Ocean & Blue Economy

Ocean tech is the group of technologies behind the blue economy, built for the hardest operating environment most companies will face. Its buyers include ports, shipping lines, energy developers, aquaculture operators, insurers and governments. This subject covers what ocean tech includes, why it is hard to commercialise and how to position it for investors, buyers and strategic partners. The ocean tech pieces look at the gap between a prototype that works and a system that survives deployment at sea, the long procurement cycles of public and industrial buyers, and the evidence each audience needs before committing.

This blue economy subject draws on public examples such as uncrewed ocean drones, tidal energy projects and European blue economy financing. The studio's work with Fair Carbon on blue carbon adds the coastal and community side of the subject.

Start with what ocean tech is, and how deployment at sea changes the commercial case.