Energy Observer - World’s First Hydrogen Boat
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- This is the Energy Observer, the first autonomous hydrogen boat to sail the seas.
Powered by solar, hydrogen, wind and water energy, the white catamaran will take six years to tour the world.
During its stopovers, Energy Observer produced a total of 488 kg, almost ½ ton of hydrogen, during 1496 hours of functioning, that's an efficiency of 42%.
Hydrogen supplied up to 60% of the energy needed for a typical voyage, and the remaining 40% was attributed to solar power, using a fuel cell functioning on average for 6 of each 24 hours of navigation, with an efficiency of 48%
On the sides of the boat are The Oceanwings wings which are going to reduce the vessel's energy consumption, accelerate its speed, and above all, enable it to produce energy and hydrogen while navigating.
The Oceanwings won't only serve as part of the rigging, they will actually increase the vessel's energy efficiency. Their installation on the vessel's two floaters will in fact allow it to:
- Increase the speed, by complementing the electric motors
- Reduce energy consumption when they are used to compensate the electric motors
- Increase energy production during navigation by producing hydrokinetic energy (reversing the electronic motors into hydrogeneraters)
- Produce hydrogen during navigation by the electrolysis of water
Up until now, hydrogen production was only possible during stopovers, but the installation of Oceanwings® will make hydrogen production possible while the vessel is navigating. It will only be for 1 to 2 hours a day in the beginning, but introducing hydro-generation by inverting the electric motors is an indispensable power supplement in Northern Europe where the sunlight conditions are not as favorable.
The installation of Oceanwings® on board Energy Observer is the first step to reducing the environmental impact of maritime transportation around the world. According to simulations carried out on a large range of boats, the results are extremely promising: from 18% to 42% less energy is required. An important statistic when one recognises that 90% of global commerce is transported at sea. Maritime transportation is also responsible for large quantities of air pollution, emitting into the atmosphere pollutants such as fine particles, nitrogen oxide (NOx), and sulfur oxide (SOx).
Hydrogen is the most abundant chemical element in the universe. Inexhaustible, it displays exceptional energy density: it releases up to 4 times more energy than coal, 3 times more than diesel and 2.5 times more than natural gas. Its combustion emits neither greenhouse gases nor fine particles. Thus, Energy Observer is the first vessel in the world that is capable of producing its hydrogen on board using sea water, by electrolysis.
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Everyone complaining about the efficiency of this needs to understand that the efficiency of completely wasted energy is 0%. At some point you have fully charged batteries and you still have solar power coming in. Converting it into hydrogen, despite being incredibly inefficient, is still more efficient than doing nothing with the energy.
@@LuggageStardate Shitloads of people are complaining. Sails don't generate electricity typically and the ones that do aren't terribly great at it. If you want to build a sailboat with a farm on top of it go for it. If you want to talk about impractical how much do you think all that soil is going to weigh? How about after a storm when it's sucked up an extra 5x its weight in water? C'mon dude.. If you want to complain just to complain be my guest, but if you're looking for a clever all electric yacht this isn't too far off the mark.
@TriusSaving the Energy as hydrogen is better than saving it in batteries, because you have liddle to non waste of Energy in hydrogen. (Sry for my bad english)
Thezuule. Your approach is neither scientific nor engineering - the economics are not there! This craft would not stand up to heavy weather - not safe! However if it were deployed to a large river system, like the Amazon, it could be a prototype for commercial use! A Hydrogen Cell would be the way to go (using water as the feedstock). The technology exists in diverse forms, but oil companies own so many patents! The World's Economy 'floats' on Petroleum, which upholds the Petro-Dollar! The Empire will not allow viable competition!' What 'Empire'? Think about it!!
Trius. There are Hydrogen Cells that can produce motive power, as the hydrogen fuel is produced with minimal 'storage'!
Where is this "wasted energy"? The boat's 82 kW of propulsion will be limited by the 23 kW peak capacity of the solar and wind energies. The only time there's going to be any excess is when it's anchored.
They said it's a research vessel. Why is everyone being so negative about the project? They just want to promote alternative energies. They aren't trying to win races or sell more of them to anyone.
If the guy was out racing sailboats he'd just be another rich guy playing with his fancy toys. Seems to me this project is good for promoting green energy, even if it's not perfect.
