Ocean Exchange, a partner of the Innovation District, whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of innovative solutions for healthy oceans and the sustainable blue economy announced the winners of their annual prize competition. We were proud to be part of the voting jury for this important event.
2024 Neptune Awards
Oyster Heaven (Rotterdam, Netherlands) has developed a scalable, low-cost artificial reef, the ‘Mother Reef’ made from biodegradable clay, enabling rapid, affordable oyster reef restoration. Prize money: $100,000 USD.
Phoenix Waste Solutions (Louisiana, US) has developed a new technology for clean micro waste-to-energy. The Phoenix is a mobile waste-to-energy furnace that thermally reduces solid waste and biosolids from wastewater at 2000F without any auxiliary fuel, at less than half the cost of landfill while reducing toxic emissions. Prize money: $100,000 USD.
2024 Wallenius Wilhelmsen Orcelle® Award
CarbonBridge (New Jersey, US) makes economical, green methanol. CarbonBridge ultra low carbon methanol allows for highly economical compliance through blending. This enables a constant decrease in carbon footprint, down to net-zero. Prize Money: $100,00 USD
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The innovative ideas are flowing at our Tech X-Changes. Dr. Marcus Beck presented great material on tbeptools, an open-source software program built to visualize data used by TBEP. Visit the tbeptools page for more information.
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