Solar Boat Team TU Delft has launched the design of the 2021 boat! For the first time they will work with Hydrogen instead of solar panels.
For the last 15 years the team successfully operated boats on solar panels. However, this year there is an ambitious new plan. The next step towards a sustainable maritime industry.
This year the team is building a boat that runs on hydrogen. They will work under project name: Hydro Motion.
The team is switching from generating energy with solar panels to storing green energy.
Hydrogen is ideal for this and has enormous potential.
Last year, Van der Leun was also a partner of the Solar Boat Team and again for 2021.
This year we hope to achieve great insights together, help them and discover the future of Hydrogen.
With this boat, the team will race on the open sea class of world champions next summer in Monaco and show the possibilities of hydrogen.
Only by working together we can discover the challenge of change!
In 1920, Jan Cornelis van der Leun opened his shop at the harbor of Sliedrecht. Radios and electric lighting were still new and remarkable at the time. What began with providing light and sound soon grew into creating solutions for the shipping industry and the emerging dredging sector.
That hands-on, problem-solving mentality is still at the heart of our work today.
Stores are constantly evolving: new concepts, updated interiors and smarter technologies. But who makes sure all those plans are actually carried out behind the scenes?
In 2025, Royal van der Leun is responsible for the maintenance and renovation of over 500,000 m² of retail space across the Netherlands. A task that goes far beyond simply pulling new cables.
From June 24 to 26, 2025, Royal Van der Leun will be present at the Electric & Hybrid Marine Expo Europe at RAI Amsterdam. At this leading trade fair in the maritime sector, we will showcase our latest solutions in intelligent electrical systems and sustainable innovation.
