For the second year in a row, the Ocean Innovation Trophies award ceremony will be held at the Maison des Océans (Paris) from 14:00 to 17:00 on 16 January, in partnership with the Oceanographic Institute, Prince Albert I Foundation and support from the maritime economy sector: the French Maritime Cluster, the Brittany and Atlantic Sea Hub and the Mediterranean Sea Hub.
The “Ocean Innovation Trophies” event is intended to promote the innovations that contribute to the sustainable management of the ocean.
The ceremony will be preceded by a presentation of the 14 innovations that have been shortlisted by a jury of professionals from the 60 applications received.
2 innovations are put forward in each of the following categories:
- Becoming familiar with the ocean in order to act effectively
- Protecting and regenerating biodiversity
- Preventing waste from land polluting the ocean
- Reducing pollution on the shoreline
- Using the ocean to generate useful energy for the planet
- Creating new propulsion methods for ships
- Harnessing the resources that only the ocean produces
9 projects shortlisted
Category Becoming familiar with the ocean in order to act effectively
- Biodiversity observation buoy
- Antifouling protection for instrumental optics in marine environments
- Microdrone – Autonomous undersea vehicle
Category Protecting and regenerating biodiversity
- System for reducing bycatch of rays and sharks during fishin
Category Preventing waste from land polluting the ocean
- Anti-macro waste creels
- The distribution in developing countries of a machine to convert plastic waste to fuel via pyrolysis
- Identifying the origin of the plastic in the rivers of Europe via local authorities
Category Reducing pollution on the shoreline
- Harvesting and processing Sargassum seaweed
- Charter of undertakings for sustainable cruises in the Cannes Bay
Category Using the ocean to generate useful energy for the planet
- Massive offshore system for storing energy via compressed air
- Wave energy system generating electricity or fresh water
Category Creating new propulsion methods for ships to reduce CO2 emissions
- Auxiliary automated wind turbine propulsion system for ships, based on parafoil technology
- Nautical propulsion technology using an undulating membrane
Category Using the ocean’s resources sustainably
- Medical system for preserving organs, derived from lugworm haemoglobin
Autonomous solution for converting seawater to fresh water powered exclusively by solar energy.
