Ocean Energy Europe

Name

Ocean Energy Europe

Legal name

Ocean Energy Europe

Website

https://oceanenergy.eu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ocean Energy Europe is a Brussels-based, membership-driven industry association representing over 120 organisations across the European ocean energy value chain, providing policy advocacy, sector data (KIT-IN-THE-WATER Database), member events, and the annual ICOE OEE conference.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Renewable Energy Industry Association

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Offshore Wind & Marine Spatial Planning Regulation (EUAMANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Power Generation (EUACAJAE), Oceans, Coastal & Marine Resource Management (BPADALAI)

Keywords

• Ocean energy association
• Marine renewable energy
• Tidal energy policy
• Wave energy advocacy
• Renewable energy membership

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Ocean Energy Europe generates revenue through annual membership fees. The membership annual fee is tied to the size of the organisation, with different categories based on company size. Members gain access to funding briefings, webinar recordings, members-only events, policy briefings, and networking opportunities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Ocean Energy Europe is a membership-based industry association representing the European ocean energy sector. It provides policy advocacy at EU, national, and regional levels, maintains the KIT-IN-THE-WATER Database containing the most comprehensive global data on ocean energy projects, produces funding and policy briefings, and convenes members through exclusive events and the annual ICOE OEE conference.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OEE Membership

Quantifiable outcome

• Largest tidal turbines produce approximately 2MW, enough electricity for 1,900 average EU households
• +2 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Others

• International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA): Intergovernmental organization supporting the global energy transition, including ocean energy through its Innovation Workstream. Not a direct trade association peer but an adjacent ecosystem player that shapes the same policy and funding landscape OEE operates in.

Regional players

• Clean Energy Council (Australia): Australian peak industry body for clean energy including offshore wind. Comparable trade-association model—membership, policy advocacy, annual conference, market intelligence—but serving a different geography with its own marine renewable ambitions.
• Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition: North American trade association promoting marine hydrokinetic and ocean renewable energy. Same sector advocacy model as OEE but serving the US/Canadian market rather than Europe.
• Marine Energy Wales: Welsh sector body promoting marine energy development, particularly tidal stream and wave. Operates as a sub-national/regional peer within the broader European ocean-energy ecosystem OEE coordinates.
• Marine Energy Council: UK-focused industry body advancing tidal and wave energy commercialization. Closely comparable to OEE's mission but narrower geographic remit; OEE serves as its EU-level counterpart.

Broad incumbents

• WindEurope: Brussels-based trade association for the European wind industry, sharing OEE's advocacy, events, and intelligence model but focused on onshore and offshore wind rather than marine renewables. Comparable structure and policy-adjacency.
• RenewableUK: UK trade association for renewable and low-carbon energy including offshore wind, wave, and tidal. Comparable membership-based advocacy body with a more UK-centric scope and partial overlap with OEE's ocean-energy remit.
• Global Wind Energy Council: International trade association for the global wind industry, headquartered in Brussels. Sister association to OEE in advocacy structure, with growing relevance as offshore wind increasingly co-locates with marine renewables.
• SolarPower Europe: Brussels-based trade association representing the European solar value chain. Same association model (membership, EU policy advocacy, annual conference, market intelligence) applied to a different renewable technology.

Direct peers

• Ocean Energy Systems (OES): IEA Technology Collaboration Programme for ocean energy, with the same mission of advancing wave, tidal, OTEC, and salinity gradient technologies internationally. Highly comparable as a sector-level coordinating body serving developers, researchers, and policymakers.

Market position

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@OceanEnergyEurope
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/european-ocean-energy-association

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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