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Wendy Schmidt
"We need to come up with better solutions to capture oil on the surface of the ocean and to minimize the harm it causes to marine life, coastal wetlands, beaches, and to our livelihoods. It's a harm that can last for generations.” - Wendy Schmidt
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What is the Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup
X CHALLENGE?
The Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE is a $1.4 million competition designed to inspire a new generation of innovative solutions that will speed the pace of cleaning up seawater surface oil resulting from spillage from ocean platforms, tankers, and other sources. This one year competition will culminate in the fall of 2011, with competitive demonstrations taking place at OHMSETT, the National Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility. A $1.4 million prize will be awarded to the teams that demonstrate the ability to recover oil on the sea surface at the highest Oil Recovery Rate (ORR) of over 2,500 GPM with an Oil Recovery Efficiency (ORE) of more than 70%.
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Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE Winners
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First Place $1 Million Winner Elastec / American Marine |
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Second Place $300,000 Winner NOFI |
