NgoSeptemba 27, 2010 isikhephe selanga washiya izibuko laseMonaco, ibuya emva kweentsuku ezingama-584 ngoMeyi 4, 2012. Inqanawa yawela iAtlantic, iPanama Canal, iPacific, uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, iGulf of Aden kunye neSuez Canal ngaphambi kokuba iphinde ifike kuLwandle lweMeditera. Amazibuko angama-52 efike kuwo abonisa amathuba elanga kunye nokukhuthaza ukusetyenziswa kwawo.
I-MS Turanor PlanetSolar yeyona nqanawa inkulu yelanga emhlabeni. Le catamaran isebenza kuphela ngenxa ye amandla elanga abanjwe zi-512 zeemitha zesikwere seepaneli zelanga. Iinyanga zophando zigqibe ukudala ubukhulu kunye nolwakhiwo lwabo bafuna ukuwela iplanethi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ukusuka empuma kuye entshona. Iinjineli kuye kwafuneka bandise ukugcinwa kwamandla, kunye ne-aerodynamics, ukuqhuma kunye nokukhethwa kwezixhobo.
IplanethiSolar ine Ubume bekhabhoni eyinika ubunzima obuncinci kunye nokuqina. Iimitha zesikwere ezingama-512 zeepaneli zelanga zibonelela ngeebhloko ezi-6 zeebhetri ze-lithium-ion, njengelona bhetri likhulu lolu hlobo emhlabeni. Le teknoloji yenza ukuba kubonelelwe ngamandla afunekayo kuhlobo olutsha lokuhamba ngokuzimela. Xa iibhetri zigcwele, isikhephe sinokuhamba iiyure ezingama-72 ebumnyameni obupheleleyo.
Ukuyilwa kwemodeli yokuqala yesikhephe kwakufana nekhatamane ekwaziyo ukunyuka indawo yephaneli yelanga ye-180 yeemitha zesikwere. Injongo yeprojekthi yayikukugqibezela ngokukhawuleza umjikelo wokuqala wehlabathi kusetyenziswa amandla elanga ngokukodwa.
Inqanawa yakhiwa eKiel kumantla eJamani. Iprojekthi yokwakha yathatha iinyanga ezili-14 kwaye yayi Ifuna ngaphezulu kweeyure ezingama-64000 zomsebenzi ngendleko emalunga nezigidi ezili-12 zeerandi.
Ngoku iseVenice ilinde umniniyo omtsha, ngoku sisezandleni zosapho lakwaStroeher, usapho lwaseJamani oluthanda kakhulu ubuchwephesha belanga, kwaye oko kube semva kophuhliso lweli phenyane lingakholelekiyo.
Uyilo lwekamva njengelinye kuphela, libukeka ngathi liphuma kwi-Star Wars. Okona kungcola!
Kwaye ndichitha i-0 kwipetroli! : =)