A 100-passenger hydrogen-powered boat in Hamburg, Germany called the Alsterwasser caught fire last year destroying much of the ship but no one was injured. There were no dramatic explosions of hydrogen tanks as one might see in a movie. Nothing happened and the two 50 kW (67 hp) fuel cells powering a 100kW (134 hp) • Read More »
Archives: Hydrogen Boats
Statue of Liberty to Get Hydrogen Hybrid Harbor Ferry
December 1, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Statue of Liberty to Get Hydrogen Hybrid Harbor Ferry | Filed in: Hydrogen Boats.The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom for U. S. citizens and one of the most popular tourist attractions on the Eastern seaboard. So, it’s only fitting that in the spirit of energy independence that a hydrogen hybrid ferryboat be built to take passengers to both the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. • Read More »
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Boat Tools Around Sweden
November 4, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Boats.A hydrogen fuel cell boat has taken a trip from Stockholm to Öregrund, Sweden. The boat was fueled with methanol, a liquid, which ran through a Genesis 20L-D reformer to create hydrogen. Then the hydrogen was pushed through a Cellkraft S-1000 fuel cell to create electricity which powered the outboard electrical motor. Methanol was the • Read More »
ACTA Hidro Hydrogen Boat Launched at Star European Championship
June 18, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Boats.It may not be a Coast Guard cutter, Navy frigate or one of the many large powerboats used by drug runners in the Florida keys or off the coast of California, but this week the ACTA Hidro hydrogen boat was launched at the Star European Championship in Viareggio, Italy (the Tuscany region). The Star European • Read More »
ACTA Acting Up to Bring Hydrogen Technology to Market
May 18, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on ACTA Acting Up to Bring Hydrogen Technology to Market | Filed in: Hydrogen Boats, Hydrogen Fuel Production.A company called ACTA is acting out, but in a good way and will not be sent to its room for a timeout. What ACTA is doing is pulling out all stops in regard to bringing hydrogen power products to market. In a recent announcement, ACTA said it will be using micro wind turbines and • Read More »
ACTA Energy Creates Hydrogen Generator and Fuel Cell for Outboard Motors
February 16, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 4 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Boats, Hydrogen Fuel Production.At Italy’s international Seatec trade exhibition for yachts, ships and boats, ACTA Energy won the prestigious 2010 Qualitec Technology Award (along with Volkswagen) for their new EL100 Hydrogen Generator. The generator was coupled with a 1 Kw fuel cell that together powered an outboard boat motor. The nautical award was given for the device’s “innovation, • Read More »
EFOY Sailboat Wins 2nd Place and FCV Motorboat Tools around Lake
December 8, 2009 | By | Comments Off on EFOY Sailboat Wins 2nd Place and FCV Motorboat Tools around Lake | Filed in: Hydrogen Boats, Hydrogen Vehicles.Fuel cell sailboats and motorboats are both making headlines promoting the use of green hydrogen as way to clean up oceans, rivers, lakes and other waterways. I’ve talked about EFOY several times in the past as providing auxiliary power to motor homes and traffic signals. This time on the Pogo2 yacht the EFOY 2200 provided • Read More »
OSV Viking Lady FellowSHIP Project Onboard and On course for Commercialization
November 4, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Boats, Hydrogen Vehicles.The OSV Viking Lady is a ship of fuels, so to speak, or to be more accurate a ship of fuel cells. As part of the FellowSHIP (Fuel Cells for Low Emissions Ships) project, the OSV Viking Lady was first launched in 2003 and now is close to commercialization for the maritime industry. The FellowSHIP • Read More »
Students Recreate Robert Fultons Historic Journey in Hydrogen Boat
September 18, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Students Recreate Robert Fultons Historic Journey in Hydrogen Boat | Filed in: Hydrogen Boats, Hydrogen Vehicles.Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York will be recreating Robert Fulton’s historic journey up the Hudson River, but this time with a hydrogen-powered boat. In the early 1800’s Robert Fulton is credited with creating the first steamboat (and submarine). Fulton used a steamboat he called the Clermont to sail up the Hudson • Read More »
Zero CO2 Hydrogen Yacht Sailing the Mediterranean
July 9, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Zero CO2 Hydrogen Yacht Sailing the Mediterranean | Filed in: Hydrogen Boats, Hydrogen Vehicles.The world’s first hydrogen-powered (and obviously wind-powered) yacht, named the Zero CO2 is sailing around the Mediterranean using a fuel cell auxiliary motor. Lots of yachts, I kid you not, use petrol powered motors to maneuver around ports and in times of low wind. The Zero CO2 will be a floating laboratory on a 10-month • Read More »