Feadship’s Project 821 has emerged from its build shed in Amsterdam. The new 119-metre superyacht, designed by British studio RWD, is the world’s first hydrogen fuel-cell superyacht. Rumours have been swirling for several years that Bill Gates could have commissioned the yacht. In 2020, global media, including the Telegraph, reported Gates had commissioned a £500m […]
The Dutch sailing organisation Watersportverbond has introduced its first hydrogen-powered coach boat, the H2C Boat, at the 2023 World Sailing Championships in The Hague, Netherlands. The H2C Boat, developed by the Dutch startup H2 Marine Solutions, is equipped with a Torqeedo Deep Blue 50R outboard motor, and is a collaboration between companies, including longtime Torqeedo […]
Global engineering consulting company, Ricardo is working with the sustainable HYdrogen powered Shipping consortium (sHYpS) to design and develop hydrogen fuel cell propulsion technologies to power the next generation of zero emissions passenger ships. It’s thought this project, involving 13 partners in six European countries, will accelerate the adoption of hydrogen as a renewable fuel […]
Hydrogen power solutions developer Genevos, has launched the new HPM-80 fuel cell. This 80kW plug-and-play marine fuel cell is stackable to multi-MW scale. The firms says this enables energy-intensive applications such as ferries and service vessels to reduce their emissions to zero. The HPM-80 joins the HPM-15 and HPM-40 marine fuel cell family providing a […]
Proton Motor Fuel Cell, developer and producer of fuel cells and fuel cell engines, has signed a 15-year lease agreement for a new 13,500sqm production facility near Munich. The new facility, which will be used by Q2 2023, represents a seven-fold increase in the amount of space available for production when compared to the company’s […]