A futuristic-looking vessel is slated to pass under the Golden Gate Bridge on Thursday evening and travel across San Francisco Bay.
No, it's not a prop for the filming of a Marvel movie.
The French-owned Energy Observer is a 100-foot, hydrogen-powered catamaran making a statement about clean energy as it travels around the world, proving zero emission travel is possible.
A massive science experiment on the water, the entirely self-sufficient vessel is the first of its kind and powered by the wind, the sun and self-generated hydrogen.
“If there’s no sun or wind, or if it’s night, stored hydrogen — generated by electrolysis powered by the solar panels and two wind turbines — will take over,” Victorien Erussard, captain and founder of Energy Observer, told the London Guardian when the boat first set sail more than four years ago.
The Energy Observer, a massive catamaran powered by renewable energies and hydrogen, made its first ever stopover in the United States in Long Beach, Calif., on April 23, 2021.
Energy ObserverA crew on board the boat is testing multiple renewable energy solutions in extreme ocean environments and learning how these systems can work together to translate into everyday use, according to a statement from Energy Observer.
The boat started its seven-year voyage in Saint-Malo, France, in 2017 and arrived in the United States for the first time when it docked in Long Beach on April 22.
"After three years spent navigating European waters, we’re going to discover and share a whole new level of energy transition in the Pacific, which is just thrilling," Victorien Erussard, captain and founder of Energy Observer, said at an event in Long Beach. "We’re also quite proud to get the chance to show the Californians that the French are also quickly breaking new ground, both in their area of expertise in the maritime world, and also on land.”
Already covering more than 30,000 nautical miles, the boat has visited a long list of destinations, from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Nassau, Bahamas, to the Canary Islands off Africa. Before arriving in California, it passed through the Panama Canal and stopped in the Galapagos Islands.
The boat is expected to pass under the Golden Gate Bridge at 5:30 p.m. tonight and will be on view adjacent to the Exploratorium and Pier 9 through May 13, when it will set sail for Hawaii, then cross the Pacific to Tokyo.
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