Acua Ocean Limited

This project will develop and test a key piece of technology needed to help ships use clean hydrogen fuel instead of diesel. LUX Industries, based in Oxfordshire, is working with Logan Energy in Edinburgh and vessel operator Acua Ocean, located in Essex. Together, they are tackling the challenges of delivering extremely cold hydrogen---either in liquid or...

Project MROS brings together world-leading British marine engineering capability to deliver a feasibility study focused on the design of a novel and ultra-efficient +32m SWATH hull form for a multi-role Offshore Support Vessel (OSV), aligning with the goals of the CMDC 6 Smart Shipping competition. The core objective is to create a compact and versatile a...

Project ORACLES, led by Robosys in partnership with ACUA, MSEIS, Plymouth Marine Laboratories, and OREC, seeks to transform the environmental consenting process for offshore wind farms (OWF), particularly in areas like the Celtic Sea, which can take up to 48 months, creating significant delays and increased costs for developers. One reason it takes this l...

Our project aims to revolutionise the inspection of offshore renewable energy infrastructure. We are conducting a feasibility study to explore the use of autonomous vessels and nested robotic systems for comprehensive inspections. These robots will include flying drones and unmanned underwater vehicles, all deployed from a single unmanned, hydrogen-powere...

The global asset integrity management total addressable market is projected to grow from £17bn in 2021 to £21.5bn by 2026 (CAGR 4.9%, Business Wire). Maintenance, inspections and intervention cost ~ £18m per year for a 1GW offshore wind-farm (£900m @50GW anticipated by 2030 in UK; Crown Estate). This rapid growth is expected to increase the demand for sub...

ACUA Ocean is a clean maritime startup developing a zero-emission Hydrogen-powered Uncrewed Surface Vessel (H-USV) capable of open ocean transits for up to 40 days and transportation of a 2.5-4 ton payload. From the outset, the H-USV has been designed with modularity and repairability in mind, allowing for rapid repair and re-mobilisation to any site arou...

Seagrasses are the only flowering plant that are able to live and pollinate while fully submerged and thrive in sheltered shallow bays in water up to a few metres deep. As well as being a vital habitat for numerous species, seagrass meadows are responsible for 10% of the ocean's total carbon absorption as well as slowing down wave action and thus protecti...

The Hydrogen Innovation, Future Infrastructure & Vessel Evaluation & Demonstration (HI-FIVED) project delivers a combined demonstration of Unitrove's shoreside mobile hydrogen bunkering station and ACUA Oceans zero-emission hydrogen-powered Small Waterplane Twin Hull (SWATH) vessel. For our CMDC3 demonstration we will demonstrate the benefits of green sho...

Our project, MOBI, is a collaborative proposal focusing on two of the competition scope points, and bringing together two specialist UK-based micro-SMEs to develop it. 1. _sensor or sampler carrying platforms_: _Acua Ocean_ is an early stage UK business that is designing and developing future Marine Autonomous Surface Systems (MASS), vessels that are auto...

ACUA Ocean through CMDC1 Strand 2, successfully developed and tested a non-commercial low voltage concept powertrain system. Since CDMC1 multiple companies have approached ACUA and Trident Marine Electrical to procure a hydrogen-powertrain system. AO also identified challenges in the global hydrogen-electric supply chain, with a limited number of supplier...

ACUA Ocean is a clean-maritime start-up that has designed a zero-emission SWATH vessel powered by liquid-hydrogen, capable of open ocean transits and transportation of a 4.5ton payload.We are partnering with the Port of Aberdeen, a leader in supporting new innovation with world-class infrastructure, ideally positioned for access to the North Sea and offsh...

Offshore critical national infrastructure, such as subsea cables and wind farms, requires increasing asset integrity inspections to ensure safe operations, and decrease downtime through preventative maintenance. Annual Offshore Windfarm subsea inspections costs are estimated at £18m/yr per 1GW (£900m @50GW anticipated by 2030 in UK; Crown Estate). Given t...