Context, partners, and the scientific basis for our work.
A community-led consortium — industry, science, and the local port.
Ocean Ionics BV
Netherlands
Consortium lead · Solution provider
Technology developer and project coordinator for Project Alkalion. Provides the electrochemical process and the onshore and monitoring systems.
University of Málaga
Spain
Scientific partner · Community representative
Leads the marine-ecosystem study, monitoring methodology, and the independent scientific review that underpin our environmental claims.
Suma Ocean Solutions SL
Spain
Solution adopter · Community representative
Local company leading on-the-ground delivery: permitting, harbour-site preparation, commissioning, and day-to-day operation of the system, and coordinating with local authorities and the Estepona community.
Estepona Port Authority
Spain
Solution adopter · Community representative
Provides the marine access and port infrastructure at Estepona that host the demonstration — a working environment representative of commercial conditions.
Project Alkalion has been developed as a Type A Community-Led Action under the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters” (Mission Ocean), and engages the TASC RestoreMED network — clustering activities, Sustainathons, and a final event — to share results and a replication roadmap with other Mediterranean coastal communities.
Experienced engineers across the disciplines this work requires.
Ocean Ionics is built by an experienced team of engineers with deep backgrounds in electrochemistry, process engineering, renewable power systems, and marine science.
A pathway with credible gigaton-scale potential.
Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is an actively researched climate intervention, increasingly recognised as one of the few CO2 removal pathways with credible gigaton-scale potential. Independent assessments — including by the National Academies of Sciences, the IPCC, and leading ocean research institutions — have identified OAE as a serious candidate for durable, measurable carbon removal.
Ocean Ionics' contribution is engineering: turning the underlying chemistry into a process that runs efficiently, at scale, on renewable energy, and with rigorous environmental safeguards.
Every facility built to be measured and watched.
Every facility we deploy is designed for continuous environmental monitoring and full carbon accounting. The Port of Estepona demonstration, conducted with the University of Málaga, establishes our baseline protocols for measuring both the CO2 removed and the local marine response. These protocols are being developed in alignment with emerging international standards for marine CDR verification.
Want to know more?
Investors, subsidy programs, prospective partners, and demonstration collaborators are welcome to contact us. More detailed technical and commercial materials are available under NDA.