Porima visiting Dubai

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The ship now called Porrima was the first ship to go around the world using solar energy. Since a major redevelopment in 2017, the 36 -meter catamaran has been fed by integrating the use of solar energy into the production of hydrogen from sea water on board. To this was added the pioneer technology of intelligent kite. During its second round worldwide, the ship took a long break in Japan. It was there that he was renamed Porrima, named after the goddess of the prophecy and the protector of pregnant women in Roman mythology. The director of this initiative has devoted his life to creating a Renaissance, by associating the best of technology to the best of nature.
Now called Porrima, he left Osaka in Japan on December 18, 2021, to make his second trip and prepare for a complete re-care. This will include the integration of a variety of revolutionary technologies that will change our reality for good. His first stops in the Gulf of Arabia and the Red Sea were Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. From there, he will continue his journey to the Mediterranean, with stopovers in Italy, France, Tunisia and Spain, before spending nine months in Kenitra, Morocco. There, a specialized shipyard will transform Porima into living evidence of the innovative technologies mentioned. Kenitra will also welcome Blue Campus, where students will discover technologies and commercial models that are not taught in universities or studied by engineering companies. We plan to prepare 500 young people for exceptional careers in this area.
The newly equipped Porrima will undertake its inaugural trip to Dakar (Senegal), after which it will sail in the Mediterranean, delivering portfolios of technologies and commercial models to cities and regions wishing to be the spearhead of change. We will measure our success with the actions taken after our departure from the port. The Porrima will cross the Atlantic, visit the Amazon river before going along the Pacific Coast to San Francisco, then Osaka, to arrive in time for the opening of the Universal Exhibition of 2025, providing proof of the possible transformation - Towards a sustainable society, full of challenges and opportunities.

The problem of plastics

We now find plastics everywhere, from the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariannes pit, in the placenta of a pregnant woman. Plastic pollution changes life on earth, as we know it. The first report on microplastics polluting the oceans was published in Nature magazine, in 1972. In addition to half a century, we did nothing about it with us complaining. The time has come to go beyond advocacy and act. Some laudable initiatives have been taken to remove plastics from the surface of the oceans and beaches, but we must see tangible results. We must repair our past errors. As an innovators, we know that this is only viable if there is a competitive economic model.

Isolate, concentrate and destroy microphones and nanoplastics

The fact is that we seem to have no control over the dispersion of plastics. However, we can solve this problem using technology inspired by how our lungs use microfluid technology to eliminate CO2 - and nothing else - of our blood. We have designed technology that isolates and concentrates nanoplastics only from ocean water. The very first installation of this type will be operational on Porrima by March 2023. It will have an equal capacity to that of our lungs to eliminate carbon dioxide from our blood, and we plan to treat 1,000 liters of water from water Sea per second, or 86,400 tonnes per day. Our goal is to visit the ports in the Mediterranean periphery and install 1,000 units of this type to launch a large -scale cleaning campaign. We will then go to the ports of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to share information on the economic model underlying this revolutionary method. The cleaning of our oceans has only been too late, and we now have technology to achieve this.

Blue Campus

Develop the talent of "sea astronauts" and entrepreneurs of the common good
We have learned two lessons: the deployment of innovations requires the training of talents and the power of industrialization. Our goal is to initiate 500 people from around the world, young (age or heart) and dedicated, to innovations and commercial models that will transform the world, in particular for those who live and earn their lives along the coasts.
During the re-centering of Porrima in dry dock in Morocco, we will broadcast knowledge on all pioneer technologies by means of workshops. Students will be able to discover technologies that have proven themselves. During workshops, students will receive information on advanced improvements to innovations, and will learn to imagine, design, install, exploit, maintain and repair such facilities. We will develop talents to operate intelligent kite, produce hydrogen from sea water, remove plastics from the bottom of the oceans, fish with bubble curtains ... and many other things. Each of the 500 enthusiastic change agents will win the title of "sea astronaut" for its will and perseverance to create its own business and support industrial initiatives aimed at accelerating the deployment of innovations that will change the reality of people, communities and nature.

