Energy Observer’s Captain and Expedition Leader, Victorien Erussard and Jérôme Delafosse, have been selected to carry the Olympic flame – set to be powered by hydrogen for the first time in the international sporting events history – in Tokyo this summer.
The news was announced today at Energy Observer’s annual press conference in Paris, France, where the team behind the world’s first self-sufficient seagoing vessel powered by hydrogen revealed the boat will journey to Tokyo for the Olympic Games as part of its 2020 programme.
In what will be a powerful and meaningful stopover for Energy Observer, the vessel will arrive in Tokyo in time for the Olympic Games’ Opening Ceremony on Friday 24th July, and after making its first Pacific crossing.
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