"They" are robots. Paid corporate IT mudbots.
Your right, this is wonderful to see and I hope the idea works in the future. I could buy a boat if I didn't need gas!
Yeah it's cool but it's still rich dudes playing with fancy toys. That boat probably cost 10 million dollars or more. That's not economical for the mass population.
@@brettsharbono3022 agree, but it's nice to dream
Yes, this boat was built too prove or even disprove what will and what wont work. The Japanese developed cylindrical wind turbines for freighters back in the 70s, I remember reading an article in Popular Science, but it was not practical, so nothing was made of it. Would boats like this be usable by the masses, nope, but maybe some of the technology they develop on it will be.
This is why we watch. Great video. I never heard of this great ship. Leads me to imagine floating self-sufficient cities made up of ships/platforms. This tech combined with Migaloo Submarine Yacht... but utilitarian. A city that could submerge under threat.
Until the first big storm with 100' waves hits it. Bye bye Felicia
@@robertkendall1037 That is why I mention combined with the yacht submarine idea. Submerge for short periods under threat, that includes storms. The waters are calm not too far down. :)
This is exactly what we need. Not politicians doing more regulation denying people of travel, but smart technical solutions that help us travel and safe the environment. Thx for sharing
I think this is a great idea with a lot of interesting test beds. I loved seeing that they tested both a standard wind turbine and a vertical wind turbine system. They clearly preferred the vertical wind turbine as that became the adjusted design.
It is remarkable how so many people gripe about a technology test bed but don't actually listen to how it can be used. All because they didn't show all the forms of testing and features being used. This isn't about a finished product. This isn't about selling a boat. A lot of comments have been about sails but that means they disregarded the solar cells. A standard sail system would block the sun light on at least a third of the boat. Hence why they showed the animation of using a Kite Sail which would put the shadow of the sail on the water. They have a dual system for saving energy. Both batteries and hydrogen cells. The hydrogen is made and saved via the excess solar cell power. The hydrogen can then be put through the hydrogen cell system to combine with air to provide power. The byproduct is clean water. Which can be ran to power a generator and electric motor allowing the batteries to remain charged and still move the ship when they can not sail.
This is a lot of interesting ideas. Which at some point may make it to consumer products. But don't forget this is an experiment.
Very nice hydrogen boat
Make our planet great again, I love it. We have a long way to go, so when we vote, we should vote for the planet.
ben colombia yes!! Please lets vote for the planet first,this is the only one we have so let's keep it living couse if it dies we die & kill our children with it is that what we will leave behind 2 our children?? A dead or dieing planet..let's stand up 2 the big companies, fossil fuel companies, & governments like Trumps policys..
Vote for the planet, just not the Greens...
The planet lacks political skills. And there are some deep, dark secrets it's keeping from us. ;)
These stupid magics tricks and slight of hand garbage are just rearranged nothing.
Scott Cook Explain your negative thoughts.
what a sweet boat. hope its a success and all future sea travel can change
Yeah to coastal trips during sunny days with calm winds
Stop dreaming
Making hydrogen with electricity is generally speaking VERY inefficient, it uses more power than it gives back ... BUT This IS GENIUS ... you have unlimited water first ... AND you have WAY more electricity than you can use and more batteries just get too heavy
It's friggen GENIUS, 137 pound of hydrogen at full capacity ... I'm not an engineer but I'm guessing that'd take 1000 pound of batteries to hold that much power! it's a GREAT concept and I approve!!!!!!!!!
Weight is not that much a concern on a ship, I guess the inefficiency of hydrogen is worst than having more batteries...
AFAIK It takes 8 hp of energy to compress 1 hp worth of Hydrogen.
@@TheKdcool Right! ... Good point it's not like it's an airplane :) ... still bit of a factor I'd say, I wonder about the physical space? ... Does perhaps the compressed hydrogen (nd system) take up VASTLY LESS space than an "energy out-put equivalency" (to coin a term) of batteries?
@@Boyntonstu Sounds logical ... I've read just compressing AIR with an electric Air Compressor and using the air for shop Air Tools ... uses something like 4 times the hp
@@MikeBaxterABC Indeed! A waste of power,
It’s about time . The tech has been there for years . Bravo
Oh yes it has. And still bloody stupidly expensive. This is all show..
