Eire-headquartered Merely Blue Group has joined the North Sea Farm 1 (NSF1) venture consortium to develop the world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm positioned inside an offshore wind farm.
Positioned off the coast of the Netherlands within the North Sea, the 10-hectare farm is deliberate to turn out to be operational in autumn 2024 when will probably be deployed and seeded, with the primary harvest anticipated to be in spring 2025.
The venture is managed by a consortium of scientific researchers and companions from the seaweed business, led by the non-profit organisation North Sea Farmers (NSF). The organisation can also be joined by Van Oord and Algaia on the North Sea Farm 1 venture.
Sponsored by Amazon’s Proper Now Local weather Fund, the consortium goals to assist deal with local weather motion targets in Europe by tapping into the huge potential of seaweed cultivation.
“Their experience in aquaculture and offshore wind might be precious within the profitable execution of seaweed manufacturing in an offshore wind farm for the primary time. The North Sea Farm 1 venture goals to assist the seaweed business in scaling-up inside offshore wind farms and Merely Blue Group’s capabilities in each areas make them a really perfect companion,” mentioned Eef Brouwers, Venture Supervisor of the North Sea Farm 1 initiative.
Like bushes, seaweed absorbs nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon dioxide and produces oxygen, thereby being a part of the answer to local weather change and ocean acidification. In doing this, it produces precious biomass with a variety of makes use of from prescribed drugs to animal feed to fertilisers, based on Merely Blue Group.
“We recognise that seaweed cultivation is a precious device in tackling local weather change and supporting our oceans. We consider that in time offshore wind farms could have a number of makes use of, with seaweed manufacturing being one in every of them. By becoming a member of NSF1 we’re making step one on that journey,” mentioned Hugh Kelly, Co-Founder and CEO at Merely Blue Group.
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