Pliant Energy Systems Inc

???? ANNOUNCING OUR 2024 COHORT ???? We are thrilled to introduce the six companies selected to participate in our 2024 Accelerator Cohort! Drawn from an impressive pool of 78 global applicants, these innovative startups are set to make waves in the offshore wind industry. ?? Congratulations to Boxkite, Claviate, Indeximate, Pliant Energy Systems Inc, Sensatek Propulsion Technology, Inc, and Triton Anchor! ?? Our program is made possible through the incredible support and insights of our partners: Equinor, Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, and National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium, supported by the New York City Economic Development Corporation. ?? As Doreen Harris, NYSERDA President and CEO, emphasizes, “NYSERDA congratulates the winning companies and applauds them for developing forward-thinking, innovative solutions that will play an integral role in advancing the State’s offshore wind industry. Equinor’s commitment to the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub and its partners is helping to break barriers, bring forward economic opportunity, and accelerate progress toward New York’s climate and clean energy goals.” ?? Molly Morris, President of Equinor Renewables Americas, shares her enthusiasm as well, “I’m thrilled to see the continued success of the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub helping to foster an innovative and entrepreneurial spirit in the next generation of problem solvers. This impressive cohort, partnered with the support of the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub, will undoubtedly usher in game-changing solutions for the entire offshore wind industry.” ?? This year, we focused on innovations that can significantly improve the project economics of US offshore wind. The evaluation process revealed an incredibly strong field of applicants, leading to the selection of six companies. The rigorous criteria emphasized economic impact, scalability, market traction, and the potential local impact of the solutions. Our program not only helps innovators overcome barriers to adoption but also ensures they successfully commercialize their solutions in New York and beyond. ?? Thank you to all of our partners for their support and valuable insights! Stay tuned as we spotlight each of these groundbreaking companies in the coming weeks! ?? ?? Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/ezVTTnrd #innovation #pitchcompetition #network #collaboration #leaders #entrepreneurs #power #NYUTandonMade #UFLInnovatesforClimate #offshorewind #NYC

?? FINALIST ANNOUNCEMENT ALERT ?? We're thrilled to announce our finalists for the second cohort of the 2024 Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Accelerator Program. From an outstanding pool of 78 applications, 11 exceptional finalists were selected with the support of 29 technical evaluators, who conducted a total of 245 reviews! These finalists represent the forefront of global offshore wind innovation and offer cutting-edge solutions essential for the industry's future growth. You can come meet them along with the OWIH team and partners today at #IPF2024 in New Orleans! So without further ado, we proudly present the 2024 Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Accelerator Finalists ??: Boxkite Software (Bristol, UK) - Accurate energy yield analysis in minutes to assess site feasibility and design Claviate (Aarhus, DK) - Visual data platform enabled by AI cameras for process optimization of management, construction, and reporting Indeximate (Hinckley, UK) - Fibre optic sensing for predictive maintenance of subsea power cables by remotely profiling integrity and condition Innvotek (London, UK) - A multifunctional robotic system for safe inspection and maintenance in extreme marine environments MESPAC (Turin, IT) - Intelligence platform delivering accurate, continuous, and spatially-refined metocean data powered by satellites and AI Pict Offshore (Inverkeithing, UK) - Integrated heave compensated personnel and cargo transfer solution for safer access from crew transfer vessel Pliant Energy Systems Inc (Brooklyn, US) - Autonomous underwater vehicle with robotic propulsion technology enabling new seafloor surveying capabilities ReynKo Inc. (Brooklyn, US) - Predictive software solutions for turbulent fluid flows to optimize farm design and layout? Sensatek Propulsion Technology, Inc (Daytona Beach, US) - Structural health monitoring by using video images where every pixel is a vibration sensor Terra Watts (Brooklyn, US) - Long-distance subsurface wireless power and communication transmission technology Triton Anchor (Boston, US) - Modular fabrication and high-uplift capacity floating wind anchor allowing for any mooring configuration ?? Mark your calendars for May 15th and join us at the Brooklyn Grange to watch the finalists pitch their innovative solutions at the Wind-Win Startup Showdown. Tickets are free but limited, so please register here: https://lu.ma/agaj69qy We can't wait to see you there! ???? Urban Future Lab, Equinor, New York City Economic Development Corporation, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium #startup #innovation #OffshoreWind #UrbanFutureLab #pitchcompetition #RenewableEnergy #WindPower #startupfounders #Equinor #NYUTandonMade #UFLInnovatesforClimate

Copepods, could stop climate change 5 gigatons of these 1mm-sized zooplankton called COPEPODS live in all the world’s Oceans. This is equivalent to 17 million 747 jets, and if you laid the jets end to end, they would go around the planet 31 times. The copepods migrate from around 200m below the ocean surface every night to feed on plants (phytoplankton) at the surface. It is the greatest mass migration of animals on the planet, and it happens twice a day. The vertical motion of the copepods moves just about as much water as the moon and the tides. The copepods eat 30 times more carbon than humanity generates from burning fossil fuels, and about 6%, or 3 gigatons, of their dead bodies and poop end up in the world’s largest carbon bank, the Abyss. The Abyss contains 500m to 1000’s of meters thick layer of organic carbon / mineral sludge https://lnkd.in/evWBxYNh with an area greater area than dry land on the planet. https://lnkd.in/ezqwate4 Yet humanity has wiped out more than 50% of marine plankton productivity over the last 70 years due to chemical and particle pollution. We have also wiped out 50% of Arctic krill, which are just as important. https://lnkd.in/e9fn5TCr and we are now even contemplating dredging the ocean floor! We would not have had climate change if we had not poisoned and destroyed most of the world’s oceans. By 2045, the destruction will be complete unless we act now to stop the inevitable annihilation of nature and life on Earth. Let’s put things into perspective, in comparison to protecting nature, carbon mitigation, windmills and electric cars are almost a joke. Copepods churn the oceans; https://lnkd.in/eqHn5cRd Bioclimatic climate change: this report provides what we consider to be the most accurate mechanism for climate disruption, and it’s not carbon dioxide; https://lnkd.in/ev6_2cXN https://lnkd.in/e9HeA3KB