Toyota Fuel Cell Goes to Sea

A fuel-cell system that Toyota developed for marine applications is now being used aboard Energy Observer, a former racing catamaran that’s on a six-year voyage as the “first energy-autonomous hydrogen vessel,” the company said in a statement. Energy Observer is powered by renewable-energy electricity and an on-board system that produces carbon-free hydrogen from seawater. The voyage launched in June 2017 from Saint-Malo Port in France.