To support its rapid growth along US coastlines, offshore wind and other ocean renewables require innovative businesses within the supply chain to help reduce costs and ensure sustainable development. As a highly complex industry, it can be intimidating for new companies to gain a foothold. Startup Alley gives these businesses the opportunity to showcase their innovations and directly connect with industry leaders and stakeholders at the largest industry conference in the Americas.
“As the industry moves into a new, operational era, continued innovation will be critical to reducing project cost and maximizing the life cycles of offshore wind projects,” said Liz Burdock, founder and CEO of Oceantic Network. “Through this partnership with SeaAhead, we can showcase novel solutions that solve real problems, making the development of offshore wind more efficient across the industry.”
This year’s cohort of startups are introducing new ways to reduce costs and streamline efficiencies while improving sustainability across multiple facets of the industry’s supply chain. New technologies cover areas including construction operations, deep-sea anchors, Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs), 3D printing, data-driven digital platforms, technical meteorology models, wave energy conversion, and workforce development.
The 2024 Startup Alley participants are:
- Attender: Provides a platform that digitizes maritime procurement
- Deep Anchor Solutions: Pioneered a deeply embedded ring anchor (DERA) for floating offshore wind
- Ecowind Solutions: Created a comprehensive project management system for offshore wind
- Ithaca Clean Energy: Developed a digital twin system for offshore wind projects
- IWNL Energy: Created a tool to help individuals find jobs in offshore wind
- Open Ocean Robotics: Develops data-collecting USVs for offshore wind projects
- RCAM Technologies: Fabricates components for ocean renewable projects using 3D concrete printing
- Triton Anchor: Provides an innovative subsea anchoring solution for floating offshore wind
- Veer: Analyzes downwind effects of offshore wind turbines
- Wave Power Engineering: Pioneered an ocean wave energy converter with no moving parts
For the third year, the Network and SeaAhead have partnered to select the promising startups within the global offshore wind and ocean renewable industries. Each company will showcase their work on the Exhibit Floor, present their pitch to IPF participants, and take part in a moderated Q&A.
“We’re delighted to partner with Oceantic Network to organize this year’s Startup Alley,” said Nadir Ait-Laoussine, VP of Platform and Programs for SeaAhead.“This year’s cohort of startups continues to demonstrate how innovative solutions and technologies can be found across the industry’s value chain. SeaAhead works closely with startups and our partners to bring these technologies to market by helping to catalyze ecosystems, building ecosystems and startups, and investing in startups.”
