It might sound ridiculous to declare sailing yacht Zero as the first vessel to run entirely on renewable energy, for what was Christopher Columbus’ 1492 flagship, Nao Santa Maria, if not a four-masted sailing yacht powered by the wind? And yet, the 226-ft ketch, built by Vitters and due to splash in late May, brings something wholly new to the table; a world-first hydrogeneration system that both propels the yacht and generates electricity.
Hydrogeneration isn’t new to…

