Zero CO2: the world’s first-hydrogen powered yacht with a fully integrated laboratory to study pollution in the Mediterranean.
The objective of the Zero CO2 project is to sail around the Mediterranean using a clean carbon-free auxiliary motor (petrol motors are commonly used in yachts for all port manoeuvres). The yacht was presented for the first time at the Paris Boat Show in December 2009. A 12m craft built by the RM shipyard of La Rochelle, the yacht is equipped with an electric motor driven by a hydrogen fuel cell, developed by CEA Liten of Grenoble.
The Zero CO2 project remit: test an environmentally-friendly boat powered by hydrogen and renewable energies. After successful initial tests on the Lac du Bourget in Savoie, France, the boat now is tested again in the Mediterranean before following the Southern French coast and heading for Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Tunisia, Crete, Turkey, the Greek coast, Montenegro, Croatia, the Italian coast, Spain, and the Balearic Islands before sailing back to Marseille in late 2010.
More information you will find on official website http://www.zeroCO2sailing.com
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