This Billionaire Made His Fortune In Offshore Drilling, But Now He's Dedicating It To Saving The Ocean!

Kjell Inge Røkke made billions in offshore drilling and fishing, but now this Norwegian business tycoon is dedicating "the lion's share" of that money to helping the environment! Find out more here!

Created by Allison Sapien

On May 20, 2017

Although he made his money in oil, Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke has turned over a new leaf and decided to devote the majority of his money to cleaning up the ocean and figuring out how to restore that vast ecosystem, particularly when it comes to the problem of plastic pollution.

The oceans are under greater pressure than ever before from overfishing, coastal pollution, habitat destruction, climate change and ocean acidification, and one of the most pressing challenges of all, plasticization of the ocean.

Kjell Inge Røkke

EcoWatch, May 17, 2017

So, he's come up with an unorthodox plan to save it: an enormous yacht called a Research Expedition Vehicle (REV). In addition to housing a crew of 40 and 60 scientists, the REV will have the capacity to suck more than 5 tons of plastic out of the ocean daily and convert it to clean energy for the ship. But more than that, it will serve as a research hub for scientists trying to find solutions to the ocean's biggest problems. And for that it will need even more state-of-the-art equipment. You can take a virtual tour of the ship and its amazing eco-friendly research technology in this video:

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Did you catch all of that? If you didn't here's a list of everything the REV will be equipped to save the ocean with!

REV Eco-Friendly Equipment and Features

Silent running under batteries alone for limited periods of time at biomass sampling speeds 2 kts during research missions thanks to a diesel electric system.
High-efficiency frequency controlled research winch package with energy recovery system, which will harvest power on winch release and redirect it into the batteries.
Heat recovery on all main generators and incinerator for feeding back into hot water circuits and HVAC.
The heat recovery system will also provide free heat for the distillation of fresh water.
Alternately, a "free cool" system will be used for air conditioning system in sea water temperature below 10 degrees, reducing power consumption.
LED lighting systems throughout vessel will reduce power consumption.
A VARD SeaQ "Green Pilot" system will monitor COx, SOx and NOx emissions plus other environmental parameters to allow crew to run the ship in the most environmentally friendly way possible, minimizing its carbon footprint.
Its ballast water treatment system will prevent species cross contamination across ocean zones
All decks will be covered in either synthetic deck covers or WWF FSC certified woods.

So, now that you know all about Røkke's REV, we want to know...

Do you think this vessel will be able to save the ocean?

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