Sandia National Laboratories has said it has proven the feasibility of a hydrogen - fuelled vessel that could carry out marine research without polluting the air or the sea . Sandia , the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California , naval architecture firm Glosten and global environmental research and risk assessment manager DNV GL devised the R - V hydrogen - free ship project . It was funded by the Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD). The consortium is now seeking funding to build a second vessel .
Sandia National Laboratories has said it has proven the feasibility of a hydrogen - fuelled vessel that could carry out marine research without polluting the air or the sea . Sandia , the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California , naval architecture firm Glosten and global environmental research and risk assessment manager DNV GL devised the R - V hydrogen - free ship project . The consortium is now seeking funding to build a second vessel .