Fuel cell goes Dutch

摘要

Pressure from operators of pleasure craft in an around the canals of Amsterdam and a desire on the part of the authorities there for any new craft that are licensed to be 'zero emissions' vessels will see a new generation of commercially operated fuel cell craft introduced into service early in 2008. Fuel Cell Boat BV, a consortium of Dutch companies, is developing a hydrogen-powered vessel with a fuel cell as its power source that Anglo-Dutch oil major Shell plans to use to transport around a 100 of its employees to and from work on a daily basis.