The official Asia-Pacific Qualifier of the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge World Series, student engineering, zero-emission racing and the road to Monaco, in Darwin.
The most advanced university competition on water.
The Darwin Monaco Energy Boat Challenge is the official Asia-Pacific Qualifier of the MEBC World Series, the global circuit that extends the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge beyond the Principality.
Over five days in Darwin, student-led university teams race the Energy Class — zero-emission prototypes on identical hulls — in front of the public, competing for a direct ticket to the Monaco World Final.
University teams from across the world on a global circuit.
A bridge from student prototype to the maritime industry.
Students, universities, industry and institutions, together.
A real-world laboratory for clean propulsion — electric, solar and hydrogen.
Darwin stages one of the official Qualifier zones of the global MEBC circuit.
Full-scale electric, solar and hydrogen boats the historic MEBC discipline since 2018.
The leading teams earn a direct place at the Monaco World Final.
Racing, open conferences, tech talks and ceremonies.
Most of the programme is free and family-friendly.
At the Darwin Waterfront, in Australia's Northern Territory.
Founded in 1953 and presided since 1984 by HSH Prince Albert II, the Yacht Club de Monaco brings together 2,500+ members of 80+ nationalities and organises around 30 international nautical events each year. It launched the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge in 2014 and owns the World Series setting its governance, technical standards and brand.
Figures from the 2025 Monaco edition — the global platform the European Qualifier is part of.
