Motherf*** wind farms
Vattenfall is now launching an international campaign with actor Samuel L. Jackson as the frontman, focusing on how fossil free energy production and sustainable food production can be combined. The campaign highlights, among other things, the cultivation of sugar seaweed and the production of foods such as seaweed snacks. As part of this campaign, the WIN@sea project was expanded to a new wind farm "Vesterhav Syd" off Hvide Sande, where sugar kelp was produced to develop a seaweed snack as Samuel L. Jackson puts it: “Serious gourmet shit!”
“Using ocean areas more multifunctionally – for example for seaweed production – contributes to both increased biodiversity and more efficient use of infrastructure and resources. It can reduce fuel consumption and operating costs, while creating new business opportunities. Seaweedbased products such as snacks are just one concrete example of how green energy and environmental concerns can be combined. With Samuel L. Jackson as an ambassador, we are able to raise awareness of the opportunities that lie in the offshore wind of the future,” says Helle Herk-Hansen, Environmental Manager at Vattenfall.
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WIN@sea - Olamur
It is obvious to combine offshore wind farms with the production of seaweed and mussels, but the energy companies are naturally also focused on the most efficient operation of the offshore turbines.
Energy companies have traditionally focused on optimizing energy production itself, but we are seeing a movement where contributions to biodiversity are also becoming important. Therefore, one of the most important objectives of the project is to identify both the challenges and the opportunities that arise when offshore wind must coexist with other activities.
Kerteminde Seafarm, in collaboration with Vattanfall, DTU-aqua and Aarhus University, will establish and maintain a test facility for seaweed and mussels at Vattenfall's wind farm at Kriegers Flak.
The project is co-financed by another project, Olamur, which has similar projects with "Multiuse" in wind farms.
The project runs in the period 2023 - 2026.
LTA BOOST
The LTA BOOST project will boost the development of blue food for green transition. The overall goal is to develop aquaculture of low-trophic species such as oysters and seaweed, thereby utilizing resources that are naturally found in Denmark and can be included in sustainable food production.
The project focuses on finding solutions to three significant bottlenecks in production: Stable production of oyster fry and seaweed spores on a commercial scale, efficient growth methods in Danish waters, and cost-effective water treatment in land-based farming facilities.
LTA BOOST works with two high-value species – European flat oyster and the seaweed species ling – to boost low-trophic aquaculture in Danish waters and develop LTA production technology with a wider range of applications.
The project runs in the period 2023 - 2026.
