KINGSTON, New York — Behind the diesel-powered Rip Van Winkle party boat, across from Mathilda, the decommissioned 19th-century tugboat, and about 1,000 yards upriver from the rusted husk of a retired ...

When famed "Free Solo" climber Alex Honnold decided to donate one-third of his income to climate solutions, his top priority was funding projects that could increase access to renewable energy. What ...

As boatbuilder Dan Miller drove west on Route 3 one Saturday morning in April, headed for Liberty’s Lake St. George, he harbored all the usual concerns of a shipwright on a sea-trial day: Would the ...

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 ...

The Solar Sal 24 is an electric cuddy cabin boat built by Belmont Boatworks in Belmont, Maine. The boat scored the wave-making designation of “first 100% solar US Coast Guard-inspected passenger ...

Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis begin their school run. Around a dozen girls and boys, wearing backpacks and carrying notepads in hand, hop down the muddy river bank and into ...

The first model, the POL Lux, features roof-mounted solar that will recharge its battery. As long as the sun is shining, the solar panels will continue to charge their battery. It is built using ...

On a recent Wednesday, with the thermometer heading toward 90 degrees and the sun blasting, James Worden pulled up to a dock on the Charles River in Boston in a one-of-a-kind boat. Designed and built ...

SHEBOYGAN - Jim Greer was 12 years old when he claims he tried running away from his home in Wichita. He’d built a makeshift boat, about eight feet long, and set sail on a mid-American river in what ...

A group of Swiss people will soon attempt to realize the first Atlantic crossing with a solar boat. This ship, named "sun21," is a 14-meter-long catamaran able to sleep 5 or 6 persons. The goal is to ...

Solar vehicles are getting more and more common as the price of solar panels comes down, and the availability of motors and controllers for all of these vehicles rises. Making a solar-electric bike ...