Ocean Protection

OPT provides advanced marine technologies that help customers operate more efficiently, meet evolving regulatory standards, and address critical challenges like illegal fishing and offshore monitoring.

As a U.S.-based public company, we see strong long-term value in enabling resilient, compliant ocean operations—creating value while mitigating environmental and operational risk. Our oceans hold the key to our collective future. They provide us with vital resources, support countless livelihoods, and offer a wealth of opportunities for economic growth and development. Our solutions provide critical information that assist operators, communities, and governments to make data-based decisions that improve ocean health and encourage sustainable and efficient solutions.  These efforts are vital as the “Blue Economy” grows and becomes increasingly significant economic growth and stability, climate resilience, food security, and maritime safety.

OPT is innovating to meet the needs of our customers and stakeholders by providing products and services that reduce reliance on carbon-emitting infrastructure and help collect critical ocean data. Our technologies, including PowerBuoys® and WAM-V® autonomous surface vehicles, are designed to support oceanographic research, environmental monitoring, maritime defense, and energy production—all with lower environmental impact and operating costs compared to traditional alternatives.

Our commitment to enabling healthy and secure oceans and providing solutions for responsible resource management is foundational to our business strategy and operations. Our Environmental and Sustainability Committee, established by the Board of Directors, oversees these efforts and ensures accountability in sustainability-related initiatives and policies, and consistency with our long term business objectives.

Today’s environmental stewardship and sustainability landscape calls for transparency, data-driven progress, and accountability. OPT tracks its carbon emissions and associated costs and regularly benchmarks its performance, including emissions from facilities, products, and travel. We have implemented a carbon savings database and are committed to renewable power solutions that minimize the environmental footprint in a cost-effective manner. Each deployed PowerBuoy® can displace up to four tons of carbon per year, while replacing manned diesel-powered vessels with WAM-V® units can remove hundreds of tons of carbon emissions from marine operations annually. More importantly, each deployed system reduces the need for humans to operate in harms’ way.

We also prioritize environmental risk assessment in our product development. For example, our PowerBuoy® uses non-toxic, non-rare-earth battery materials, and features wireless remote operation to ensure safe energy discharge and reduce potential risks to marine life. These efforts also reduce our reliance on costly and non-domestic supply chains. Permits and confirmations from agencies such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and NOAA underscore the environmental responsibility of our deployments. We are extending these assessments to other product lines to ensure comprehensive environmental stewardship.

As OPT continues to grow, we remain committed to responsible innovation, ethical governance, and collaborative international partnerships that support ocean health and sustainability. By embracing evolving international environmental and sustainability standards and acting as a responsible global corporate citizen, we aim to contribute meaningfully to a healthier, more sustainable future for our oceans and communities around the world, we aim to contribute meaningfully to a healthier, more sustainable future for our oceans and communities around the world.