{"id":127128,"date":"2021-09-02T13:26:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T20:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/new-solar-hydrogen-yacht-runs-on-sunshine-and-water"},"modified":"2021-09-02T13:26:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T20:26:29","slug":"new-solar-hydrogen-yacht-runs-on-sunshine-and-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/new-solar-hydrogen-yacht-runs-on-sunshine-and-water","title":{"rendered":"New solar \u2014 hydrogen yacht runs on sunshine and water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UfLjTBPWgsg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude17 \ud83d\ude01 Runs on the water it is surrounded by and solar.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquon.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aquon One<\/a> is a luxury solar \u2013 hydrogen yacht completely powered by rooftop panels that generate electricity to run its twin 100kW motors and also create hydrogen for fuel cells from the water the boat sails through.<\/p>\n<p>The system is similar to that of the zero emission <a href=\"http:\/\/plugboats.com\/clean-hydrogen-ship-9000-km-atlantic-crossing\/\">Energy Observer<\/a> research vessel which is sailing around the world on solar, wind and hydrogen power and is currently in French Guiana on its way from France to Japan. The difference being that the Aquon is not a research ship, but the world\u2019s first leisure catamaran powered by green (no fossil fuels involved) hydrogen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/plugboats.com\/new-solar-hydrogen-yacht-runs-on-sunshine-and-water\/solar-hydrgen-yacht-drawing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugboats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/solar-hydrgen-yacht-drawing.jpg?fit=302%2C170&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{\u201caperture\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d credit\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d camera\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d caption\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d created_timestamp\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d copyright\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d focal_length\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d iso\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d shutter_speed\u201d:\u201d0\u201d,\u201d title\u201d:\u201d\u201c,\u201d orientation\u201d:\u201d1\u201d}\" data-image-title=\"solar hydrgen yacht drawing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugboats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/solar-hydrgen-yacht-drawing.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugboats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/solar-hydrgen-yacht-drawing.jpg?fit=302%2C170&ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-solar-hydrogen-yacht-runs-on-sunshine-and-water4.jpg\" alt=\"solar - hydrogen yacht in artists conception - tree quarter view\" width=\"302\" height=\"170\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>The company behind the yacht is Swiss Sustainable Yachts (SSY), formed in2018by Dr. Adrian Beer, a passionate yachtsman and serial entrepreneur who also founded and is CEO of the GrupoBeer corporation which advises and assists companies recovering from natural disasters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\ude17 \ud83d\ude01 Runs on the water it is surrounded by and solar. The Aquon One is a luxury solar \u2013 hydrogen yacht completely powered by rooftop panels that generate electricity to run its twin 100kW motors and also create hydrogen for fuel cells from the water the boat sails through. 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