailor is a public unlisted company founded in 1999 with 150 shareholders and Hon Bob Hawke as Chairman.

The company received significant venture capital funding in 2006, owns a 100 passenger Solar Sailor ferry leased to Captain Cook Cruises and has no debt.

Solar Sailor owns patented ‘solarsail’ technology - single devices that can harvest wind and solar energy on any vehicle and has developed hybrid marine power (HMP) technology for a variety of applications from small unmanned vessels, to ferries, cruisers and tankers.

The company has contracts for design and supply to ferry operators in USA, Asia and UAE and the company’s USA minority owned subsidiary UOV LLC in Virginia has just signed a contract with the US Navy for the development of unmanned ocean vehicles over the next 18 months.

"We are confident we can build everything up to ocean liners
and in fifty years time people will look back at boats of the
20th Century and they'll say "where are the wings"?"
- Dr Robert Dane, CEO, Solar Sailor