The zero-carbon power source will allow owners to venture into waters where diesel propulsion is prohibited, and more.
“Someone has to be the pioneer,” says Michael Bremen, sales director at Lürssen Yachts, referring to an unnamed superyacht under construction at the company’s German headquarters. Lürssen, which has built many of the world’s largest, most complicated superyachts, won’t even reveal the vessel’s length. But Bremen credits the owner, who also wants to remain anonymous, as someone looking toward the future with enthusiasm: “He’s smart about it.
Harnessing hydrogen presents big challenges: Just storing the highly flammable element in both liquid and gaseous forms requires extremely large, specially outfitted tanks that can consume valuable real estate across a boat’s interior. Plus, waterside hydrogen fueling stations are largely nonexistent. In order to bypass these limitations, Lürssen is using methanol—which can be housed in conventional tanks and converted to hydrogen—as the main fuel source.
The fuel cell won’t power the yacht’s main propulsion but instead will run the house load—mainly electricity and air-conditioning—in blissful silence for 15 days, or move the boat at a slow, net-zero-emissions pace for 1,000 miles. Both are significant breakthroughs since they will allow the yacht to stay away from port for weeks or travel into environmentally sensitive waters restricted to electric vessels.
Baglietto’s system captures hydrogen directly from ocean water, and you can also fill its storage tanks with commercially sourced hydrogen. Like Lürssen’s, its system will power the house load while delivering a silent, slow-mo cruise of six to nine knots. “One of our big goals is to extend the range in zero-emissions mode,” says Alessandro Balzi, director of Baglietto’s energy department. “It allows a yacht into areas where diesel propulsion is prohibited.
While these systems represent an important step-change in sustainable technology, nobody expects a true, zero-carbon yacht for at least a decade. “Clean energy is not yet there for the main engines,” saysCEO Vincenzo Poerio, one of yachting’s early adopters of hybrid diesel-electric engines. Hydrogen fuel cells will be a critical component but not the total solution—at least not for a while.
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