@@MrGentlebutfirm no its not, its about money
@@jamesfrankland6820 Everything is about money in the end. Do you want to be more specific?
@@MrGentlebutfirm sure, look at solar, panels are now way more cheaper than they used to be. So this being the case, people think the cost is through the roof when in fact its not as expensive as people may think. So now mmore people can use and apply solar power in a broader way to solve issues we face. However, flipping the corn those who don't believe in other energies or see its potential will fight it because they are loosing money because of this movement. They know they can't stop it, this is why they are using it to make power and charging you more for it and then says you do it for yourself. If you don't believe me try to put up a wind turbine or cover your roof with panels in an area where lobiest rule and see what happens. Its greed, not everyone can do this and not everyone wants too so how much will they really loose to allow people to do their part for the care of the world. So yes its about money. Throughout history people have died for no reason other than to do their part in caring for the planet. But through technology more people are educated then ever. They can only slow it down but they cant stop it. Hell you can take two poles stick them in the ground and get power so what does this tell you? Knowledge is power and power is free. Think about it....
@@jamesfrankland6820 Well, that made absolutely no sense.. Good luck
That is a great great Idea
The team came with the alternative of Oil (Diesel or Petrol) That is brilliant very brilliant Idea
i wish everyone also support them, for this brilliant cause
If you read more post you will see they have support including you and I. Their system is bad ass.
It's a beautiful vessel. For the negative the vessel that carries poison for its enemy dose more damage to its hull than the enemy its intended for.
Great to see them developing new hydrogen tech, I would love to see more hydrogen powered cars being developed. I can't see it ever being practical for boats though as it's so much easier, cheaper and faster just to use wind energy through the use of sails. No doubt this boat went a whole lot faster back when it was a sailboat. Still it's a great platform to showcase what green technology is now capable of.
Just put a sail on it...I hear they have been doing that for a while....
giant hydrogen tanks could make sense for a tanker. would cost alot more for the fuel but way less than batteries on that kind of scale. LNG tanks could potentially carry vast amounts of Hydrogen, it would have to be a bit colder but you'd think it could work at that scale. most hydrogen tanks are gas.
after that its just getting a fuel cell stack large enough or just burning it in a turbine identical to natural gas. could certainly be used outside of ports to help pollution around city centers.
costs $$$
Richardson , "the fuel would cost Way less than batteries" ??? Huh ? Over a 15 yr life-cycle of fuel costs vs the one-off battery cost ?? I didn't quite understand your comment. That said, no doubt a mix of evolving renewable power sources would be optimal : ) amen
@@donkoh5738 how do you intend to charge the batteries? do you know how much batteries youd need for oceanic 7 day voyages at speed? charging them 1 x every 8+ days would never pay off at current prices
tesla trucks expect to charge 1+ times a day and will make a decent savings
@@Richard-ie1if thank you for intelligent reply. How about addind a couple small sails too? Why not. How about adding wind-generatd turbine capacity though? in addition to even more efficient and total solar capacity? Can they furthermore engineer some some form of wave-capturing propeller turbines built into the forward hull to generate energy every time ship absorbs a crashing down from being lifted up by a wave ??
@@donkoh5738 half the time the wind is going the wrong way. turbines on a moving vessel are pointless.
there is so very very little power to capture from a wave. you'll add far more in weight and cost to even get any of that back out.
massive lng tankers full of hydrogen or batteries. thats it really
or any fuel you can reconstitute easily using readily available materials and renewable energy
even 100% solar panels on top of a cargo ship couldnt come close to powering it.
hell I'd say it would be easier to build some kind of massive high voltage power line across the pacific and beam power short distances to ships passing by 1 direction on one each side. if you could get 80kw beamed across 1km youd just need a massive power cable
I don't think anybody wants autonomous boat but hydrogen boats are definitely something to be excited about!
Hydrogen will be the fuel of future. This boat is a future torch bearer
Cnn is Fakenews when you use hydrogen as fuel it’s by product is water.
That has got to be the coolest and smartest boat I have ever seen in my life.
This so unessasary complicated
i love it
kinda threshold breached
Amazing. We need more innovation like this which sparks the imagination and brings light to alternative energy and alternate ways of doing things. I am inspired. 🖖
Good for you. As long as you don't have to pick up the bill :-)
Enovation at it'sbBest! Make energy Great again!
