The challenge proposed by Bio Absoil Solutions on obtaining biofuels from a circular economy concept was presented on 2 December, in the Ocean Hackathon® Grand Finale in Brest. This project was selected at a local level in El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz, Spain), during a session promoted by CEEI Bahía de Cádiz under the framework of the SaferSEA project, supported by Interreg Atlantic Area and designed to create a safer and more eco-friendly maritime sector.
In collaboration with Campus Mondial de la Mer, the Ocean Hackathon® Grand Finale brought together the best teams from each host cities of the 2025 edition. From Cádiz, Bio Absoil Solutions was selected for its efforts to address the large number of major oil spills at sea caused, for example, by accidents involving large ships. The promoter has an innovative circular economy project to optimise the cleaning of oil spills, which includes oil spills in water, oil spills on land and the easy cleaning and collection of MARPOL oils, combining a complementary protocol of cleaning the oil spill with the use of natural absorbents, and a subsequent anaerobic thermal valorisation of the waste created to obtain marketable fuels.
This concept was selected from 70 proposals presented in Cádiz, testing an open innovation model, in which companies, entrepreneurs, knowledge centres and administrations work together to respond to the great challenges of the Blue Economy. CEEI Bahía de Cádiz, as a partner of the SaferSEA project, is committed to encouraging the development of new technologies for both ships and ports, and building stronger connections between different groups involved in shipping, like shipowners, port authorities, researchers, and innovative startups.
In collaboration with Campus Mondial de la Mer, the Ocean Hackathon® Grand Finale brought together the best teams from each host cities of the 2025 edition. From Cádiz, Bio Absoil Solutions was selected for its efforts to address the large number of major oil spills at sea caused, for example, by accidents involving large ships. The promoter has an innovative circular economy project to optimise the cleaning of oil spills, which includes oil spills in water, oil spills on land and the easy cleaning and collection of MARPOL oils, combining a complementary protocol of cleaning the oil spill with the use of natural absorbents, and a subsequent anaerobic thermal valorisation of the waste created to obtain marketable fuels.
This concept was selected from 70 proposals presented in Cádiz, testing an open innovation model, in which companies, entrepreneurs, knowledge centres and administrations work together to respond to the great challenges of the Blue Economy. CEEI Bahía de Cádiz, as a partner of the SaferSEA project, is committed to encouraging the development of new technologies for both ships and ports, and building stronger connections between different groups involved in shipping, like shipowners, port authorities, researchers, and innovative startups.
Publish date: 2025-12-05
