MONACO ENERGY BOAT CHALLENGE 2025

After a year of dedicated work, the Messina Energy Boat team has proudly secured an outstanding 4th place out of 20 teams in the final ranking of the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge with their boat, Guglielmino 2.0.

This result marks a significant milestone in our journey towards sustainable innovation in marine technology, and reflects the passion, teamwork, and commitment of everyone involved in the project.



Among booths, curiosity, and lots of questions, today at the Rectorate we brought to MEDNIGHT our vision: boats that sail thanks to clean energy. MEDNIGHT is the Mediterranean Night of Women Researchers: a European event that brings science to people, as part of the European Night of Women Researchers. Science becomes an experience, and the Strait...

After the "Scirocco 48" and the "Guglielmino", the "Guglielmino 2.0" is ready to sail. The boat designed and built by the students of the university of Messina, within the Messina Energy Boat project now in its third year, was launched on the evening of Wednesday 25 June and is now ready to take part in the 12th Monaco Energy Boat...

Unime Sustainability Day is an annual event organized by the University of Messina, a member of the Network of Universities for Sustainable Development (RUS), aimed at showcasing the University's wide range of activities aligned with the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals. This year, the event is being held alongside ...

The MEB team had the honour of presenting its project in the beautiful Sala Laudamo during Opportunity Day in Messina

The MEB team presented its project during the second edition of the "National Week of Scientific, Technological, Engineering and Mathematical Disciplines" STEM by Unime at the Rector's Office of the University of Messina.


MEB team at work for the environment

What is Messina Energy Boat?

MEB, acronym for Messina Energy Boat, is the name of our team. Our goal is to participate in the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge (MEBC), an international competition in which universities and companies from the nautical world participate to support the research and development of renewable technologies, encouraging the transition to electric propulsion.