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Flocean One is producing one million liters of drinking water per day from seawater more than 500 meters below the surface. The system has operated at full capacity with zero disruptions since entering 24/7 operation earlier this month. The team takes a drink of the first water produced by Flocean One Less than a month after its official opening in Mongstad, Norway, the system has entered continuous commercial operation. The plant is monitored remotely from Flocean's offices,

Industrial deployment in Norway demonstrates subsea desalination technology viable at scale—ending decades of research and development work Mongstad, Norway — June 22, 2026 — Flocean has successfully reached "first water" and is now producing freshwater at full capacity from Flocean One, an industrial-scale subsea desalination system deployed at 500 meters depth off Norway's west coast. For decades, subsea desalination remained theoretical. Flocean One changes that as the fir

Flocean and WaterConnect today announced the signing of a development agreement to jointly prepare and structure a first-of-its-kind subsea desalination project in the Maldives, to deliver sustainable, energy-efficient water supply to Malé and Hulhumalé. The partnership will pair WaterConnect’s catalytic, impact-driven financing capabilities with Flocean’s pioneering subsea desalination system, creating an investment-ready project that will improve the reliability of water su

Flocean has been selected as a Semifinalist in Track A: System-Level Innovation of the XPRIZE Water Scarcity competition, a global challenge sponsored by the Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative designed to drive widespread access to clean water by creating reliable, sustainable, and affordable seawater desalination systems. The competition exists because water scarcity is accelerating faster than the infrastructure being built to solve it. Our subsea desalination technology o

Flocean One has completed a 300-mile journey by ship and truck to Mongstad, an industrial complex on Norway's west coast. The pod will be deployed at 500 meters depth to soon begin producing 1 million liters of freshwater daily. Getting a 22-ton subsea system to the deployment site safely requires precision. After months of assembly and testing in Oslo, the unit arrived on-site intact. Our team is now completing final systems checks before Flocean One descends for testing an

Flocean is named to Fast Company's 2026 Most Innovative Companies list, honoring the companies making the most profound impact across industries. Fast Company’s recognition of our work to solve the freshwater crisis with subsea desalination is another mark of momentum for a world moving towards more resilient water infrastructure. Innovation That Goes Deeper The freshwater crisis is accelerating. Global water use has risen 25% since 2000, and by 2030, demand is projected to

Flocean has been selected as a winner of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) prestigious Water Resilience Challenge. Amidst a record number of applications, Flocean was selected by UpLink, the global change platform of WEF that seeks to scale purpose-driven innovations to tackle the world’s most urgent challenges. The Water Resilience Challenge recognizes Flocean as one of a few startups pioneering new ways to build water resilience. We look forward to working closely with WEF a

We’ve extended our total Series A funding to $22.5M (NOK 228 million). We’ve also brought on Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL) as a strategic investor alongside backing from existing investors Burnt Island Ventures, Freebird Capital, Katapult Ocean, Nysnø Climate Investments, and new investors Ari Emanuel, Orion, Rypples and Wellers Impact's Water Unite Impact Fund. The CEO of Asset Buyout Partners (ABP), building on their long-term real estate and infrastructure partnership with Flocea

Flocean is named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025—the only desalination solution to make the list. The freshwater crisis is one of the defining challenges of this century. 500m below the sea in Norway, we’re turning proven subsea engineering into a new way to produce clean drinking water—efficiently, sustainably, and at scale. Thankful to our team, partners, customers, investors, and the Norwegian government for believing in this mission. The future of freshwater is su