Not only functional but bad ass looking as well
wish they show the inside like the kitchen, baths and living area.
www.energy-observer.org/en/#bateau/inside-bateau
It's all there. Small, but nice.
@@leaftye Doesn't look all that small to me!!
@@Arthur-ej5gi Fish eye lense does a lot. Its a hell of a lot smaller than it looks.
Wish they be honest about what they made
leaftye Have you seen inside ? Catamarans normally have quite a lot of room even ones much smaller than that .
God bless you guys! Keep up the great work. Glad you are doing this without sails! Looking forward to what your study comes up with!!
Study is in .... it sucks.
Carbon footprints all over the place can't go anywhere all the time just some places sometimes, expensive, lots of cleaning all the time and the risk of a sizable explosion that will leave nothing for the sharks and did I say it's not very environmentally friendly to make. But hey that's just my 3:50 min study
That’s one beautiful boat.
This project is wonderful! I hope the next step is a hydrogene module, that we can install in regular big oceangoing sailing catamarans, so that they are self-sufficient and environmentally friendly. Covering the surface almost completly with solar modules that should also be punkture proof is a good idea. I´ve heard there are even colorful solar modules. Therefore, in the future it is additionally possible to play with the design.
What kind of speed will it do? What does the inside look like? Show us mechanics!
Took me 2 minutes to find this website on Google. 😞
www.electrans.co.uk/new-partnership-energy-observer/
She's a beauty that's wonderful !
Outstanding! People not governments will solve our problem. Hats off to all innovators.
Yeah when did government ever make hydrogen bombs and shit. Fuck them here is a nice hydrogen torpedo
Looks like something from the movie water world.
@ThomasG10mtn water world was a good movie !!
@ThomasG10mtn and so it should , i believe it was an off shore racer in a previous life
@ThomasG10mtn and so it should, i believe it was an off shore racer in a previous life.
Expensive but well done, despite the theme.
This is awesome, I love it when we make something using reusable energy
The term is "renewable".
Imagine the toxins involved in its construction
Yeah great, then wastes all the energy by making hydrogen, just dumb!
Filthy energy.
How is that reusable energy you use it it's gone the photons are gone you didn't make any you pushed a boat
All clean energy is the future, I’m happy about that and can’t wait to get rid of all the dirty stuff.
Petroleum is never going away and it’s become cleaner than your uninformed rhetoric.
the efficiency, technology and speed pails in comparison to nuclear subs built by the US Navy 50 years ago. Neato
wow I just realised that
This is where I want to venture. Just narrowed my study within engineering to naval architecture and marine systems. Its early on in my studies but this is why I want to pursue it.
I had thought of combining wind and solar power on a boat, but never thought of the hydrogen aspect. That I think bbn is a great idea and in theory it should prove to be s great asset. I will be curious how it turns out.
Super-Ultra-Megacool! Great Job Engineers! Really Love The Vessel! She Looks Beautiful Too! God Bless!
Awesome you guy's ♥ safe journey's and god speed ♥
Who else noticed when they said it was on a 6 year journey around the world and they only showed them powering through the Med and west coast of Europe lol? 2:50
Yes, wiping the solar panels twice a day to maintain their efficiency is also calculated in total energy budget? Nice trip for volunteers in Meditarreinian sun.
137 pounds of compressed hydrogen!! Don't get me wrong awesome boat if you have ever filled a small balloon with hydrogen and lit it ! it's like a m 80 or more going off scary power ! You could pretty much god forbid something happen , rest easy pretty much knowing you wouldn't feel a thing if 137 pound ignited pretty much vaporize everything. Very cool boat.
Until it gets suddenly extremely hot.....
@@edwardtupper6374 It's compressed hydrogen not a little he said 137 POUNDS compressed !!Hot or not BOOM science says so !
This is great for water world!
Good material, and some insightful comments!
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Sam, thanks for the tutorial, good stuff! :D
Amazing. Sure would like to go fishing on it.
Hell yea, i would like to be out on it for days just to see all that can do, it's bad ass...
Mine and most people's first thought is wind energy has been used for thousands of years in the form of sails. However what this demonstrates is hydrogen being used in a relatively safe manner. Hydrogen was originally used in cars with the minor detail problem of go boom! in accident. While boats still have the potential to collide it is much rarer and the boats have enough mass to surround the hydrogen from an impact explosion. Hygrogen's future maybe in stationary or safe moving objects rather than cars.
