Sunday, October 23, 2011

Healing the planet: Heroic Greenpeace activists to fight your fossil fuel use from the deck of their brand-new, custom-built, 190-foot, $32 million diesel yacht that can carry 110,000 liters of fossil fuel

Rainbow Warrior III - Ship Technology
Rainbow Warrior III is being custom built for environmental activist group Greenpeace International.
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A $32m (€23m) contract to build the ship was awarded to Fassmer Shipyard, Germany, in July 2009. Funds for Rainbow Warrior III's construction are been sourced from various sponsors.

The 57m-long ship will use wind energy instead of fossil fuels and incorporate green marine technology.
...It also has a helicopter landing facility...The ship has a fuel capacity of 110,000l...
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Rainbow Warrior III will be a sailing ship mostly dependent on wind energy. It will, however, have a back-up engine – Volvo Penta D65A MT 1850 HP – that runs on diesel-electric propulsion. The back-up engine will be used during bad weather conditions and will have a speed of up to 11kt.

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