Bill gates bought the hydrogen superyacht for half a billion dollars – The Times Hub

Luxurious, expensive and eco-friendly yacht Aqua

If you were the richest man in the world with environmental attitudes Greta Thunberg, what an expensive toy you bought yourself? The state of bill gates is estimated at $ 110 billion. Part of his wealth, the billionaire has decided to spend on expensive yacht Aqua at a cost of 644 million dollars. But this is not just a yacht, but a real luxurious Palace on the water, and it is absolutely environmentally friendly power plant running on hydrogen.

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Superyacht, designed by Sinot Yacht Architecture & Design and Lateral Naval Architects, includes an infinity pool with terraces, a gym, a helipad and a Spa. Other luxury features Windows from floor to ceiling Windows, massage room, yoga area and a huge circular staircase. Presented at the yacht show in Monaco the ship accommodates 14 guests, 31 members of the crew and has a range of Autonomous run 6,000 miles with a maximum speed of 17 knots.

Aqua Yacht Of Bill Gates

A distinctive feature of the yacht is the system with liquid hydrogen and fuel elements. Below decks there are two 28-ton vacuum sealed tanks which are cooled to -252 degrees Celsius and filled with liquid hydrogen, which is converted into electrical energy using fuel cells with proton exchange membrane (PEM). The only by-product of this installation is ordinary water vapor. The system provides power to two engines and propellers with a capacity of one megawatt.

Aqua Yacht Of Bill Gates

Despite the fact that the yacht is powered by environmentally friendly liquid hydrogen, the lack of hydrogen filling stations were forced to install additional backup diesel engine.

Aqua Yacht Of Bill Gates

Aqua is still in the construction phase and will be launched by 2024.

We will remind that earlier Ukrainian yacht were the leaders of the regatta PALERMO-MONTECARLO 19. In turn, the famous Spanish tennis player bought a luxury yacht for 5 million euros.

Natasha Kumar is a general assignment reporter at the Times Hub. She has covered sports, entertainment and many other beats in her journalism career, and has lived in Manhattan for more than 8 years. She studies in University of Calcutta. Natasha has appeared periodically on national television shows and has been published in (among others) Hindustan Times, Times of India

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