The BlueInvest Readiness Assistance Cycle 3 is currently accepting applications. The program is aimed at high potential start-ups and SMEs with innovative and sustainable products and solutions for the Blue Economy. Up to 200 businesses will be selected to receive coaching tailored specifically to their business objectives. Each participant willContinue Reading
Betatron, YPSN and Heron Advisory built an early-stage Venture Capital investor and accelerator in the maritime industry. Currently, the applications for Cohort #6 are officially open and will close on 15th April 2020. The Cohort #6 program is set to launch in Q2 2020. Betatron will be investing up toContinue Reading
Applications for Africa Innovation Fellowship 2020 are now open. Africa Innovation Fellowship 2020, powered by WomEng and the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is a nine-month leadership and business development opportunity for female African innovators (teams can be mixed) with an early stage engineering innovation orContinue Reading
Global engineering technologies company, Renishaw, has collaborated with the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) in Canada, to produce two ocean turbine parts using additive manufacturing (AM) for industrial design firm Biome Renewables. Renishaw helped manufacture a PowerCone® retrofit that co-rotates with the turbine’s rotor and curved propellers to reduce drag.Continue Reading
 Greentown Labs, one of the largest cleantech incubators in North America, and Vineyard Wind, developer of the first utility-scale offshore wind energy generation facility in the United States, are now accepting applications for the Offshore Wind Challenge. Greentown Labs and Vineyard Wind are seeking submissions from startups that are innovating in marine mammal monitoring,Continue Reading
Cargill, Rainmaking and more than 10 industry partners, are launching a program in Singapore to decarbonize the maritime industry. The program, which is the first of its kind in Asia, will bring together startups and industry leaders to test and scale transformational technologies that can reduce CO2 emissions. “We knowContinue Reading
The BlueGeneration project, of which EBI (European Boating Industry) is a leading partner, recently launched its flagship job portal. Companies in the recreational boating industry and across the blue economy can now advertise open positions and training opportunities free of charge to thousands of young Europeans. The portal will beContinue Reading
OceanHub Africa is launching the first cohort of its six-month acceleration program to support six of South-Africa’s most promising impact for profit startups focused on preserving and restoring the health of the ocean. The accelerator is on a mission to support ocean-minded start-ups with the express aim of nurturing anContinue Reading
The PEI BioAlliance (Prince Edward Island BioAlliance) has been introduced as PEI’s representative of the Ocean Startup Project, a collaborative regional partnership to grow the number of startups in Atlantic Canada that are focused on ocean industries. The nearly $7-million-dollar partnership, is called the Ocean Startup Project and it intendsContinue Reading
Tetrahedron has patented a new crane for lifting offshore wind turbine generators at a lower cost than conventional hardware. The Tetrahedron crane is suitable to lift the next generation of offshore wind turbine generators with capacities of 10-20 MW each. Those cranes reach heights up to 250 m. Compared toContinue Reading