Amazing and beautiful! Finally technology worth having
Using renewable source electricity to produce hydrogen stored until needed is good solid science. No need for unwieldy batteries.
A few ppl are gonna mysteriously vanish shortly..
Lol. Or have sudden heart attack like the hydrogen car guy.
#StanleyMeyer
What‘s that supposed to mean?
Now, this is exciting news! Congratulation to all of you involved in this remarkable and encouraging project. You ARE doing something constructive in our, humanities, great need to make real progress into the society we are going to become; one who doe not rely on, or even use at all, fossil fuels. Keep up the excellent work! I, for one, thank you!
I just threw up after reading that can I send you the bill
2:52 “The boat and its crew are on e six year journey around the world...”
And the map shows a cozy port hopping expedition around Southern Europe and pair of planned stops in North African ports.
Is the whole world Europe and the Mediterranean?
N it will take six years to do it? Kinda slow vessel if u ask me... lolll 😂
nice
It’s about time this project is coming alive. I am sure those in big oil do not want this kind of thing to catch on. Think of the possibilities. Elimination of fossil fuels as fuel for boats, car, ships, transporters. This kind of technology is a direct threat to the oil industry. They will not want to see it succeed.
👌 good for supper giant aircraft carrier design
Most intelligent response yet,bravo
Exciting! Good journey and safe travels to these innovators.
Fascinating concept vehicle. But electric power generated by wind turbines and solar panels are much more efficient to run electric propulsion motors than to hydrolyze hydrogen and oxygen for fuel cells to power the same electric propulsion motors. Like 80% more. Straight wind driven sails are far more effective for propulsion than the best wind turbines powering the best electric propulsion motors. A liter of gasoline (1 kg) has 8 times the energy density than 1 kg of batteries and has more hydrogen atoms than 1 liter of liquid hydrogen. Still, I applaud the effort to put theory to the test in real-life proof of concept application, and the useful data generated.
Stephen Beres Nice explication, but isn’t it true that storing hydrogen is much more weight efficient then having a lot of batteries?
@@NudelKungen. According to rebresearch.com, The weight-energy density of batteries is about 1/20 that of gasoline and about 1/10 that of hydrogen, and this affects range. ... A 100 kg tank of hydrogen at 10,000 psi will hold 8 kg of hydrogen, or enough to travel about 350 miles in a fuel-cell car.
Nice ship ! Needs a spot for some fishing poles too, 😎 !
It's already been done for thousands of years using wind alone.
No It has not. Sailing requires a significant amount of skill and you are a sitting duck with no wind in the middle of the Atlantic.
I say this ship solves both of these problems.
Cool.. how try and power a massive oil tanker or shipping container via sails alone. or a curise ship
@@ElderNewt exactly. Not to say this is the solution, but every innovation starts small
Hok Ta try to power an oil tanker or cruise ship with solar panels. You obviously have no idea how much energy It takes. It ain't going to happen. On the other hand, they have been fitting Magnus Effect sails to large ships to reduce energy consumption. Sails. Wind power.
@@meetim2931 soo because it can't be done now we might as well just give up.
Sweet everyone heard that stop everything..
I know solar panels won't power a mega ship like that right now stupid...
Power boats - for the first time in the world, I'm glad to see you
First question not answered, how much did that cost?
Wooow so very very nice..
New friend here done to connecting
A sailboat with a few solar panels and batteries can already accomplish this with half the space, cost and complexity.
I'm loving this. Seeing more and more full EV cars, scooters and even bikes driving around. I heard of a plane aswell being flight tested troughout and now this boat. The next generations can breath normal and healthy once again in the (hopefully near) future.
Should have sail too, both motors and wind at the sime time 👍
Literally the first thing I thought
@@franklinjackson3637 and make the sails out of solar panels so you have a huge increase of electricity produced
This is what we need! Cars could be done the same way!
Solar powered cars with a battery-hydrogen-hybrid-energy-storage-system?
Wouldn't really make sense, even if we could stuff all the needed devices into a car.
@@701983 a similar concept that utilized wind and solar energies would work.
I feel like they haven't heard of the German u-boats such as the 212A - have been using hydrogen for years :D
But this ship makes its own hydrogen.
