As per Euronews.green, the 21 meters long vessel can travel for 550 kilometers and can operate for 16 hours before needing a refill. Starting July 19th, the ship will start carrying up to 75 passengers on each ride.

Jim Wunderman, chair of the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority, the operator of commuter ferries in the area, said that "the implications for this are huge because this isn't its last stop. If we can operate this successfully, there are going to be more of these vessels in our fleet and in other folks' fleets in the United States and we think in the world."

This technology could help reduce shipping's emissions, which accounts for 3% of the world's total share of greenhouse gas emissions, as it can replace existing diesel-powered ferries and other types of ships.

Frank Wolak, president and CEO of the Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association, added that "the real value of this is when you multiply out by the number of ferries operating around the world. There's great potential here. This is how you can start chipping away at the carbon intensity of your ports."

Those who supported this project now hope that the technology will be adapted to work on large cargo ships, as well. Now, we need to expand on the green hydrogen production capacity, since most of the hydrogen nowadays comes from fossil fuels, defeating the purpose of this otherwise clean fuel.

Pink hydrogen, which comes from nuclear plants, could be an intermediary solution, as these facilities are still considered green, so long as the nuclear waste is handled properly.