WATERSHED INNOVATION

Zero Emission Industries Awarded $2 Million CEC Grant To Create a First-Of-Its-Kind Hydrogen Fuel Cell Boating Vessel

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

b'SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Zero Emission Industries (ZEI), formerly Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine is a groundbreaking Bay area startup focused on hydrogen technology.

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  • b'SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Zero Emission Industries (ZEI), formerly Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine is a groundbreaking Bay area startup focused on hydrogen technology.
  • The company announced today that it was awarded a $2 million grant by the California Energy Commission (CEC) to design, build and test a first-of-its-kind hydrogen fuel cell powered small-fast harbor craft.
  • ZEI is best known for the Water-Go-Round ferry (now renamed by the vessel owner the Sea Change), the first commercial hydrogen fuel cell vessel in the United States.
  • "\nThe project includes the development and integration of the most powerful operationally diverse zero emission powertrain in maritime history.