Make sustainable and economical fishing in energy

The fishing industry has practiced, and always practices overfishing and exhausting fish stocks worldwide.
A team of experts, operating under the name of Blueshipyards (Morocco), has designed fishing boats 20 to 24 meters long which use a mixture of solar energy, hydrogen and kite for their propulsion. These systems were tested by Porrima. These boats will also be the first in history to deploy the fishing technique by air bubble curtain. By releasing air bubble curtains, the fish are trapped in a way that allows the selective capture of male fish only. The sockets are processed on board, in a way that generates ten times more income. This allows the fleet to work competitively, without waste or emissions. The selective fishing method allows female fish to continue to cover. Our vision is to share this fishing model with coastal communities, in combination with plastic cleaning, as a way to earn a living.

Blue ammonia

The fishing industry has practiced, and always practices overfishing and exhausting fish stocks worldwide.
We are trying to find a green form of ammonia, and the knowledge acquired on Porrima allows us to offer the ultimate - a blue form of ammonia. Technology is to produce energy using smart sails, which capture energy at an altitude of 200 to 800 meters. The energy is generated by the movement from top to bottom (the yo-yo effect) of the kite. The energy produced is used for the production of hydrogen on site. A battery of 1,000 kite can, for example, produce a GW of electricity on disused mining sites, in a space of only 800 hectares. This results in the availability of a "zero kilometer hydrogen" (product and consumed in the same place). Hydrogen is manufactured by means of a new physico-chemical process which eliminates the need for desalination, demineralization and deionization. The reaction produces hydrogen at 350 bars, which eliminates the need for compressors. When this hydrogen is converted on site to produce ammonia, this blue ammonia surpasses all other options in terms of price and sustainability.

Offer coastal communities for livelihoods

If you have the sun, the sea and the wind ...
Porima has proven that a small community, which is nothing more at its disposal than the sun, sea water and wind, can earn a living. Solar energy is a rescue solution. The intelligent kite provides basic energy 24 hours a day and operates without battery since all the excess energy is converted into hydrogen on site. Using only the excess energy, this combination produces drinking water as a by-product, to a fraction of the cost of the reverse osmosis. By freeing themselves from water and electricity shortages, local communities have the possibility of continuing their development, including agriculture, restoration of ecosystems and the regeneration of fishing areas, with sustainable tourism at the heart of All this.

The economy of the underwater world

We have sent a hundred times more rockets in space than probes in the depths of the ocean.
The Blue Innovations catalog will make the discovery of safer, more pleasant and more economically viable seas. This catalog includes: firstly , integral diving masks that allow divers to communicate with each other thanks to the transmission of data by light. Second , the underwater weather forecasts that allow time to be monitored with extreme precision in localized areas. Third , a complete 3D vision system that will allow you to map the ocean. We can measure the exact height of Mont Everest, but we do not have instruments to determine the exact depth of the sea pits. Currently, only about 20 % of the seabed have been mapped in 2D. This new technology will photograph all the corners of the ocean in 3D. Fourth , this technology will use the density of water, which makes it possible to multiply by almost a thousand the transmission of sound. The ultra-effective filtration of the sound gives us the opportunity to monitor any activity in the ocean. By using a unique frequency, we can focus on specific sound, for example the heartbeat of a fish, which allows us to estimate its size and weight, even sex and age.

The Blue Ocean pavilion

The Universal 2025 exhibition will be held in Osaka.
Japan. The Zeri Japan NPO association will celebrate its 30th anniversary with the blue pavilion, in one of the nine central halls of the exhibition. The Zeri Japan NPO was created after the finalization of the preparation of the Kyoto protocol. These works have been carried out in collaboration with the United Nations University and have been at the heart of all these activities since 1996. The pavilion, designed by Mr. Shigeru Ban, will provide proof of all the blue innovation solutions mentioned above. In its center, we will find the concrete experiences that the Porrima ship acquired during its blue odyssey. The blue pavilion will mark the complete industrialization of the proposed solutions and the emergence of a new form of entrepreneurship - all for the common good.

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