Ocean Motion Technologies is awarded Phase II SBIR from the U.S. Department of Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced funding for continuing research and development projects in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, including $8.1 million for seven hydropower and marine energy projects.

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Ocean Motion Technologies is selected for TEAMER Request for Technical Support (RFTS 2)

The U.S. Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program has selected 23 projects through its second Request for Technical Support (RFTS) for testing expertise and access to numerical modeling, lab testing, and tank/flume testing within an expanded facility network.
Ocean Motion technical team will be working with DOE's National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and Sandia National Lab to accelerate our project development.

Ocean Motion Technologies participates in DOE's Energy I-Corps Program

Energy I-Corps, a key initiative of the Office of Technology Transitions, pairs teams of researchers with industry mentors for an intensive two-month training where the researchers define technology value propositions, conduct customer discovery interviews, and develop viable market pathways for their technologies. 

Ocean Motion Technologies is selected for TEAMER Program technical support

U.S. Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) Program by Pacific Ocean Energy Trust selected Ocean Motion along with 15 other organization for its first Request for Technical Support (RFTS).  Ocean Motion technical team will be working with DOE's National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and Sandia National Lab to accelerate our project development.

Ocean Motion Technologies wins Clean Tech Open 2020 Regional Competition

Ocean Motion Tech is one of the top 8 Regional Winners from the West, Southeast, Pacific Northwest, Midwest and South Central of the Clean Tech Open Program

Ocean Motion Technologies is awarded Phase I SBIR Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy

As part of today’s $53 million announcement by U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) research and development projects, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) announced the selection of 20 new projects across 8 states, totaling nearly $4.4 million in funding.The selected small businesses are receiving Phase I Release 2 grants for innovations that demonstrate technical feasibility during the first phase of their research.

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Ocean Motion Technologies Receives Startup Grant from VentureWell

Ocean Motion Tech is selected to be one of the 24 teams as part of VentureWell's Spring 2020 E-Team Grant Program.

Ocean Motion Technologies participates in Cleantech Open

Cleantech Open is the largest and longest-running startup accelerator program , with the mission to find, fund, and foster entrepreneurs with ideas to solve our greatest environmental and energy challenges. Through the Cleantech Open's annual business competition and accelerator program, startup companies are connected with the people and resources that will accelerate their success, and given a national platform for public visibility.

Ocean Motion Technologies featured in INNOVATE San Diego

The INNOVATE® publishing series is a 350-page in-depth study and AR video series that showcases the people, companies, products, and services that are leading the race within a cities innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Ocean Motion Joins the United Nations' Ocean Decade

The UN has proclaimed 2021—2030 as the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. A core objective of the Ocean Decade is to support all UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda 2030 and create a new foundation across the science-policy interface to strengthen ocean management.

Please visit U.N. sites for the Ocean Decade and SDGs for more detail.

Ocean Motion Technologies at Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars

Ocean Motion Tech joined over 200 entrepreneurs from more than 20 university campuses across the United States and Ireland at the #BXLaunchPadTS event in Manhattan, New York City.

Ocean Motion Technologies Receives Clean Energy Grant from the California Energy Commission 

CalSEED Concept Award will propel Ocean Motion to the next stage and advance our roadmap from prototype to commercialization. Ocean wave energy is grossly under-utilized and under-developed. This is especially the case where solar and wind energy are abundant along the California coast. We want the benefits of wave energy to be widely shared. 

Chamber of Commerce Features Ocean Motion Technologies (f.k.a. Hydrokinetic Energy & Storage L.L.C.)

San Diego is positioning itself as a blue tech innovation center, and Ocean Motion is helping it. The Chamber of Commerce featured Ocean Motion, along with other blue tech startups, in a recent article in its magazine Free Enterprise.

Ocean Motion won the Triton Innovation Challenge 

Every year, innovators from the Jacobs School of Engineering, Rady School of Management, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego compete in the Triton Innovation Challenge. The competition brings together three communities from UC San Diego in a challenge centered around supporting startups that showcase the intersection between innovation, sustainability, and entrepreneurship.

Ocean Motion awarded the Great Blue Challenge Grant from the Eastman Foundation

Eastman Foundation invites innovators to participate in The Great Blue Challenge. The Challenge is designed to spark innovation, and to find unique, creative and potentially transformative projects that will expedite ocean research. 

BlueTech Trade Group Receives Support

Mayor Kelvin Faulconer, Councilmember Barbara Bry and Councilmember Chris Cate attended the grand opening of the Maritime Alliance BlueTech Incubator program at the offices of Dentons. We were proud to meet these leaders and to receive the encouragement of the City of San Diego.

City of San Diego gives grant to Ocean Motion's Incubator

The City of San Diego granted $50,000 to BlueTech, which incubates Hydrokinetic Energy (Ocean Motion). We'd like to thank the City for its support of innovation in our industry. Innovation requires leadership in both the public and private sectors. We welcome the City's engagement.

Ocean Motion Shimmers at Scripps Event 

Read about our engagement with the latest in blue tech. ​UC San Diego's Institute for the Global Entrepreneur recognized Ocean Motion for continued growth and dedication to the development of forward-thinking technologies.