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SolviCore Helps Power Yacht’s Fuel Cell

by Michael McCoy
December 14, 2009 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 87, Issue 50

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Credit: SolviCore
Credit: SolviCore

SolviCore will supply key components for the fuel cell that powers an auxiliary electric engine in Zero CO2, the first hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered yacht. The yacht will sail the Mediterranean from April to December 2010 to study pollution by analyzing air, sea, and port sediments. SolviCore is a three-year-old joint venture set up by Solvay and Umicore to develop fuel-cell membrane electrode assemblies.

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