"Alice"Lürssen model in a climate-neutral wonderland

Uske Berndt

 · 12.01.2022

Model making: "Alice" from Lürssen can also be seen in miniature at Miniatur Wunderland.
Photo: Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg
With a design from the shipyard's own design department, Lürssen wants to prove that superyachts can make a significant contribution to environmental protection. The model in Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg is also intended to illustrate this.

"Alice" is to go on climate-neutral voyages. On the "tank deck" of the 98-metre yacht, fuel cells are used instead of generators to power the electric motors and batteries. The hydrogen required for this is produced from green methanol. If you want a faster "Alice" or more energy for life on board, you can also get a methanol engine on board.

Saving energy is the top priority

Otherwise, the aim is to save energy wherever possible. Waste heat from household waste is to be recycled, and warm room air is also fed back into the heating and air conditioning system. In addition, the large glass surfaces on the owner's deck can reflect the sun's rays in such a way that the interior spaces created by designer Dasha Moranova heat up less and therefore require less cooling.

See the Lürssen model in Miniatur Wunderland

The ecosystem on board includes a park-like landscape on the foredeck as well as plant walls in the interior. The teak deck replaces fast-growing, lightweight wood from sustainable forestry. Anyone interested in the project can take a closer look at it at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg. The world's largest railway world is now also home to a model of a green superyacht from the far north.


Uske Berndt

Uske Berndt

Editor News & Panorama

Uske was born just outside Volkswagen in 1970 and tested various small boats with sails through her boyfriend (now husband 😊) on a quarry pond. Her studies in Kiel took her to the Baltic Sea with boats of all kinds and eventually to a regatta from Hong Kong to Mauritius via the Academic Sailing Club. Her teacher training ended at the Burda School of Journalism in Munich instead of in the classroom and finally at Boote Exclusiv. After a long break and various stories about house building, she returned to Delius Klasing and has been filling the magazine with long stories about large ships ever since. A family-owned H-boat was quickly sold again as the mother realized that sailing with two small children was neither relaxing nor fun.

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