Project Nautilus: Introducing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology as a Retrofit on a Hybrid Electric Vessel
MARAD partnered with Sandia National Laboratory and the Hornblower Group to design a hydrogen fuel cell application to be retrofitted on an existing passenger ferry operating in San Francisco. Specifically, the design focused on replacing an auxiliary diesel generator with a fuel cell. Hornblower submitted the design to the USCG Marine Safety Center and received a Design Basis Letter of Approval.