For Many, Blue Hydrogen Is the Fuel of the Future. New Research Raises Doubts.
Industry has been promoting blue hydrogen as a reliable, next-generation fuel to power cars, heat homes and generate electricity. It may, in fact, be worse for the climate than previously thought. It is seen by many as the clean energy of the future. Billions of…
Gustave Trouvé Electric Boat Awards Winners 2021
Congratulations to the winners of the second Gustave Trouvé Awards for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating – The Gussies. This is the second year of The Gussies, and with 100 boats nominated – twice as many as the 2020 awards – it is a…
Be water: Japan’s big, lonely bet on hydrogen
The revolutionary fuel is costly — and key to slowing climate change. Will it pay off? TOKYO — While it looks like any other filling station in Japan, the Iwatani Hydrogen Rαefueling Station in the Shibakoen neighborhood of Tokyo is distinguished by three things: the…
Ferguson Marine to develop world-first renewables-powered hydrogen ferry
Port Glasgow-based shipbuilder Ferguson Marine has successfully led a European consortium in a bid for EU funding support for the building and launch of the world’s first sea-going car and passenger ferry fuelled by hydrogen. The supported development of the HySeas III ROPAX ferry is…
Alternatives Energies associated with the experimentation of the first hydrogen passenger ship
With its partners Michelin Research and Technologies, HP Systems, University of Technology Belfort Montbéliard and EVE System, Alternatives Energies this week launched the first experiment of a hydrogen propulsion on a passenger ship in La Rochelle. Named Galileo, the ship is part of the YéloH2…
EBA’s e-Penteconter
Inspired by the Antiquity to Face the Environmental Challenges of Tomorrow The e-Penteconter is the Core Project of the forward Vision of EBA, The e-Penteconter is inspired by the Design of the Ancient Penteconter (Sail boat of the 7th & 5th Century BC. with 50…
UK Government backs innovative technology to slash shipping emissions to zero
The UK Government has committed to help fund innovative technologies and fuels to reduce maritime emissions and create a zero-emissions sector. The government, in partnership with industry, has committed to spending more than US$8m on funding trials of innovative energy-saving devices, such as state-of-the-art propellers,…