Learn about offshore wind business innovations from the winners of Startup Alley!
For the third year, Oceantic Network has partnered with SeaAhead, a blue tech innovation platform that helps accelerate the growth and development of new companies who are working on issues related to ocean industries and sustainability.
SeaAhead has selected 10 startup companies to deliver five-minute pitches to IPF attendees. Congratulations to the following companies (see below) who have been selected to present their business innovations at 2024 IPF! Companies will present their pitches in two sessions on Wednesday, April 24 and Thursday, April 25. View the full IPF agenda here.
Attender
Attender is the fastest growing AI-powered digital procurement platform in the wind industry. Transparency and open competition for services in the wind industry is hard. Attender makes it easy. Attender takes the pain out of services procurement with an end-to-end platform for RFQ generation and management, job communication and coordination, and after completion reporting and invoicing. Based in Providence, Rhode Island, Attender is the Human-in-the -Loop AI solution for wind industry services procurement.
Deep Anchor Solutions
Deep Anchor Solutions (DAS) is committed to expediting the adoption of renewable energy projects, particularly in the floating offshore wind and other offshore sectors. Our innovative deeply embedded ring anchor (DERA) goes beyond conventional solutions by offering cost-effectiveness, install ability in any soil with marine life-friendly quiet installation, multiline potential, and omni-directional loading capabilities—ensuring adaptability to fit any mooring or loading configuration. With this versatility, combined with local manufacturing, rapid fabrication, and mass production capability, DAS stands as a leader in facilitating greater and more rapid adoption of renewable energy projects across diverse scenarios.
Ecowind Solutions
EcoWind Solutions is at the forefront of revolutionizing project management and operations for the offshore wind supply chain. Our platform, EcoWind Solutions, serves as a comprehensive project management system designed for the unique needs of the offshore wind industry. With innovative products like EcoWind Pro, offering automated robotic welding scripts, and EnviroGuard, an IoT monitoring system for secondary components, we streamline project execution, enhance efficiency, and ensure the sustainability of offshore wind projects. Our mission is to empower tomorrow sustainably, fostering collaboration and efficiency within the industry.
Ithaca Clean Energy
Ithaca Clean Energy, Ltd is a cleantech digital solutions, stakeholder management, and consultancy services company that aims to facilitate the sustainable deployment and growth of offshore wind in the U.S. Our solution, ODISY (“Offshore Wind Data Integrated System”), is a digital twin for offshore wind projects. ODISY allows fully modular monitoring of offshore wind asset structural health and harnesses marine data to provide accessible analytics for offshore wind farm performance. ODISY can monitor project conditions in real time and perform scenario-based simulations, increasing efficiency and reducing project costs. Our solution optimizes operations, maintenance, and management throughout the offshore wind project lifecycle.
IWNL Energy
IWNL Energy is a consulting firm dedicated to fostering growth in the renewable energy sector through our expert training, workshops, and consulting services. Specializing in offshore wind energy, our focus is on data-informed training and development, ensuring that both individuals and organizations are well-equipped with the latest insights and competencies needed for success in this dynamic industry. Complementing our expertise, IWNL Energy is introducing the “Energy Career Navigator,” a unique tool that helps individuals discover where they fit in the rapidly growing offshore wind industry based upon their skills and interests.
Open Ocean Robotics
Open Ocean Robotics offers safer, more affordable, and sustainable ways to collect and manage oceanographic and maritime data. Our autonomous robotic data collection platform and cloud-based software system provide real-time data acquisition with AI-driven analytics. Open Ocean Robotics is helping to navigate a sustainable future by empowering offshore wind development with autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). The data collected from day one will advance understanding of wind and wildlife patterns across entire lease areas to inform the most environmentally responsible and efficient design, project layout, safe and reliable operations and maintenance, and optimal turbine siting.
RCAM Technologies
RCAM Technologies, a cleantech startup with offices in Boulder and Los Angeles, specializes in developing innovative concrete products and solutions tailored for the marine renewable energy sector. Our product portfolio includes gravity, suction, and torpedo anchors, fixed-bottom and floating foundations, and energy storage spheres for a variety of markets including offshore wind, floating solar, wave energy, and more. These products are engineered using cutting-edge automated construction methods, such as 3D concrete printing, allowing precise customization and high cost-effectiveness.
Triton Anchor
Triton Anchor is a leading developer of anchoring technology for floating offshore wind and marine renewable energy industries with cost-effective anchoring solutions. Our helical pile-based solution is more efficient than competitors resulting in a lower installed cost for the client while enabling local fabrication with an environmentally friendly installation method. Our product uses highly efficient helical piles, already manufactured in mass quantity for land-based civil construction industries, that are grouped together with an exterior caisson to provide a modular anchor that is best in class. Combining our anchor with our silent subsea installation tool gives the client more vessel availability and the most environmentally friendly installation. Triton Anchor has over 40 years of expertise in the offshore energy and anchoring industries and offers EPC services to global floating offshore wind project developers.
Veer Renewables
Established in 2022, Veer Renewables is at the forefront of innovative R&D solutions for the onshore and offshore wind industry. With a focus on meteorology and data science, we provide unparalleled tools and insights that empower owner/operators, investors, and other stakeholders to comprehensively assess the performance of their wind assets, both existing and prospective. Our flagship product, WakeMap, leverages numerical weather prediction technology to analyze and elucidate the effects of “long wakes”—wind speed reductions downstream of wind farms that have been observed to extend more than 100 kilometers under specific atmospheric conditions. This critical but largely overlooked phenomenon is now gaining significant attention, with stakeholders increasingly turning to WakeMap to better understand the future performance of their assets and refine their bids for upcoming lease areas.
Wave Power Engineering
Wave Power Engineering runs the Wave Mill Project (WM), an ocean wave energy converter, which works quietly and does not have moving parts. The WM design is based on the concept of reciprocating air pumps. The WM creates unidirectional, uninterruptable and continuous air flow, which feeds embedded air turbines. The cost of kWh competes with power from the main grid. The combination of the continuous uninterruptable power supply and the large and flat deck creates a perfect foundation for a wide range of customer applications, including power supply for islands and close to shore communities; floating break water and marina; coastal protection; green hydrogen production; floating support facility for offshore industries; mariculture (fish cages, oyster farms; and tourism and recreational (artificial reef, diving platforms, boatels).