You were talking about the hydrogen that is released as a byproduct of the batteries it doesn’t run on hydrogen
@@dkoch1271the modern german uboats hydrogen fuel cells developed by siemens, these fuel cells are fed with liquid oxygen and hydrogen from metal hydrides
Its about time someone done this. I think all new ships being built should have this technology in them.
@@user-de4jk8vj4c you obviously have not taken in how efficient this setup can be.
@@user-de4jk8vj4c I said ships, not meaning, yachts, sail boats. Too bad about the expense
HYDROGEN: "the fuel of the Ancients"...
Hydrogen - fuel of the future. Solar energy and electrolysis = green hydrogen ☀️⚡💧🌴
well done building and touring your beautiful pollution free vessel. Thanks for sharing.
Lol
Every time I make the mistake of reading comments on UA-cam, I get a severe headache. Idiocracy ...
Beautiful catamaran. Multiple power option backups are way more better. Pretty sleek.
He got rid of the sail basically
Wow, super sweet boat. This could be the perfect party boat ! Perhaps they need a Master Chef ?
Hydrogen motors have been around along time water an electricity free energy !!! Gee I wonder why we don't have them yet ?? Oh yeah the oil companys run the world
Its more the people... everyone and their slave owners stuck in the past.
We don't have them yet because the wind and solar together generate one quarter of what the electric motors can use.
good answer
If you do a deeper research its not that easy, but we are going in that direction with pem-fuel cell. And the one that conducted a hydrogen study is shell, an oil company.
Yes. Oil run the world ((
Hydrogen the fuel of the future. Green hydrogen this is solar energy + electrolysis + fuel cell. This is future. ☀️💧⚡💧🌴
A veritable powerhouse. Well done.
Title is hydrogen powered so focus on the hydrogen power.
looks good in calm seas... it's a start
I bet the efficiency of this thing is in the single digits. Definitely no good if you're actually going for usefulness.
It's not though. The efficiency of the solar and battery array are as good as any high end solar system. The only real inefficient part is the hydrogen storage but that's the nature of the beast. You reach a point where you have fully charged batteries, running engines, and still have 20 kWh of solar power coming in. Using what would otherwise be wasted energy to make hydrogen as a secondary energy storage medium is actually pretty smart.
@@Thezuule1 I can see why they did that, but the energy and space required to convert water to hydrogen and back again is quite massive. (Also electrolysis of water with contaminants will cause the machine to jam up really quick) The space could have have been better used for even more batteries. Also the turbines on top makes the boat much less aerodynamic so the energy they produce from the airflow as the ship moves is fed straight back through the system. The motor requires more energy to push the boat and the energy required is more than the turbines can generate. You could make the argument that they create a net gain in energy when the wind comes from a different direction, but once you add all of the things like drag increase and weight increase the energy produced by the turbines is unsubstantial.
@@virtualfpv3568 I don't disagree with respect to the turbines. I would assume they are able to lock them in place to prevent what you're describing. If they find themselves anchored in a port or at a very slow speed they may find the additional energy generation on cloudy days to be helpful. As far as additional batteries are concerned there's pros and cons on both sides. As much as this was a "let's do hydrogen on this simply because we can" type of project it's a great platform to actually start demonstrating a proper use for the tech. It's sitting in an endless supply of water and has enough additional electricity to produce and compress hydrogen gas at sea. Maybe it's a bit of a gimmick, but, if ever you were going to deploy this kind of a system, a ship seems a pretty reasonable place to do it.
@@virtualfpv3568 See, that's the "we should do this because we can" part lol. It is a feasible means of using up excess energy generated by the solar and wind, is it the best means, of course not. Without calculating out the weight / energy ratios and energy efficiency of the conversions and all this I cannot say whether more batteries or this hydrogen system is more useful, or to what extent, but it's a cool idea just the same. Right now the fundamental problem with wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, etc. is the ability to store the energy when we don't need it, so we can use it when we do. People have come up with every manner of idea from molten salt to pumping water back into dams to allow it to spin water turbines again. This is one of a hundred ideas and in this particular use case I think it's useful enough to at the very least act as a proof of concept.
Maybe, with your help they can make it a success.
very inspirational. Our future is full of Hope.
