The boat reveal
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Opening
Our event was kicked-off by Suzet Giltay, the moderator of the day.
The day was a very important day for the team; we revealed our boat for the first time to the world. It was amazing to see that so many people were gathered and that we could physically meet each other to celebrate this moment.
We kicked off with a presentation given by our Team Manager Sophie van ‘t Hoff. Then Raoul Boucke, member of the House of Representatives, was interviewed after which the boat was revealed and christened!
Team Manager
“Today, our Christening, marks the official end to our production phase! The past months were filled with hard work. We soldered, drilled, milled, laid carbon, called with partners and developed software to reach our goal:
winning the Open Sea Class with a flying hydrogen-powered boat!
After all this effort, it is so rewarding to be standing here today and to be able to show you our boat. We all learned so many new things, overcame challenges together and helped each other through difficult moments.
Only by working together and combining our strengths we can accomplish our mission: accelerating the implementation of sustainable energy technologies.”
Production Video
This video is a summary of what our past months looked like.
We are so excited we made our design reality!
Interview
Raoul Boucke is someone who has been fighting for the climate for the past couple of years and who has been actively advocating Climate and Energy policy throughout his career. Before joining the House of Representatives, he worked in Brussels for thirteen years on behalf of the Netherlands to negotiate European climate policy. This included a European CO2 emissions trading system, a sustainable European transport network, and tackling sea-level rise. Both him and the team are driven by one goal: to empower people to join the journey to a more sustainable future. “I am very excited about the work of the TU Delft Hydro Motion Team! We all should be proud of the work of these young innovators and engineers. They are the people who push the sustainable innovation forwards,” said Raoul Boucke
During the interview we talked about this experiences with climate change. Raoul Boucke grew up in Suriname where he saw what beautiful nature we can lose if we don’t take action. This activated him to pursue a career in sustainability. Within the government they are making money available for alternative sustainable fuels. Raoul Boucke believes that hydrogen can play a big roll in the energy transition. “We need a more sustainable transportation urgently, and hydrogen plays an important role in making the transition reality,” said Boucke. Raoul advised us to be proud of what we achieved and that we should share it with the world.
Reveal
Then, for the first time, we proudly revealed our flying hydrogen-powered boat.
It was such an amazing moment for us to share with everybody. This would not have been possible without the support of our partners, all of them closely involved with the design and production of our boat. But also, our friends and family that have supported us in other ways to make this all possible.
Christening
Then, it was time to christen our boat, blessing it with a successful voyage in Monaco.
It was an amazing day to share with everyone there and the team is looking forward to the next phase, the testing phase. The testing phase will prepare us for Monaco, where we will put our boat to the test and demonstrate the potential of hydrogen!
Aftermovie
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Aftermovie