Sauter designs self-sufficient Life Support Superyacht

11:54 PM Mon 10 Jan 2011 GMT

'Ocean Empire LSV' . ? Click Here to view large photo

With its fish farms and solar power, the Ocean Empire life support Superyacht, designed by Richard Sauter, is the world's first totally self sufficient Zero Carbon Life Support Vessel (LSV). The Ocean Empire LSV (life support vessel) is a 44m Solar Hybrid Superyacht with 2 Hydroponic farms and fishing facilities to harvest the sea. Her solar powered propulsion systems and all the Hotel amenities of a luxury global voyager are supplied by harnessing 3 major sources of sustainable of energy. The first and foremost source of energy is from the Sun which powers Solar Cells (covering the entire surface of ...

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by Jeni Bone