Our Vision
Harnessing the sun creates clean energy; clean energy powers water systems; water supports food production; and together they nurture a sustainable, peaceful Earth.
With solar and wind energy, we can power reverse osmosis watermaking technology to bring pure drinking water to communities in need, including drought and desert areas. With pure water we can plant trees and grow food to feed the people. As the earth goes green, the CO2 emissions are absorbed and the people and the planet become healthier. With solar and wind power and the resources they foster, which are available to all nations equally, world cooperation, even world peace, is achievable.
Our Mission
We stand behind our work. Our mission is to:
- Provide a standard of excellence while implementing cost effective strategies that are sustainable in today’s changing economies and environments.
- Produce clean, healthy drinking water for global consumption.
- Provide renewable solar, wind, and water hybrid power.
- Create a sustainable future for the people and cultures of the world community.
- Respect and preserve the rich cultural diversity and heritage of the global community by enabling them to live comfortably in their home environments.
Moana Marine is committed to creating solutions that address the challenges of climate change in communities worldwide by providing green technologies that support life in all its diversity, specializing in solar and wind power installations with lithium battery storage, and reverse osmosis water treatment and watermaking plants powered by wind and solar.
Partners
Moana Marine works in partnership with the following international aid and disaster relief organizations and groups:
- IOM: International Organization for Migration — an inter-governmental organization with 173 member states and offices in 100+ countries. Moana Marine is a certified supplier for IOM disaster relief and designed the portable, solar-powered reverse osmosis watermaking system that has become their standard for drought/disaster relief.
- USAID: United States Agency for International Development — funds Moana Marine water and solar projects to communities in need.
- AUSAID: Australian Agency for International Development — funds Moana Marine water and solar projects to communities in need.
- UNDP: United Nations Development Programme — funds Moana Marine’s water and solar projects to communities in need.
- IFRC: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies — Moana Marine works with IFRC in their water relief efforts in the Pacific Island Region.
- DOI: United States Department of the Interior — funds Moana Marine water and solar infrastructure projects.
- DOE: United States Department of Energy — funds Moana Marine solar infrastructure projects.
- NDMO: National Disaster Management Organization, Majuro, RMI — Moana Marine works closely with NDMO on emergency readiness, supplying portable watermakers for drought/disaster relief in the Marshall Islands.
- KOICA: Korea International Cooperation Agency — funds Moana Marine water and solar infrastructure projects.
Project Highlights
2010: Installs the first solar and wind powered reverse osmosis water treatment plant on Utrik Atoll, Marshall Islands. Off-grid ground-mount solar array with 2 wind turbines powering 2 R.O. units producing 3,600 gallons per 24 hours. Operated successfully since 2010 by local technicians trained by Moana Marine; now a model for aid agencies worldwide, dubbed “The Utrik Method.”
2010–2011: Point-of-use water dispensing units at Momotaro Store, Do It Best, and Long Island Complex on Majuro Atoll, RMI.
2011: R.O. unit with point-of-use dispenser at EZ Price store, Majuro, RMI. | 10 kW wind turbine installation at Shoreline, Majuro. | Solar and wind power installation on Kemmen Island, Majuro Lagoon.
2012–now: Emergency disaster relief — designs and distributes 96 portable, solar-powered R.O. units to international aid agencies, including local technician training; deployed across the Pacific for drought and cyclone relief.
2013: Installs Bergey wind turbine on Abemama Atoll, Kiribati.
2014: Installs wind- and solar-powered R.O. plant on Kili Island, RMI (off-grid, roof-mount). | Roof-mount solar installation on Utrik Atoll to power the Community Center.
2015: Rooftop solar installation on Taotin Trading, Teaoraereke, Kiribati.
2016: Off-grid solar mini-grid powering the Community Center on Ebon Atoll, RMI. | Solar-powered water treatment plant on Ailuk Atoll, Marshall Islands (off-grid ground-mount array).
2017: Solar installation at Australian Military Compound, Majuro, RMI. | Watermaker with dispenser and home solar installation for Jehovah’s Witness group, Majuro, RMI.
2018: Grid-tie solar installation in Majuro demonstrating savings and feasibility for the RMI government. | Installs the largest hybrid (solar + wind) powered R.O. plant in the Marshall Islands on Enewetak Atoll: ground-mount array with wind turbines powering watermakers producing up to 5,600 gallons per 24 hours. | Installs RO watermaking system for Taotin Trading in Bairiki, Tarawa, Kiribati producing 3,600 GPD with mineral enhancement and point-of-use dispenser — first of its kind in Kiribati; second installation in Tarawa underway.
2019: On-site technician trainings with IOM Majuro and IOM Yap.
2020: Two double aluminum 7.5 kW solar carports for the Kili Bikini Ejit local government community in Majuro, including rainwater catchment and tanks, supporting EV charging and powering the local community center.
2022: Installs RO watermaking system on Ejit islet, home of displaced Bikini Islanders.
2023: Installs a second solar- and wind-powered RO water purification/production plant on Utrik Atoll (5,600 GPD). Completion delayed by Covid restrictions; work resumes immediately after restrictions are lifted.
2024: Supplies IOM with five portable Aquifer 360 watermaking units powered by the Moana Solar Power Pack for rapid drought/disaster relief in Pohnpei, FSM. | Technician training for IOM RO technicians in Majuro for deployment in central Pacific islands. | Supplies Red Cross Majuro with two portable Aquifer 4000 units for disaster/drought relief in the Pacific island region.
2025: Supplies Taotin Trading in Tarawa, Kiribati with an additional Spectra LB-2800, increasing the capacity of their water production and water vending systems, supplying clean, balanced Moana drinking water to densely populated Tarawa.
Contributions
2012: Represents Majuro National Disaster Committee to USAID for funding for water and solar infrastructure.
2013–2016: Tom elected National Water Advisor to the Marshall Islands government; works closely with officials during the 2013 drought and presents Moana Marine’s Climate Change Solutions to the RMI government.
2014–2016: Works with Kiribati government on solar and water infrastructure; addresses Kiribati parliament on Moana Marine Climate Change Solutions.
2016: Addresses FSM (Federated States of Micronesia) parliament and presents Moana Marine Climate Change Solutions.
Moana Marine’s Solar and Wind Powered Water Treatment and Watermaking Plant installed in 2011 on Utrik Atoll in the Marshall Islands is recognized by UNDP and the United States DOI as the state-of-the-art solution for climate change resilience, now referred to internationally as “The Utrik Method.”
2016: Represents Bikini Island local government in Washington, D.C. to acquire funding for infrastructure projects.
2017–2019: Works with MEC (Marshall Islands Energy Company) on infrastructure planning for residential solar power systems.
2019: Tom is keynote speaker at APIL (Association of Pacific Island Legislatures) 2019 assembly in Majuro, RMI, addressing Climate Change Solutions for Pacific Island nations — solar-powered reverse osmosis watermaking systems, solar carports, EV chargers, and BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems).