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Solar-Powered Boats Are Silently Sailing Through Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest

15 Aug 2024 | Abstracted from CNN

"Five boats, each boat topped with a sleek solar-panelled roof, are being used by 12 indigenous Achuar communities across a stretch of eastern Ecuador bordering Peru...The idea of (solar) boats at first was kind of a joke...Each boat varies in size, the biggest with capacity for up to 20 passengers. They travel at up to 12 miles (19 kilometers) per hour with a range of up to 60 miles...have completed over 3,000 trips in total, carrying over 1,000 passengers and collectively traveling over 450 kilometers per month."

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