Hydrogen Fuel Cell Yacht

Fuel cell on a boat.

Hydrogen fuel cell yacht.

Energy observer is a vessel powered only by energy that it generates itself be it the onboard solar panels wind turbines or a hydrogen fuel cell. The energy observer is a 100 energy self sufficient boat sailing around the world to prove the usefulness of cutting edge technologies including a hydrogen fuel cell made with help from toyota. But although the technology has been available to yachtsmen for nearly. It s a floating laboratory pr stunt and clean.

The yacht boasts a range of 3 750 nautical miles 6 945 kilometers and can. A rack of lithium cells onboard keep the thing running when it s cloudy or calm winds and toyota s fuel cell system takes over to produce the boat s propelling energy at night. Hydrogen fuel cells offer a mobile silent form of power that can be useful for recharging batteries in place of generators. Hydrogen fuel cell powered transportation on water or on land has yet to break into the mainstream this is in part due to the lack of infrastructure supporting the.

It claims to be hydrogen powered and zero emission and it also claims to be making hydrogen from the water on which the boat floats rather than tanks of hydrogen that come from a hydrogen. Aqua has large hydrogen capacity two 28 ton tanks for an operating range of 3 750 nautical miles at 17 knots. Sinot yacht architecture design and lateral naval architects made waves in monaco last week when they introduced aqua their strikingly stylish 376 foot long liquid hydrogen powered superyacht.