“I never thought that I would feel like I am entering the future whereas I am still living in the present.”
On 19 June, we took a tour around, in and on top of the Energy Observer boat. The boat is one of many projects that keep us activists fighting for system change and prioritizes the Just Energy Transition. It runs entirely on renewable energy.
Energy Observer is exploring practical solutions whilst developing new technologies to accelerate the ecological transition. Its laboratory has a team of engineers, researchers and scientists developing innovations which will make renewable energies a reality for all. The team travels on this boat to many different countries, to give hope – I believe, to showcase this amazing energy project. We also caught them on their tour here in Cape Town and met with them at the V&A Waterfront.
With the Project 90 team, we also had the YouLead alumni and a representative from a partner organization (African Climate Alliance). They also shared their experiences on the Energy Observer boat project.
“The Energy Observer event was fascinating and inspiring. I especially loved how both the experts answering all our questions were confident, intelligent young women. My favorite part was learning how the catamaran used solar power to compress the hydrogen energy two separate times. I had no idea that the 63kg of clean and green hydrogen energy stored on board could power a 4-person household for over a month!”, says Ruby Sampson
“It was interesting to see that as people we can combine our skills (referring to the technical skills mostly) to come up with a project as AMAZING as that of the Energy Observer. From a South African’s point of view, I felt hope for an innovation that will help end the load-shedding crisis we live in”, Thembi shared.
I would definitely be honored to attend more of these project viewings because we need to be as updated on progress and new innovations as solutions as much as we are updated on the need to fight for climate justice and the terrible news on the emergency.