Nice how they keep dancing around how they produce the hydrogen. HHO technology has been suppressed for nearly a century. R.I.P. Stanley Meyer and all the others.
This is the way to the future of boat technology. Good innovation
Yeah if ya got money falling out of your ass! That's multimillion dollar boat!!
How is it "autonomous"? There is a crew controlling the ship.
it does not need a re-fueling ship
@@WonderWorldYTC understood. Thanks for the interesting video and your response. The ship seems like a very cool and needed experiment in alternative fuel. That being said, I don't think it is a correct to describe it as autonomous. By definition autonomous would mean it operated without human control. Like the falcon 9 rocket. Sail boats do not need refueling ships and have global range yet are not considered autonomous.
Just my thoughts.
Thanks again. Cheers.
@@isaacislaughter true true, but it was stated "energy observer is the first autonomous hydrogen boat" meaning it can make it's own hydrogen, it does not need to stop & refuel
@@WonderWorldYTC That doesn't make it autonomous. Autonomous would mean that it is navigating itself and driving itself without people controlling it. A self driving boat.
Amend "autonomous" with "self-fueling".
Too easy.
Hydrogen is the future. Miniaturising this for smaller yachts could eliminate the need for marine diesel engines which would be a great impact on pollution and carbon production.
As it is the wind and solar can run a 30 horsepower motor, how much smaller would you like?
Doug Mcdonell not on a smaller pleasure yacht they cant. I know for a fact as a sailor myself. Wind and solar will recharge the batteries but not provide boat engine drive. What I mean is the hydrogen production, fuel cell and electric drive.
Instead of generating hydrogen use more batteries, simpler, more efficient.
Smart using both solar and wind turbines! Plus using hydrogen is really cool!
"If this voyage is successful..." Looks cool, VERY EXPENSIVE!, and like something looking for sponsorship yet will never work. The two things this boat needs is wind and sun. At night with calm winds NOTHING is being generated. To make Hydrogen one needs a LOT of electricity. So at night no hydrogen is being made. During the day the power needed to make one horse power of Hydrogen requires one and a half horse power of solar energy. So why not just use electricity??? Maybe so they do not have to carry a lot of batteries. I do hope that one day solar will be powerful enough to move us across the roads, skies, and seas. But for now, it just isn't. Yet we keep digging BIG holes in the earth using GAS powered heavy machines to dig up the precious metals the solar panels need to make a small amount of electricity. Being green has NOTHING to do with this boat or it's crew. My guess is that they are clueless of what 0 carbon footprint means.
It runs on earth, wind and fire. So cool.
Water wind and electricity
Where do I place my order 🧐
Look up the Black Pearl yacht, that is where you stick 100 million.
Even a modest sail rig would move the boat faster than all that fancy electric stuff, and for a lot less money.
@J. Wesley Stevenson
Sailing Vessels cannot go directly into wind, they have to tack. They have rigging and (obviously) sails that have to be maintained/replaced every few years and that's not cheap. They require more crew/labour to sail. Energy Observer will require much less labour and maintenance.
So a realistic comparison: "Silent Yachts 80" (SY80) with a "Lagoon 80" (L80). Both are 80ft / 25m catamarans currently available. The L80 is a little more expensive ($4.5m v $4.35m) but the L80 is also one of the cheaper production brands. Most brands would be at least 25% more. Same size, same price +/-
Speed might be an issue but the SY80 tops out at 18-20knts (2 hours max), but it would be exceptional for a L80 to be able to match that and only if wind strength and direction were just right for the direction you want to go. The SY80 can cruise at 6-10knts "forever" both day and night, in any direction, with or without wind.
Another potential issue is that low bridges can restrict sailing yachts from accessing some areas.
The SY80 also has more internal space as it doesn't require the large engine rooms.
So the EV yacht is quieter, cheaper (slightly), requires less maintenance, no fuel costs, less crew labour required, has more internal space, can go to more areas and releases no pollution.
Lastly, it's still early days and the technology will improve. When cars were first invented no-doubt you would have made a similar statement, but I doubt you rely solely on a horse for transport these days. Look at Tesla's performance stat's compared to a premium car. The times are changing.
