7 Most Luxurious, But Eco-friendly Super-Yacht Designs

Sure, most of us here can’t afford to buy one of these babes. But as long as these yachts remain Eco-friendly that wouldn’t be a problem. Enjoy!

1) OrganiK Superyacht

This superyacht design is from SVDesign, designed to be both luxurious and eco-freindly.

Why Eco-friendly?

1. Yacht’s cruising is efficient and silent, as the power for its propulsion is gained by means of two pod’s with electric engines, and a power plant relying on fuel cells.
2. In addition, many of the on-board services, such as air-conditioning and hot water production systems have been designed to be Eco-friendly.
3. The entire yacht design ensures a minimum carbon footprint, in both construction and use of the vessel.

Other Features:

• It features a long and narrow hull, which enables the yacht to reach relative high, yet economical cruising speed.
• The composite mast on the top hides all antennas and domes which makes the overall design of the superyacht clean.
• The private owner’s apartment, which includes a private salon, bedroom and a large balcony, provides an excellent viewing points all over.
• The upper deck houses the wheelhouse, a guest gym, and the bridge deck lounge, which opens to a large aft deck.
• The main deck features a large salon, dining room, galley, and a second forward salon/library.
• The lower deck houses four guest cabins, the crew accommodation and tender garage.

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2) Soliloquy – The Super-Green Superyacht

A design by Alastair Callender, of Callender Designs

Why Eco-friendly?

• Yacht is powered by wind, solar and Hybrid Marine Power (HMP) technology from Solar Sailor Holdings Ltd.
• Provides zero-emissions which reduces fuel cost
• Propulsion is efficient, silent and vibration free
• The hull’s length-to-beam ratio is high, therefore lower amount of power is requirement to reach competitive cruising speeds under sail and/or electric motor.

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3) PJ World – Palmer Johnson’s newest eco-luxury yacht.

A design by an Italian designer Nuvolari-Lenard

Why Eco-friendly?

• Uses the latest diesel-electric propulsion package from Rolls-Royce
• Improvements in propulsion efficiency reduce the required level of installed power which makes running costs low
• Low power requirement of the yacht results in low emission of harmful gases.

The yacht also distinguish itself from the other luxury yacht fleets with the novel aft beach house which looks forward onto an outdoor swimming pool deck. The crew is not ignored either, with a maximum crew of 27 can be accommodated according to the General Arrangement of single, double and triple berth cabins. Crew and staff living areas comprise a separate galley, mess two lounges and dedicated gymnasium. The yacht is fully guarded – security features include water cannons, forward scanning sonar, thermal imaging, closed circuit television and acoustic shields. The vessel can run with full hotel load at full speed on the main diesels without requiring generators – 13 knots on one main engine or at 6 knots on one auxiliary generator set.

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4) ORCAGENO

A Superyacht design from Egyptian design studio Pharos Marine

Why Eco-friendly?

• Powered by a hydrogen-diesel internal combustion engine, that means it can be operated by either hydrogen or diesel.
• Usage of hydrogen fuel makes it a zero-emission yacht

More:

High safety standards are applied for hydrogen tanks to provide reliable operation conditions during loading and consumption of hydrogen fuel. The tanks are well isolated and fabricated from stress resistant material connected to each other by means of pipes and valves with sensors to indicate any leakage of hydrogen gas with a reliable shut down emergency system to ensure safety at all times.

Image courtesy: Pharos Marine

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5) Solar Gem

Luxurious Super-yacht by by ‘Dennis Ingemansson’

Why Eco-friendly:

• Made of light, recyclable materials
• Powered by hybrid electric motor system, which can utilize both solar and wind energy.

For more information, read our article on Solar Gem.

6) Formula Zero

The green super-yacht from Sauter Carbon Offset Design

Why Eco-friendly?

Richard Sauter head of design commented; “To evaluate Formula Zero as a Carbon Offset Project, we compare a 43 meter catamaran to a 54 meter monohull which is similar in terms of performance, space and accommodations. While both vessels are evenly matched, when cruising for 24 hours, Formula Zero consumes 4,000 liers less fuel, which amounts to a 10 ton per day reduction in CO2 emissions. 10 tons is the amount of CO2 that the average European emits in one year.

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7) Sabdes 50m Superyacht

Designed by Australian Superyacht Stylist Scott Blee

Why Eco-friendly?

1. Said to be efficient in fuel consumption and in emissions.

The yacht’s total power consumption will be kept to a minimum by careful consideration of every technical element throughout; for instance, the vessel will have LED lighting, there will be more reliance on natural cooling to support the air conditioning system, and insulation and window materials are carefully selected.

2. Hull design also will be optimized to have a minimal surface and hull wake, thus reducing its impact on sensitive marine life and shoreline erosion

Image courtesy: Sabdes

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