The scale-up journey of the Hydro Motion Team

Curious how business service providers, knowledge institutions and corporates come together to create an ideal environment for maritime scale-ups in Rotterdam?

Learn more about the start-up and scale-up climate in Rotterdam.

Watch the video to learn more about how the TU Delft Hydro Motion Team managed to build, test, design and race a hydrogen boat in one year with the help of valuable collaborations in in the maritime capital of Europe. As well as how initiatives such as UP!Rotterdam help to get in touch with capital providers like the start-up and scale-up bankers of the Rabobank.

Hydro Motion Team

The TU Delft Hydro Motion Team consists of 25 students from 11 different studies at the Delft University of Technology. Every year, a new student team creates a boat from scratch, beginning with the process of conceptualizing, designing, producing, testing, and finally racing a flying hydrogen boat. Since its inception in 2005, the team has been inspiring the maritime sector to switch to renewable energy sources. With this boat, the team aims to show the potential of hydrogen for ocean-going vessels. Powering long-distant shipping with renewables is crucial to decarbonization of the maritime industry.

Learn more about the start-up and scale-up climate in Rotterdam.