A Mercedes Benz Blue-Hybrid Tender that demonstrates to the boating community how it can reduce “Global Warming Pollution” by 280 million metric tons per year.
The Carbon Fibre Guardian S Class is a is 45 knot Solar Hybrid Vessel powered by an EPA car regulated Mercedes Benz Bluetec engine coupled to a Carbon-Grossbauteile electric motor. When combined with other currently available technology her Fuel Consumption and GHG Emissions are 50 to 100% lower than any speed boat ever built.
Guardian S Class Tender - the worlds first Carbon Neutral Speed Boat. Image Credit SauterCarbonOffsetDesign.com
The Guardian’s Lithium ion UPS provides a Zero Carbon cruising range of up to 50 nautical miles while her plug-in SunPower array generates enough free energy to motor Carbon Neutral for up to 1,000 nautical miles a year.
Richard Sauter head of design comments “Taking advantage of existing advances in Green Technology, the Guardian S Class leads the way in attacking one of the major causes of global warming and in doing so lays the foundation for the only marketing force likely to revitalize the boating industry in the face of ever increasing fuel prices ”.
While many look to revitalizing inland waterways, doing so without regulating the inevitable increase in pollution that will come as a result, will not benefit the related communities. By employing catalytic dry exhaust systems, Solar Hybrid power boats like the Guardian S Class are actively protecting rather than contaminating marine bio-systems.
Guardian S Class Tender - the worlds first Carbon Neutral Speed Boat. Image Credit SauterCarbonOffsetDesign.com.
The EPA estimates that registered recreational boats in the USA alone produce a staggering 375 million metric tons of Co2 per year. Carbon Neutral power boats that follow the Guardian’s example can reduce that figure, by on average 75%, thereby reducing “global warming pollution” by 280 million metric tons per year.
It will be interesting to see what green superyachts of the future will have a Carbon Fibre Guardian S Class tender as part of their water sport toys and amenities available for personal use and charter guests.
Currently available technology present in the Guardian S Class Tender
Parallel Mercedes Benz Bluetec V6/ Carbon-Grossbauteile Electric power generation
All Carbon Fibre construction / CGB GmbH
Optimum SunPower 315 Solar Cell deployment.
400 IPS Duoprop propeller system.
Advanced Wave Piercing Hi-speed displacement hull.
Plug-in Lithium ion UPS rated at 50Kwh.
Guardian S Class Specifications
Length 900cm
Beam 210cm
Draft 50cm
Passengers 8 to 10
Weight 1.8tons
Max speed 45 knots
Mercedes Benz BleuTec V6 / Carbon-Grossbauteile electric motor diesel/electric
Total Power 300kw
Fuel diesel/battery
Zero carbon motoring range 50nm
Fuel and CO2 reduction 50 to 100%
Annual Carbon Neutral cruising range <1,000nm
The Hi-performance Carbon Neutral Guardian S Class is at the forefront of the Green Power Revolution.
