"super-green superyacht" built using only sustainable materials and which
produces virtually no carbon emissions.
"Soliloquy's" unique eco-luxury design allows the boat to run on two
different sources of sustainable energy by incorporating 600 square meters
of solar panels on the exterior of the boat and giant rigid "wings" that
function like sails.
Although the 58-meter boat has yet to be built, it would be able to run
either on wind energy via the wings, solar power supplied by the panels or a
combination of the two.
An equivalent-sized superyacht burns anywhere between 250 and 600 liters of
marine diesel per hour, depending on speed and fuel efficiency, and emits
three times that in CO2 emissions. Some of the biggest SUVs on the road burn
around 20 liters of fuel per hour.
Both the panels and wings on the vessel can fold up or completely stretch
out depending on which energy source is in use, changing the yacht's shape.
"I wanted to prove that eco-luxury no longer has to be an oxymoron and
doesn't have to make a yacht more expensive," designer Alastair Callender, a
life-long sailing fanatic, told CNN.
"My generation is passionate about the planet and we've got to do all we can
so that the earth can sustain us," he added. "At the same time, however, I
am also passionate about superyachts."
Soliloquy is projected to cost approximately $60 to $65 million to build --
similar in cost to conventional superyachts of its size. Callender is
currently in talks with potential owners to have the vessel built.
The wider superyacht community is enthused about the potential of his design
and he has also been invited to speak about his ever-evolving, eco-vessel in
Abu Dhabi and Monaco.
Callender was originally inspired by famed architect David Fishers' design
for a "constantly moving" tower in Dubai.
"That's how the idea of an ever-evolving superyacht started -- with the
three wings that can independently rotate through 360 degrees," Callender
explained.
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