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HYDROGEN POWER ON PHIL SHARP’S IMOCA 60

British sailor Phil Sharp’s new boat for the 2024 Vendée Globe will be the first ever raceboat with a hydrogen fuel cell. He intends to use the race to demonstrate hydrogen power is already a practical and robust plug-and-play solution for boatbuilders. But how will his boat be set up in this respect?

Sharp is already on a mission to decarbonise the marine and shipping industries. Genevos, the start-up he co-founded, produces hydrogen fuel cells ranging from an 8kW unit to systems that can be stacked

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