Ocean Oasis

Ocean Oasis converts the mechanical energy of ocean waves directly into hydraulic pressure to drive reverse osmosis desalination, producing fresh water from the sea with no grid connection, no fuel, and no intermediate energy conversion step. That directness is what makes the economics work: by removing the costly electricity layer that conventional desalination depends on, we deliver water at competitive costs while operating entirely off-grid and with zero emissions. Our pilot buoy, GAIA, has been generating data at the Port of Las Palmas for over three years, and our scale-up unit, Theia, is advancing under DesaLIFE, a €10M EU LIFE-funded project backed by a consortium of regional technical and institutional partners. Our floating buoys are designed for island nations, coastal communities, and water-dependent industries such as agriculture, aquaculture, and mining — sectors increasingly reliant on desalination but priced out, grid-constrained, or land-locked by conventional approaches. We require no coastal real estate, no grid infrastructure, and no lengthy permitting process for onshore construction. With strategic project designation from the Government of the Canary Islands and active MoUs with municipal and irrigation partners across the Canary Islands, we are already building the commercial track record ahead of full-scale deployment. Ocean Oasis is backed by EIC Accelerator, supported by Norwegian industrial investors and European VCs, and holds granted patents on the core technology. The technology has been in the water for three years, the EU is co-financing the scale-up, and the first commercial unit has a defined path to market.

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