What we need
Each need has a price in Monero, with a euro estimate. Your donation fills its bar. When it is bought you get the receipt and a picture, and it joins the log of what has been funded.
Priced in Monero. The euro figure is our estimate at the rate of €536.55 per XMR on 2026-10-20. We refresh the rate every few days, and when it moves a lot before we buy, we say so on the need.
Prices are estimates. They come from supplier listings seen on 2026-10-20, and we ask for a quote before buying. If the price paid is lower, the difference goes to the next open need. If a need is not filled within 90 days, we use what was given for a similar need and say so here.
Only confirmed money counts. The bar moves when a person at MEPA has confirmed your donation. Donations are anonymous, and this page shows only totals.
Used parts. Some used parts are fine if tested (a processor, memory). Storage and anything holding evidence is always bought new.
What has been given, bought and delivered, with the receipts.
Where radar scenes are screened for oil. It will sit in Western Australia, where our founder lives. Parts are priced separately so a gift can finish one.
A 32-core AMD EPYC 7532 for the analysis server that screens Sentinel-1 radar scenes.
Seen at about €150 to €370, used and new. It must be a generic AMD part, not one fused to a Dell or Lenovo board.
0.466 XMR about €250
0% funded
Fund thisThe board the processor and memory sit on. Eight memory slots and room for a graphics card later.
Seen at about €910 from a marketplace seller; we will ask distributors for a quote.
1.771 XMR about €950
0% funded
Fund thisRadar scenes are large. 128 GB lets the server hold a scene and its working copies in memory.
New modules were about €325 each. Used ones should cost less, and any saving goes to the next need.
2.423 XMR about €1,300
0% funded
Fund thisWhere scenes are processed.
Storage is always bought new. A used drive is a malware and data risk.
0.746 XMR about €400
0% funded
Fund thisA year of scenes and the evidence archive, in two copies.
SATA, not SAS, so they work with the board above.
1.305 XMR about €700
0% funded
Fund thisThe large EPYC socket needs a cooler made for it.
0.196 XMR about €105
0% funded
Fund thisEquipment for volunteers and measurements, mostly in Cyprus.
Folding aluminium reachers of about 80 cm, so volunteers can clear a beach without bending over or touching what they pick up.
Bulk offers start near €6 each at 50 units, plus freight and import tax. We order a sample first, because cheap folding jaws break.
0.932 XMR about €500
0% funded
Fund thisProtection against glass and sharp plastic on a clean-up. They do not stop needle punctures, so volunteers never pick up syringes by hand.
About €10 to €11 a pair.
1.006 XMR about €540
0% funded
Fund thisBaseline readings for the sea and for runoff, taken with a calibration log so they can be trusted later.
Listed at between €185 and €473 depending on the supplier. We price it at the high end until we have a quote, and any saving goes to the next need. This meter cannot measure oil in water; that needs a lab.
0.885 XMR about €475
0% funded
Fund thisA pocket gamma detector that also identifies isotopes. For screening beaches and sediment and for spotting radioactive scale from oil and gas work.
A screening tool. Any finding is confirmed in a laboratory before we say anything about it.
0.746 XMR about €400
0% funded
Fund thisFree radar imagery has a coarse resolution. A single commercial scene shows a slick and the vessel near it in detail.
A scene of about 25 km² was listed at around US$675. We publish what we find.
1.211 XMR about €650
0% funded
Fund thisThings we will need but are not ready to fund. We show them so you can see what is coming. You cannot give to them yet.
A power supply of 750 W or more with the right connectors, and a case with good airflow.
No reliable price yet.
Not open for funding yet
Keeps the server and the archive safe through short power cuts.
No reliable price yet.
Not open for funding yet
A second set of four modules, once the first is working.
Not open for funding yet
Needed only when we train our own detection model. Running an existing one on a small area works on the processor.
Used cards were about US$1,250 to $1,450.
Not open for funding yet
Shows thick oil and warm discharges, and makes night checks possible. It does not show a thin sheen.
We could not confirm a price for a camera of this resolution.
Not open for funding yet
Covers a stretch of coast that a handheld camera cannot.
Roughly €5,000 to €6,500. We open it for funding only after we know what registration, insurance and permission flying it needs under Cyprus and EU rules.
Not open for funding yet
Adds dissolved oxygen and salinity to the handheld readings.
No reliable price. Expect a few thousand euros; we need a distributor quote.
Not open for funding yet
A towed net, sieves and a microscope to count particles on the surface.
The nets we found are built to be towed behind a vessel. We need one suited to our boats.
Not open for funding yet
Bigger things we plan to work towards. We do not ask for money for them yet.
A long-term concept: a 200 kg satellite, built for seven years or more, that looks at the sea in colour and heat, listens for ships, and gives MEPA its own view of chosen areas of the Mediterranean, designed to work alongside free radar imagery.
Planned, not funded, and not open for donations. We prove the need first with free and bought imagery, and decide on building, or renting a place on another satellite, with evidence in hand.
Planned · not open for funding
Explore the conceptIf you would rather give the item, offer it. We do not publish an address. You tell us what you have, we reply on your private token page, and only then do you get a place to send it.
We accept new items, and used processors and memory that you have tested. We do not accept used drives, boards or network cards. Tell us how old it is, whether it works, and where you are.
This page lists what we plan to buy. It is not an offer of goods, and a donation does not create a right to a particular item. If we cannot buy something, we use the money for a similar need and say so. Questions: admin@mepa.ngo