Vita Loom Ecosystem (VLE) pledges to deploy standardized, modular 'Port Lab' infrastructure to accelerate the testing and deployment of sustainable blue technologies (TRL 5-7). We address the 'Deployment Gap' by providing affordable, secured, and carbon-neutral operational bases (upcycled maritime containers) directly in port areas. This infrastructure acts as the physical interface for: 1. Data Sovereignty: Collecting and processing high-fidelity ocean data locally. 2. Circular Economy: Supporting startups in waste-to-value and renewable marine energy testing. 3. Capacity Building: Offering a 'Shore-Side Interface' for researchers and SMEs to access the ocean. This action directly supports the Atlantic-Arctic Lighthouse objectives by fostering a carbon-neutral and circular blue economy through tangible assets.
- Name of organisation
- Vita Loom Ecosystem Ltd
- Type of organisation
- Private enterprise
- Type of action proposed
- Upscaling, deployment and replication of solutions
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Make the sustainable blue economy carbon-neutral and circularOcean and waters knowledge system
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 1500000
- Basin coverage
- Atlantic/Arctic coast
- Website link
- filip@vle.global
- Country
- PortugalSouth AfricaTanzaniaUnited Kingdom