Blue Carbon officially launched oPod Mini™ on 10 November 2026 in Brisbane, Australia. Discover our innovative, solar-powered autonomous ocean monitoring technology, designed to deliver real-time water quality data for aquaculture, marine conservation, ports and coastal environmental management.

Blue Carbon has been featured in Forbes Australia as part of the 2026 Cicada x Tech23 cohort, recognising our role in advancing Australian deep tech innovation for ocean infrastructure, climate resilience and water technology.

Blue Carbon has been recognised as one of the 1000 Ocean Startups, a global coalition advancing ocean innovation and the sustainable blue economy. This recognition highlights Blue Carbon's commitment to developing ocean technologies that support climate resilience, ecosystem restoration, sustainable aquaculture, water security.

A pendulum-shaped pod operating in Tasmanian waters has been named Australia’s only contender in a major international competition to solve global water security. Developed by Queensland company Blue Carbon, the oPod™ Aqua has been selected as one of 20 semi-finalists in Track A, from an initial pool of 674 teams across 86 countries entering two tracks in 2024. XPRIZE Water Scarcity competition, a $119 million, five-year global initiative focused on enabling widespread acces

Blue Carbon’s Australian-designed oPod has received international recognition from a global water prize for its innovative ocean technology addressing climate change, marine ecosystem restoration, sustainable aquaculture, and water security through renewable-powered ocean cooling and circulation solutions.

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP A simpler way to power ocean and coastal work. Across the world, ocean industries are expanding rapidly — aquaculture, desalination, coastal cooling, reef protection, and habitat restoration. Each depends on a simple, essential foundation: moving seawater and air exactly where they’re needed. For decades, we’ve powered that work through an impressive chain of energy transformations. Fuel is extracted, refined and moved across the world. It’s trucked to the