Author: Nicollo

  • Green Boating at Pinterest

    You can find the Green Boating Blog on Pinterest for a selection of beautiful pictures.  Funny, witty, pretty, smart, thoughtful, exciting, inspiring, you can find it all! There are some spots you don’t want to ruin with a noisy or smoking diesel engine, there are some boats just to pretty while…

  • Athena

    One of the most beautiful and impressive yachts built in the recent past. Built in the Netherlands by the founder of Netscape and couple other companies in Silicon Valley. Impressive. Gracious. Just a pure beauty. 90m of immense power. One of the largest sailing yachts. Athena These are just a…

  • The Green Boating Blog on Facebook

    Ofcourse you can follow us on Facebook as well. If you follow the Green Boating Blog you will never miss the latest posts about renewable energy and boats. Please like The Green Boating Blog on Facebook and stay posted on the latest updates about renewable energy for boats. But don’t worry,…

  • AK Maritime Service

    I don’t just want to show far from our bed examples of huge projects sponsored by large corporations, but as well help you to find the right information for your own boat. AK Maritime Service is a service provider both for recreational yachts as well as work boats. They have…

  • PlanetSolar

    PlanetSolar is the largest solar-powered boat and sailed around the world only using solar power. As you can see, this was achieved by covering every square inch with solar panels, and then some more, just to get as much power from the sun as possible. The successful circumnavigation of Planet…

  • Electrical boating in Amsterdam

    Electrical boating in Amsterdam Not renewable, just electrical sailing in the canals in Amsterdam. Electrical boating is becoming more and more popular in the canals of Amsterdam. Read this Dutch Article in Godevaert.nl People like that it is “green”, the boats are really easy to handle because of the electrical…

  • The Story of Change

    I already mentioned the story of stuff in a post a couple of years ago in a post because I really liked the video. Today I saw a new video of the Story of Stuff project, called The Story Of Change. After they first analysed all the “stuff” that we own,…

  • Improvement to my boat

    — UPDATE — The chinese engine was installed in 2012, and has so far been a success! Improvement, yes! Green, not yet. So what happened? We replaced the the old engine, a Mercedes OEM 636 , with a new Chinese engine. The Mercedes OEM 636 was last installed in a…

  • Video of an electrical boat in Seatle

    I just saw this video of a guy who made his own electrical boat and wanted to share it with you. The guy is having a great time in his self build wooden, electrical boat. The only thing he is still missing is some solar panels!

  • Rising energy prise are good for Renewable Energy

    The Germand energy giant RWE warns  for rising energy priss. The price for LPG and electricity will continue to rise. They warn us about the impact this has on everyones energy bill. This is bad news for consumers. They are afraid that especially the low income households will have difficulties…

  • Electrical boat from an unexpected place

    You would expect a solar powered boats to come a sunny place like Florida or perhaps a country focussed on renewable energy like Germany. And surely not from the mountains. But the swiss do not only make watches, they build electrical boats, like this Aqua Bus 850 T, too. I…