Saturday, June 8, 2024 Green Navy debuts ‘Prometeo,’ Europe’s 1st electro-hydrogen catamaran for passenger & cargo use, at NAVEXPO in Brittany. Green Navy, a French enterprise, recently debuted ‘Prometeo,’ Europe’s inaugural electro-hydrogen powered catamaran designed for both passenger and freight services, at the NAVEXPO maritime innovation event in Brittany’s Port of Lorient. The event took place over May 29, 30, and 31.
During the conference, the company also presented developments in the design and conceptual inspiration of the vessel. “We have been actively promoting the development of our clean, green and 100% viable passenger catamaran for several months now” explains Charles Cardi, CEO – Green Navy. “It is testimony to the pioneering design and its commercial applications that we are seeing great support from financial institutions, local authorities in Brittany, and shipowners keen to explore the potential and flexibility that underpin the programme.
NAVEXPO gave us the opportunity to meet with hundreds of partners, suppliers, and professional operators – there was a real buzz and the relevance of our prototype has been confirmed on numerous occasions.” The technical feasibility of electro-hydrogen propulsion systems is well proven but it is not enough just to work in theory. Green Navy is collaborating with SECO Marine (the marine division of the FETIS Group, based in Nantes, specialising in the energy transition of propulsion) and working.