The first trip of the solar powered catamaran ?Planetsolar? was back in 2012. Designed by Craig Loomes, the boat became a scientific platform as part of the ?planetsolar deepwater expedition.

The removable parts of the vessel allows it to supply a total of 516 m2 flat photovoltaics positioned directly at the sun? sending power to 6 blocks of lithium-ion batteries.

Equipped with an trawling filtering net/scoop, the boat also can collect up to 8 tons of marine pollution as it sails across the ocean.

Achieving average speeds of 5 knots ( 9.25 km/h), the 6 meter wide craft generates 127 horsepower (93.5 kW) from the plethora of installed solar panels? providing a maximum of 120kW.