--- description: Find out why Faro Powerdock Set is one of the best inventions of 2023 title: Faro Powerdock Set: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2721a92ea817c0e4/698a417c09208f8fac41ad78/best-inventions-2023-faro-powerdock-set.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 24, 2023 # Cleaner Boating Faro Powerdock Set by John Mihaly  The Faro Powerdock is a solar-powered dock that charges an electric boat with clean energy. “The boat can \[then\] be used to power other components or even provide power to the electrical grid,” says Luis Marinho Falcão, partner and head of communications and sustainable growth at Powerdock manufacturer Faroboats. The setup also elevates the boat above the water, eliminating the need for harmful anti­fouling paints that keep sea life from attaching to the hull. The dock fits Faro’s own speedboats and is planned to fit any electric or hybrid boat up to 12 m. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324091/faro-powerdock-set/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324091/faro-powerdock-set/"},"headline":"Cleaner Boating","datePublished":"2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:22:05.029Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324091/faro-powerdock-set/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","Magazine","best inventions","Best Inventions 2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2721a92ea817c0e4/698a417c09208f8fac41ad78/best-inventions-2023-faro-powerdock-set.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2721a92ea817c0e4/698a417c09208f8fac41ad78/best-inventions-2023-faro-powerdock-set.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324091/faro-powerdock-set/","name":"Cleaner Boating"}}]}] ```