Posted 07 September 2010 - 09:27 PM
The Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE
Some of you may have heard, the X PRIZE Foundation (www.xprize.org) has announced the $1.4 Million Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE. It's designed to attract teams from around the world to develop innovative, rapidly deployable, and highly efficient methods of capturing crude oil from the ocean surface.
The Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE has two phases:
Phase I: From August 2010 – March 2011, teams from around the world are invited to register for the competition and submit their approach to clean up oil slicks created by spills or leaks from ships, tankers, land drainage, waste disposal, or oil platform spills. An expert panel of judges from industry and academia will evaluate all of the proposals.
Phase II: The judges will select the top teams to demonstrate their ability to efficiently and rapidly clean up oil on the ocean surface in a head-to-head competition. These proofs of capability, which will determine the winner, will take place right here at OHMSETT - The National Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility!
The top team that demonstrates the ability to recover oil on the water surface at the highest oil recovery rate (ORR) and recovery efficiency (RE) will win the Grand Purse of $1 million. Second place will win $300,000 and third place will win $100,000 in purses.
This is a great opportunity to prove your equipment has what it takes to clean up oil! Registration is open until the end of Phase I. Register your team now at www.iprizecleanoceans.org or www.xprize.org.
If you have any questions, please visit the X PRIZE Foundation web site www.xprize.org.
Good Luck!
Ruedi Arnold
Prize Operations | X PRIZE Foundation
5510 Lincoln Blvd, Suite 100 | Playa Vista | CA 90094
Cell: 773.294.4027 | Email: oilcleanup@xprize.org
Revolution Through Competition | www.xprize.org
X PRIZE Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to bring about breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. The Foundation awards large incentive prizes to teams to achieve targeted solutions to global challenges in energy/environment, life sciences, education, global entrepreneurship and the exploration of deep space and ocean depths.
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