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Monaco Energy Boat ChallengeCompetition promotes sustainability in the yacht sector

Leonie Meyer

 · 24.06.2024

The Challenge is an international competition open to the public, in which students and professionals compete in three different classes
Photo: YCM/Studio Borlenghi
Sustainability in the yachting sector - this is exactly what the Prince Albert II Foundation is promoting with a competition. The Monaco Energy Boat Challenge is being organised for the eleventh time. What it is and what participants can expect

The Prince Albert II Foundation is organising a competition to promote alternative drive systems and sustainability in the yacht sector in Monaco. Both existing boats and innovative prototypes will be presented at the 11th Monaco Energy Boat Challenge from 1 to 6 July. At the end of the challenge, the prize will be awarded to the team that presents the best technological solution for yachting in terms of energy efficiency and carbon reduction.

Monaco Energy Boat Challenge to drive research forward

The winner will receive financial support of 25,000 euros to advance applied research at their university. A total of 50 international teams from 40 universities are taking part. The winning team will have the opportunity to present the progress of its developments at future Monaco Energy Boat Challenges.

Leonie Meyer

Leonie Meyer

Editor News & Panorama

Leonie Meyer was born in Detmold in 1997. The passion for boating runs in her family: every year they spend their summer holidays in Croatia with their boat. Even as a child, she leafed through her father's BOOTE magazine.

After training as a design assistant at school, she moved to Magdeburg to study International Journalism. During this time, she completed an internship abroad at a German daily newspaper in Greece and an internship at BOOTE magazine. After graduating with a BA (2020), Leonie did a graduate internship in Mallorca. Her last stop was a cross-media traineeship at a daily newspaper in OWL. Leonie Meyer has been working as an editor in the watersports digital editorial team since 2023 and turned her passion into a career.

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