Energy Observer, a former multi-hull race boat converted into a green vessel equipped with solar panels, wind turbines and a hydrogen fuel cell system, will be powered by wind, the sun and self-generated hydrogen.
The 5 million euro (USD 5.25 million) boat, which is currently in a shipyard in Saint-Malo, will set sail from the Britany port and will make its first of 101 stops across 50 countries in Paris as part of a six-year circumnavigation. French environmentalist Nicolas Hulot, who attended the project presentation on today at the UNESCO headquarters, said this "boat will demonstrate that there are many solutions for energetic transition.