Lithuania launches first commercial ship powered by green hydrogen and batteries

Lithuania just christened Rasa, the world's first commercial tanker running entirely on green hydrogen and batteries — here's how the propulsion actually works.

First covered Jun 19, 2026 · 3:30 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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52d via Bluesky Lithuania just launched the world's first commercial tanker with zero diesel on board, a 42-meter ship running on green hydrogen made right on the dock, and its job is collecting the sewage and sludge from other ships — Lithuania just christened Rasa, the world's first commercial tanker running entirely on green hydrogen and batteries — here's how the propulsion actually works.

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Bluesky: @mzjacobson.bsky.social Mark Z. Jacobson · 52d ago · 35 ♥ Lithuania just launched the world’s first commercial tanker (42 m) to replace diesel with 100% electricity from batteries and H2 fuel cells, where the H2 is produced on the dock from WindWaterSolar Ship can run 10h and is collecting sewage+sludge from other ships…

Appeared in: 2026-06-20 (#15)

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