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Whilst the majority of the boat owners we help go solar have a cruising sailboat we also help smaller powerboats go solar too. Many of...
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At Sun Powered Yachts we're here to help you go solar. Throughout our website we have useful information and here is where we add our news updates. It might be a topic we delve deeper into helping to answer some of those FAQs we touch on, we'll provide updates on solar panel options, what the team are up to and what boatshows we'll be at.
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Katie Burgess
- Aug 16
- 1 min
Maxeon Announces 3GigaWatt Factory in Albuquerque, NM
On August 10th, Maxeon Solar Technologies announced that they have selected Albuquerque, NM to be the site of their new 3GW capacity...
Katie Burgess
- May 31
- 1 min
SunPower Eliminates 85% of Solar Cell Failures
Cell failures are designed out with SunPower ​ With a commitment to innovation and continued R&D SunPower has designed a solar cell that...
Lyall Burgess
- May 5
- 2 min
How are fixed frame solar panels shipped?
There are not many companies that will ship small orders of fixed frame solar panels (like 1-5 panels) and one of the reasons is that...
Lyall Burgess
- Apr 26
- 1 min
Help PMDP on it's voyage to clean up
There was a recent mini-series by Salesforce looking at Ecopreneurs, all really great episodes, and Episode 11 is about the work of the...
Katie Burgess
- Apr 20
- 1 min
When are the Maxeon Air 330W panels coming?
We've been getting lots of questions as to why these panels are taking so long to get to market, after Maxeon announced them in early...
Katie Burgess
- Apr 7
- 4 min
Cruisers Net: 'Focus on Sun Powered Yachts'
We are re-posting an article by Cruisers Net, as a sponsor they recently wrote an article 'Focus on Sun Powered Yachts' - click here to...
Keith Donald
- Apr 5
- 6 min
Case study: Beneteau 373 - by Keith Donald
'Double your Cruising Pleasure at Half the Cost' by Keith Donald 'Mystic' - a 2005 Beneteau 373 What am I talking about? How can I spend...
Lyall Burgess
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Maxeon 470W panels in stock!
The SPR-MAX3-470W COM are now in stock and ready to go! The Maxeon 470W panels have a silver frame and white topsheet and COM stands for...
Katie Burgess
- Feb 24
- 1 min
Will you be sailing for Summer Sailstice?
We are looking ahead to being on the water celebrating Summer Sailstice on June 24th 2023 and wondering if you have made any plans? The...
Lyall Burgess
- Feb 2
- 1 min
Maxeon 415W-R panels in stock!
The SPR-MAX3-415W-R (all black) are now in stock and ready to go! The panels have a black frame and black topsheet which when combined...
Katie Burgess
- Jan 26
- 3 min
Who is SunPower and who is Maxeon? Insights on the company split, and the impact on DC panel supply
We've been receiving a number of questions lately about who is Maxeon, who is SunPower, and what solar panels we will be selling at Sun...
info873662
- Jan 19
- 1 min
What does the Victron Battery Sense do?
The Victron battery sense is the small blue box in the bundles we have available in our store. It is a battery voltage and temperature...
Lyall Burgess
- Jan 9
- 1 min
Sailing Zephyr goes solar with SunPower
We are super excited to recently collaborate with James & Nat from YouTube channel Sailing Zephyr. They sail a 2010 Beneteau Oceanis 43...
Katie Burgess
- Dec 18, 2022
- 2 min
'On The Wind' podcast Ep. #381
Whilst sat aboard 'Blake' in Cancun, Mexico we recently recorded an episode of the 'On The Wind' podcast with host Andy Schell. We have...
Lyall Burgess
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
International WorkBoat Show '22
This was our first visit to New Orleans and our first time exhibiting at the WorkBoat Show after the show was cancelled in 2020 and in...
Lyall Burgess
- Nov 10, 2022
- 2 min
What solar panels does SV Delos have?
We're super stoked to see the install work coming together aboard SV Delos and they will soon have all SunPower solar panels aboard. ...
Lyall Burgess
- Nov 10, 2022
- 1 min
Panama Posse - official sponsor
We are super excited to now be an official sponsor of the Panama Posse! Heading into it's sixth season the Panama Posse brings together...
Katie Burgess
- Sep 27, 2022
- 2 min
Federal ITC at 30% is BACK!
Just as it was set to expire at the end of 2023, the Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) is voted back! For as long I have been in the...
Katie Burgess
- Sep 23, 2022
- 2 min
SV Blake, Our 2016 Dufour 382 is For Sale
It's with a full and grateful heart, that we share that our beloved sailboat is officially up for sale. This was our plan all along,...
Katie Burgess
- Sep 1, 2022
- 1 min
'Solar gets it's sea legs' - PV Magazine
'Solar gets it's sea legs' Thanks to PV Magazine for an article in their August issue. We really enjoyed chatting with Eckhart about how...
Lyall Burgess
- May 30, 2022
- 1 min
Ordering PV wire
In our store we have 10AWG PV extension wires in lengths from 3ft to 100ft, these have MC4 connectors already crimped on to make life...
Lyall Burgess
- Apr 15, 2022
- 1 min
Maxeon Air 330W flex panel
UPDATE 12/1/22 We were recently informed that production of the Maxeon Air 330W flex panel has been moved from France to Malaysia. This...
Katie Burgess
- Jan 17, 2022
- 2 min
Claim your 26% Federal Solar Tax Credit in 2022!
We wanted to take a moment to clarify that the Federal solar investment tax credit was extended in 2020 and continues at 26% through 2022....
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