In 1994 Malcolm Moss in the company of Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar dreamt of replacing the smelly noisy petrol outboard powered boats on Lake Pichola in Udaipur Rajasthan with silent non polluting solar electric boats. Having built the world’s first commercial solar powered boat we have made rapid progress in developing Sustainable Transport. Solar PV (photo voltaic) is now accepted as a superb power source for boats. Some have crossed the Atlantic under solar power – Sun21 Feb 2007 and over a hundred passenger solar ferries are in service. We have no commercial interest and our aim is to do something about Climate Change by giving a lot of enthusiasm, our knowledge and a little money to engineers and others for research and development projects. We have applied unsuccessfully for many grants and our philosophy is to help others while their enthusiasm is high to get started on Sustainable Transport projects We have relied heavily on the expertise of many individuals and companies for which we are most grateful.
Whilst solar boats are the best example of Sustainable Transport solar PV can be used to great effect on road vehicles. As described under solar vehicles we have cajoled many contributors to build solar vehicles for 2 International Solar rallies of India when we and others had great fun driving around Rajasthan. As electric vehicles become common place in cities it will be a natural progression for them to include solar PV panels to increase the range and make them sustainable.
Our team is Simon Moss, born 1989, who with brother James designed and built Solar No4 and on presentation to HH Maharana of Udaipur made the statement “When I am old the Oil Age will have finished” He has appeared on BBC Tomorrows World and helped cycle Solar No2 from the Tomorrows World Roadshow at NEC Birmingham to Earls Court London. He finishes at Shiplake College in June 2007.
James Moss, born 1986, was educated at Wellington College and is now studying Engineering with Renewable Energy at Leeds University. He spent a gap year working on solar projects in Rajasthan and started the world’s first solar taxi service in Udaipur. He was a member of the successful team
that made the first crossing of the English Channel under solar power in 1997.
Malcolm Moss has spent most of his career in the chemical and commodities industries. The family company Collinda Ltd, now sold, was a strong supporter of the Responsible Care programme and contributed a minimum of 5% of profits to environmental projects many centered on Sustainable Transport. Described in the press as the pin striped environmentalist he believes that it is the duty of enlightened individuals to finance and organise sustainable projects that may not yet be of commercial interest. Malcolm Moss is President of the Electric Boat Association. www.electric-boats.org.uk The Moss family have won many awards including 2 Eurosolar Awards for both solar vehicles and solar boats. They have appeared 3 times on BBC Tomorrows World and helped organised 2 International Solar Rallies in India. The Moss Solar Trust was formed as a registered India charity in 2006 to receive funds into India for use on a variety of Sustainable Energy projects. All overheads are paid by the Moss Family and all funds go to research or demonstration projects. | Click to enlarge image
James Malcolm & Simon Moss |
Trustees
Mrs Yvers Lancaster a resident of Somerset is well known for her charity work that includes the Somerset and Devon Air Ambulance.
Mrs Anupurna Singh is the wife of Ajay Singh of the Mahendra Prakash Hotel in Udaipur. She is involved with environmental work and education in Udaipur. | 
