A solar and autonomous barge to navigate the Canal du Midi

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The 100% solar boat has just left Castelsarrasin's shipyard in Tarn-et-Garonne.The designer of this ecological floating house hopes to develop the concept to make river navigation cleaner.#Lesslasolution.

"Solar is possible.Doing things differently is also possible "enthuses Jean-Baptiste Mazure, the new and happy owner of the boat, who wanted to acquire an environmentally friendly boat.This water mark works exclusively for solar energy, thanks to photovoltaic panels.

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The fifteen meter -long boat may well revolutionize river tourism."He does not need a recharging terminal" explains his designer, Dominique Renouf."It is independent thanks to its 24m2 of solar panels.People who rent or live there do not necessarily want to find themselves next to each other to recharge.Thanks to this boat and the electro-canal, we can settle wherever we want ".

Make navigation more ecological

This passionate navigator was one of the first to get to the solar boat.In 2007, she created a 30-meter-long barge-hotel, propelled thanks to 80m2 of photovoltaic panels."The idea is that this new model serves us to create the Occitan fleet," she said."The next two boats will go to Palavas-les-Flots.And there are also markets in floating housing ".This solar water check, which does not require any boat license, costs around 160,000 euros for 40m2 living space.

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