World's first commercial seaweed farm within a wind farm
Published by Jessica Casey,
Editor
Energy Global,
This autumn, the world's first commercial seaweed farm will open within the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm, located approximately 18 km off the coast between The Hague and Zandvoort in the North Sea. North Sea Farm 1, created by North Sea Farmers with funding from Amazon’s Right Now Climate Fund, is a floating farm situated among wind turbines where seaweed cultivation can be tested and improved. The site will also host scientific research on seaweed farms' potential for carbon sequestration.
By utilising the previously unused space between turbines, the project aims to expand seaweed cultivation in the heavily used North Sea. There is ample room in current and future wind farms in the North Sea to scale production to 1 million tpy of fresh seaweed by 2040, potentially sequestering and avoiding millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2).
The project, led by North Sea Farmers (NSF), is executed by a consortium of scientific researchers and partners from the seaweed industry. The seaweed farm is expected to be operational by the end of this year. The consortium hopes North Sea Farm 1 will serve as a replicable commercial model for offshore seaweed cultivation globally. Amazon has provided €1.5 million for the establishment of North Sea Farm 1 and a year of scientific research on CO2 reduction through seaweed cultivation.
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