Alex Fuglesang, Founder and CEO of Flocean, provides Flocean’s origin story and a look at Flocean’s amazing technology. Plus, Reese Tisdale joins us for another Bluefield on Tap segment discussing Bluefield Research’s brand new report on the agriculture water sector.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
- Alex’s background as an ocean enthusiast from Norway
- Alex’s business background in oil and gas subsea pumping
- Alex’s “Eureka” moment to found Flocean
- Why maintenance avoidance is so important for subsea pumping
- The weak point of pumps and how Alex improved subsea pumps to extend their useful life
- Why Alex believes total cost of ownership for subsea pumps is lower than “standard” pumps
- Flocean as the “next generation water utility” for water-as-a-service desalination
- The explosive growth in subsea robotics and drones
- How Flocean harnesses the ocean’s two “free” inputs (pressure and stability) into the desal process
- How deep sea desalination saves energy by pumping fresh water back to shore
- How “quick mixing” of the brine stream is environmentally friendlier that traditional desal brine streams
- Other environmental benefits of deep sea desalination as compared to traditional desal
- The optimal depth and distance from shore for Flocean’s system
- Alex’s take on the offtaker market for water-as-a-service
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