In a secluded part of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, river transport is far more common than road travel. Here, boats glide along the Wichimi River, a wide channel that snakes through the dense foliage, ...

PlanetSolar II completed the first-ever solar-powered circumnavigation of Lake Titicaca while conducting a scientific survey to study and protect the lake’s fragile ecosystem.

An up-and-coming boat business is making a splash with its state-of-the-art solar-powered electric boats. Solar Sal Boats has already made some boats for a few places around the state and country. One ...

A growing fleet of electric boats ferries Indigenous people through the heart of the Ecuadorean Amazon, providing a cheaper and greener alternative to gas-powered vessels. A growing fleet of electric ...

Before starting Tamarack Electric Boats, Montgomery Gisborne was interested in electric cars, but now he's focused on the water. Since 1993, Gisborne has been involved in the technical aspects of ...

A Bowdoin class recently met via Zoom with two guest speakers in Ecuador—one a recent graduate, the other a native of Achuar territory in the Amazon—who are helping to bring solar-powered boats and ...

KOCHI: The Vaikom terminal will soon become the first fully solar-powered ferry terminal in the state, thanks to the Kerala State Water Transport Department (SWTD)’s ambitious project to convert half ...

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