First Italian boat in the "Solar" category- SunRazor 01

SunRazor 01 is the first Italian boat in the "Solar" category

The boat produced by young Italian talents is ready to compete in the Formula-E races of the sea.

SunRazor 01 is the first Italian boat in the "Solar" category, a high-tech "made in Italy" solar trimaran that after having faced the first tests in water and passed the approval tests at the 6th edition of the Monaco Solar & Energy Boat The Montecarlo Challenge is now ready to face the challenges of the electric Formula 1 of the sea

 fig:- Italian boat in the "Solar" category- SunRazor 01

Another Challenge 18 solar boasts

SunRazor will challenge another 18 solar boats in the Netherlands, on the occasion of the next championship race. They are all boats born from university spin-offs and experimental laboratories, brought to tender by 8 different nations.

Solar-electric boats are the future

Solar-electric boats are the future, so its work is being done so fast. Electric power is about square meters, so keeping in mind the overall balance, more and more surfaces are devoted to solar panels.

SunRazor is a trimaran that, compared to other boats competing, designed for navigation in the calm waters of the Dutch canals, offers greater stability and efficiency at sea thanks to a higher edge and greater hull width. The slightly greater weight that is thus determined is offset by the better performance of the propulsion system. The foils, that is the bearing surfaces, are mechanically controlled by special pads placed in the front part of the hull.

A concentrate of high technology

SunRazor is a trimaran that, compared to other boats competing designed for navigation in the calm waters of the Dutch canals, offers greater stability and efficiency at sea thanks to a higher edge and greater hull width.

Helped by Blue Matrix team

SunRazor 01 made with help of  Blue Matrix team that has combined technical skills in the most diverse sectors. "With combined advanced materials and aerospace technologies, latest-generation lithium-ion batteries, a high-performance electric engine, complex management software.

Also having a big role of the powerful electric motor and its particular competition propeller, SunRazor lifts onto its foils, that is to say the bearing surfaces, a kind of wings that allow it to reach high speeds. More than a boat, SunRazor is a complex set of electronic, mechanical and fluid dynamic subsystems.

About  SunRazor network

SunRazor is the result of the work of a network of professionals, enthusiasts, supplier companies, researchers and university students. Among these: the University of Bologna that supplied the battery management system already successfully tested on the Onda Solare car prototype. The University of Rome 3 has tested and developed the motor and inverter, developed an electronic management card together with its sophisticated management software.

On the basis of the project the wooden model was created from which the molds were made and, finally, in vacuum processing, the three parts of the hull: the trimaran hull, divided into two parts then joined together with the deck.

The material used for the construction is a sandwich in very thin carbon fiber, interspersed with a alveolar in Nomex, an aramadic honeycomb structure. Thanks to this aerospace-type technology, the hull weighs only 54 kg despite its almost 8 meters long and 2.36 wide. "We were worried about the delicacy of the deck" says Luca Basciu the builder "but in the end we climbed in four, the whole team, and it held up perfectly."

Responsible for the assembly

Creative Yachting Solutions was responsible for the assembly and the electrical and electronic parts, while the foil system was developed by the Polytechnic of Bari.

The largest photovoltaic archipelago in the world will be born in the Netherlands

15 islands made of floating photovoltaic panels will supply electricity to thousands of families in the Netherlands.

The growing resistance to the construction of wind farms and ground-based photovoltaic systems has led the renewable energy industry to seek alternative options. Plants with floating solar panels are under construction, or already installed, in artificial basins and in lakes of the Netherlands, China, United Kingdom and Japan.

Total length 

overall length (lft) 7.80 m

maximum beam (width) 2.36 m

height 0.75 m

unmanned weight 140 kk

Construction materials:

carbon fiber

Material used

Honeycomb in aramid fibers

Drive unit

propulsion: electric, motor weight 7.0 kg

peak power: 10 kW

power generation: Solbian solar panels, back-contact cells in monocrystalline silicon

return: ≥ 24%

delivered power: ≥ 2,000 Watts

accumulator group: lithium ions, 1.500 Wh, 6.0 kg