World’s first hydrogen boat docks in Lisbon

The Energy Observer, the world’s first hydrogen-powered boat, arrived in Lisbon on Tuesday for the latest leg of its ‘Odyssey for the Future’, a six-year round the world voyage passing through 50 countries and 101 ports of call.

Launched in April 2017, the Energy Observer is the first hydrogen vessel in the world. Developed in collaboration with engineers from the CEA-LITEN, the boat tests and proves the efficiency of a full production chain that relies on the coupling of different renewable energies.

The Odyssey project revolves around an experimental vessel and its expedition, whose main purpose is to find concrete, innovative, and successful solutions in favour of energy transition.

Energy Observer is a floating laboratory, designed to test innovative energy architecture in extreme conditions, to prove its feasibility onshore.

The energy system encompasses three renewable energy sources (sun, wind and hydropower) and two types of storage (li-ion batteries for the short-term and hydrogen for the long-term).

