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ACUA ocean
Org Type
For Profit
Year Founded
2020
Winner or Finalist
2025 Finalist
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Primary Project Category:
Secondary Project Category:
Carbon Sinks (Natural & Engineered)
Energy
Finance
Social & Cultural Pathways
Transport and Mobility
How Project Affects Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions:
['Replaces/avoids GHGs (e.g., projects that replace sources of GHGs, such as the burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heat, transport, or other energy uses)', 'Reduces GHGs (e.g., projects that reduce sources of GHGs, such as through efficiency or other changes in consumption)']
Impact on Underrepresented Groups:
ACUA Ocean's USV Pioneer empowers underrepresented groups, particularly those in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like the Maldives and Seychelles. These nations, highly vulnerable to climate change and IUU fishing, lack the resources for consistent marine monitoring. The Pioneer offers cost-effective, year-round surveillance, enabling these communities to: Safeguard marine resources: Monitoring capacity offered by our vessel serve to protect against Illegal Unregulated or Unmonitored (IUU) fishing activity, strengthening their sovereignty over their most valuable asset. Adapt to climate change: Collect data on ecosystem health, informing crucial planning for both people and the environment. Such data collection by crewed research vessels may be prohibitively costly previously, providing access to information that can inform regional decisions through climate change modelling. By providing these nations with the tools and data to manage their marine environment, the Pioneer directly empowers underrepresented communities in the climate movement.
Sub-Categories:
Renewables
Nature-based
Agriculture
Methane
Plastics
Built Environment
Energy Efficiency
Restoration
Biodiversity
Energy storage
Rural
Urban
Circular Economy
Oceans
Forests
Waste
Carbon Removal
Electric Transportation
Cooling Solutions
Technology
Advocacy
Biomass
Conservation
Clean Cooking
Environmental justice
Research or Economic Modeling
Measurement, Reporting & Validation
Communications
Website:
http://www.ocean.tech
Mission Statement:
ACUA's mission is to enable the sustainable and scalable collection of holistic ocean data through technology solutions and services. We do so through the use of zero emission technology in order to sustainably unlock the economic, environmental and societal value of the blue economy.
Link: Twitter:
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Link: Instagram:
https://x.com/acuaocean
Link: LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/72246293
Sources of Past Funding:
Individual donations
Foundation grants
Corporate contributions
Government grants
Membership fees
Events and fundraisers
Earned income
Corporate partnerships
Bequests and planned giving
In-kind donations
Impact investing
Crowdfunding
Endowments
Bootstrapped
Equity
Debt
Carbon offsets or credits
Other