Biodiesel-Powered Boat Seeks Record

by Dylan McGrath EE Times, 25 Aug 2006 In an elaborate effort to promote the virtues of renewable energy, a crew of New Zealanders is aiming to break the world record for circumnavigating the globe in a powerboat using a 78-foot craft powered exclusively by biodiesel. The boat, known as Earthrace, is preparing to embark from Barbados on a 24,000-mile journey on March 1, 2007. Earthrace's stated goal is to complete the journey in 65 days, which would shatter the current record for circumnavigating the globe -- 75 days -- set in 1998. Read more