Sustainable sports management company OceansLab has launched a new Cleantech Hub, with Brétéché, Groupe Mousset-JeTransporte and Groupe Clisson as its first members. “We are thrilled to be partnering with the teams at Brétéché, Groupe Mousset-Jetransporte and Groupe Clisson on this exciting and innovative project which, we are hoping will transform the global clean technology landscape […]
The structural assembly of the deck and hull of the 60-foot foiling OceansLab IMOCA, a third evolution Manuard design, has now been completed at Pauger Carbon Composites’ boatyard in Hungary. Sustainable sports management company OceansLab has confirmed its race boat will compete in the IMOCA Globe Series exclusively with zero fossil fuels aboard, emitting only […]
Sustainable sports management company OceansLab has partnered with clean energy firms Genevos, Oceanvolt and Maxeon Solar Technologies in its campaign to become the ‘world’s first hydrogen-electric race yacht’. The OceansLab race boat will compete in the IMOCA Globe Series exclusively with zero fossil fuels aboard, emitting only water as a hydrogen fuel cell by-product. Key […]
The government of Jersey has partnered with marine hydrogen accelerator OceansLab, in collaboration with Ports of Jersey. OceansLab, led by Jersey round-the-world yachtsman Phil Sharp, develops clean technologies through professional ocean yacht racing. A zero-carbon consortium will be established in Jersey, which will see the Ports of Jersey and OceansLab investigate the use of hydrogen […]
British yachtsman Phil Sharp has revealed details of a new zero-emission hydrogen-powered IMOCA, ahead of the 2024 Vendée Globe race. This new monohull, designed by French sailboat design office Manuard, is currently under construction at Black Pepper Yachts in Nantes. The shipyard says the build uses existing moulds that have been recycled and reworked. Due […]