“In the Ocean Cleanup report several options have been
proposed for the boom, the skirts, the station keeping
system, and the installation procedures. Through a
series of preliminary feasibility assessments, mainly
through simplified time domain dynamic models, the fundamental
challenges of this novel concept have been individuated.
A series of conceptual/preliminary technical
solutions for these challenges are proposed, and most
importantly the areas to be further investigated have
been individuated. As a result, a first methodology for the
design and analysis has been established.
Based on the conclusions in the report, the concept
seems to be challenging but technically within the capabilities
of state-of-the-art offshore engineering technology.”
Maurizio Collu, PhD, CEng
Cranfield University,
Offshore Renewable Energy Engineering Centre
“It is commendable that The Ocean Cleanup feasibility
report brings together a vast array of concepts and disciplines
that are brought across in an ordered and understandable
way. The summarized description of the
oceanography associated with the subtropical ocean
gyres, where plastics are believed to be concentrated, is
accurate, albeit it being generalized. The summary provides
a good starting point of knowing where to focus the
core of the project. Before full project implementation, I
would suggest that more regionally specific analysis is
completed on the gyres that The Ocean Cleanup intends
to target, as this would provide efficiency to the cleanup
process.”
Dr. Sebastiaan Swart
Senior Researcher – Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate
Observatory
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)