Self Sufficient
Sauter Carbon Offset Design presents the Ocean Empire life support Superyacht, a self sufficient Zero Carbon Life Support Vessel (LSV). The Ocean Empire LSV is a 44m Solar Hybrid Superyacht with two hydroponic farms and fishing facilities. Her solar powered propulsion systems and all the hotel amenities of a luxury global voyager are supplied by three major sources of sustainable of energy.
The first and foremost source of energy is by t solar cells (covering the entire surface of the vessel) while at the same time illuminating two hydroponic farms. The second source is wind energy from an auxiliary automated SkySail that drives the Ocean Empire to 18+ knots while charging her GM ESS2 batteries through power sailing KER. The third source is wave-energy by Motion Damping Regeneration (MDR). A new form of ATMD (Adjustable Tuned Mass Damper) was developed in collaboration with Maurer Sohnes Gmbh. The MDR system is basically an ATMD utilised in skyscrapers such as Taipei 101 to reduce their swaying motion. In this application 16 t of batteries are the Mass while linear generators produce up to 50 kws of electricity as they dampen the motion of the vessel.
Richard Sauter head of design commented “The Ocean Empire life support superyacht liberates the superyacht community from its strict dependence on unsustainable resources by harnessing the renewable collective power ever present in the Earths Biosphere”.