b'MEMBER NEWSGlosten Selected as Naval Architect for New California Hybrid-Hydrogen Research VesselG losten,aPVAmember,hasbeenTheanticipatedschedulefordesignandofthedesign,theuniversitywillselectthe selectedasthenavalarchitectforaconstruction of the hydrogen-hybrid researchshipyard where the design will be constructed. new California coastal research vesselvessel includes one year to complete the basicConstruction and detail design will likely take (CCRV) for UC San Diegos Scripps Institu- design. Following U.S. Coast Guard approvalan additional three years.tion of Oceanography. The new vessel will be an innovation in the maritime industry with a first-of-its-kind hydrogen-hybrid propulsion system.With this selection, Glosten will provide the preliminarydesign,contractdesign,andde-tailed design for the research vessel. Glosten is a consulting firm of naval architects and marine, electrical, production, and ocean engineers with expertise in providing design and engineering support to the oceanographic research commu-nity. The firm was selected after participating in the universitys request for proposal process.Californialegislatorsallocated$35million towards the design and construction of this vessel last summer. When complete, the ves-sel will serve as a platform for education and research dedicated to understanding the Cali-fornia coast and climate change impacts to the coastal ecosystem.The vessel will feature a hybrid propulsion sys-tem that integrates hydrogen fuel cells along-side a conventional diesel-electric power plant, enabling zero-emission operations. The design is scaled so the ship will be able to operate 75 percent of its missions entirely using hydrogen with only pure water and electricity as reaction products. For longer missions, extra power will be provided by clean-running modern diesel generators. The vessel represents a major step inadvancingCaliforniaspledgetoreduce global climate risk while transitioning to a car bon-neutral economy.Theproposed125-footvesselwillbe equipped with instruments, sensing systems, andstate-of-the-artlaboratories,toenable multidisciplinaryresearch,advancingun-derstandingofthephysicalandbiological processes active in Californias coastal oceans. This vessel will have the capability to study issues vital to the California economy such as the health of marine fisheries, harmful algal blooms, severe El Nio storms, atmospheric rivers, sea-level rise, ocean acidification, and oxygen depletion zones.35 AUGUST 2022'