@@carltorode3132 True, and you can't collect solar power at night or in a storm. There is a commercially available electric drive on the market now which uses the prop to generate electricity while sailing so you can motor upwind when you need to. I've been sailing all my life, and the labor is not as much as you are making it out to be. That craft will require maintenance too, gotta keep the sea salt off those panels and connections. It's a nice experiment, but I'm afraid we won't learn anything new with it, it doesn't bring any new technology to the forefront, it's just a cool looking electric boat. I very much like the idea of making hydrogen on board, not a new thing, but cool. Best of luck.
@@@Expandacraftboats Yep, I sail as well (RYA Coastal) and the aesthetics of sailing does it for me and it's more of an "achievement" getting there. Sailing clearly wins on the emotional front. Never even considered a motor-boat before; disgusting things! ;-) . I only stumbled on the SY80 (also a 55, a 65 and a 55ft commercial ferry) yesterday and was quite surprised at how practical the concept it was!
Agreed that every boat will require a salt scrub and anti-fouling etc. EV's don't require oil/impeller changes, rigging, replacement sails etc Batteries will need replacement after 10 years. Solar panels are guaranteed for 25 years and I think I saw that the electric engines (bearings) don't need to be serviced for 50,000 hours! Easier to scrub/wash the solar panels than get the salt or mold out of your sails.
Hydrogen system maintenance? No idea re: the generation system (looks electrical?) but I believe it uses an ICE engine, which will require maintenance but at least it's free fuel and no pollution. Still noisy though.
I've been following the electric/hybrid scene for a while and know of regeneration systems like Torqeedo's Deep Blue hybrid as on Gunboat's "SV Moonwave", (there's a diesel generator as a back up). I'm thinking of this for when I retire maybe with a Broadblue Rapier 550 which has all the sailing controls inside.
Q: What happens when you are too old/injured to sail? Could you singlehand with one arm? EV's must be safer as there're no sheets to trip over or get caught in, there's no gybing boom to dodge.
We're not really learning many new things with standard sailing either, except at the America's cup type level with foiling etc. But there again hydrofoils have been used commercially for 50 years. It's all just refinements.
Funny how they don't mention the cost of building this ship only all the crap it can do.
Bloody hell! Have you actually listened? It´s an experimental boat. Not for sale. It‘s about testing and exploring the tech. Not a sales promo
@@unfug1863 Fug U
Fantastic engineering feat, respects from South Africa
Make planet great again. Price 15 000 000$. Enjoy
Sounds good. One thing I would like to know is, what is the carbon footprint to have it manufactured? No one ever talks about that.
Electrolyser 75% efficiency, fuel cell 85% efficiency, hydrogen hard to compress(more energy loses) and if not compressed will require a lot of volume, more volume need larger ship, large ship will weight more, more weight and size - need lot more power to propel it... and for what, to accumulate some energy(63% in fact according to total losses on electrolyser-fuel cell trip). Not talking about cost of efficient separated electrolyzer and normal hydrogen fuel cell, yet another toy while there is better solution to temporary accumulate energy.
Don't forget about the salt and the erosion to the metal
This is all I want for Christmas. All Future Christmases, birthdays, anniversaries!
Go anywhere with no fuel costs
i wish i was born 200 years from now..
Now is the great age of internet. be grateful :)
with the way shits going now you probably would be waking up to nothing lol
I wish we were never born. All this nonsense suffering. Why?
Absolutely love this ....best of luck
Isnt "Silent" yachts already selling 100% electric blue water cats?
wow...great Video. Thank you very much.
oil people dislike this
But do they have a point and you are blindly following a story that looks good
@jon doe that doesn't even make sense
At last somebody‘s doing it. It‘s so easy to conceive of. Why only do the shipbuilders take so long to do the most obvious? I didn‘t get his name, was it Vittorio Irasad? He‘s my hero!
around the world equals the Mediterranian.....not so much. Great experiment, though.
Sooooo... you went with a fuel that requires more electricity to create than power it puts out... “brilliant”
Amen.
Wrong! Capacitive discharge like your car!
Tulsa Guy at best, that’s not how the conservation of energy works. At worst... what? Try again. All I see is a perfectly good racing cat turned into some idiots youtube fever dream. Hydrogen makes no sense.
@@tulsaguy9963 heat is not a loss of energy anymore? Fuck me sideways I didn't get that memo
"Make our planet great again". I wonder from whom or possibly who did that slogan come from? YES, America's Great President Trump.
Truly amazing ship!