Superyachts aren’t typically known for their environmental credentials and are generally focused instead on seeing how much sun-tanning lounge space and luxurious amenities can be crammed into a vessel of any particular size. The same can’t be said for the recently announced Feadship Project 710, which doesn’t skimp on luxury by any stretch of the imagination but features a design that has taken tremendous steps in lowering its environmental impact and carbon footprint.
Measuring a whopping 84m in length, the interior and exterior of Feadship Project 710 have been developed in partnership with British firm RWD and MONK design to bring it to life, but it’s the propulsion system that stands out as most interesting. The superyacht will be powered by a hybrid diesel-electric system housed in a single-floor engine room (allowing more space for guests) and will run on the latest generation of biofuel, which combined with improved hydrodynamics (no drive shafts or rudders), will allow the ship to run with remarkable efficiency.
“Project 710 is the perfect next step on Feadship’s path toward building zero-emission superyachts by 2030,” the boatbuilder said in a statement. “It is the first of the new generation of large yachts furthering carbon reduction through hulls optimised at cruising speed instead of top speed, weight control, advancements in electric propulsion, and the ability to run her generators on HVO, second-generation biodiesel, a so-called net-zero CO2 fuel. Sea trials and delivery fill will be HVO, reducing total CO2 emissions by about 90%.”
Impressive stuff, to say the least.
