About CCell

Engineers who learned to work with the sea

Our roots are in wave energy. Today, we use that understanding of the sea to protect coastlines and restore marine habitats.

Placing a CCell reef unit (CCell photo)

Why we exist

"To protect and regenerate coastline habitats by championing elegant, long-term solutions rooted in learning and understanding."

Protect and regenerate

Every coast we work on should have more life on it than before we arrived.

Elegant, not heavy

Work with nature, not against it. One structure that does several jobs.

Rooted in learning

Understand the sea first, measure what happens, and keep improving.

Our story

From wave energy to living reefs

CCell began in wave energy, developing a lightweight wave paddle with support from UCL's engineering department. That work gave us the modelling, materials and electronics expertise to tackle a different challenge: coastal erosion.

Today, we model each coast, design reefs that grow rock from seawater, and monitor them with our own electronics. One team, from the first model to the reef in the water.

Measuring the mineral layer on a CCell reef

Measuring rock growth on a CCell reef (CCell photo)

Our team

The people behind the reefs

Board and leadership

Dr Will BatemanCEO

Will is a Civil Engineer with a PhD in Extreme Ocean Waves, and over 25 years of industrial experience.

Howard LewisChairman

Howard is an electrical engineer with a background of 30 years in mobile phone design, development, operations and sales.

Andrew CantNon-executive Financial Director

Andrew is a Chartered Accountant with over 24 years of experience in accounting, finance and banking.

Paul SavillHead of Client Services

Paul has over 30 years' experience spanning IT, data analytics, sales and marketing, and leads sales and market development.

Carl J LukachAdvisory board, finance

Carl is a finance executive with a background in business strategy design, funding, and execution.

Alberto XodoAdvisory board, business

Alberto is a business development executive with experience in growing new products and markets.

Steve HuskInvestor, strategy

Investor supporting CCell's strategy.

Science and engineering

Coastal engineering, modelling, electrochemistry and marine biology come together in our reef designs.

Join us

We are always keen to hear from people who want to protect coasts.

Careers at CCell

Partners

We don't do it alone

Delivery partners

AxisIMA (Caribbean and South America), Terre Armée (India), TECAL Engenharia (Brazil), Industria Orcram (manufacturing, Mexico), Vicor (power electronics)

Research partners

University of Bath, UCL, Cornell University, Imperial College London, Ocean Conservation Trust, Living Reefs Foundation

Funders

Innovate UK, EPSRC, Royal Academy of Engineering, EU Horizon 2020 (Fortissimo)

Awards

Elektra Awards, Power System Product of the Year

As featured in

A French grunt sheltering inside a CCell reef

How we work

Good for the coast, good for business

We build reefs rather than walls because reefs protect the coast and bring it back to life. That is better for the people who own and use the coast too.

Local teamsWe train and work with local fabricators, contractors and dive teams.

Lower-carbon materialsReused steel, bamboo and natural fibres where they suit the site.

Measured, not assumedOur own monitoring tells us, and you, what is really happening.

Open to learningWe publish what we find and work with universities to test it.

Read about our sustainability

Contact

Talk to us

For new projects, start with Paul Savill, Head of Client Services.

paul@ccell.eco | +44 (0)207 690 0485

CCell Renewables Ltd., 37 Allanson Road, Marlow, SL7 1LE, UK

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