Projects

The project aims to boost the market for Danish seaweed and microalgae while positioning these two ingredients as drivers of more nutritious and flavorful plant-based meals across both professional and home kitchens. The project will achieve this by breaking down existing structural barriers to the production, distribution, and use of seaweed and microalgae, building on…

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The project aims to strengthen the coastal outdoor life, knowledge, and connection to nature of future food professionals through hands-on instruction in seaweed foraging along the coast. At five vocational schools across the country, we will take teaching out into nature and create new learning spaces that link ingredients, sustainability, and culinary expertise. The goal…

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As the need for resources like food and energy and the competition for maritime space are only increasing, the world needs to rethink and to find new ways to meet those rising human demands. The project Win@sea will investigate if production of fossil-free energy in an offshore wind farm can coexist with production of seaweed…

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OLAMUR is a four-year EU-funded project aiming to bring together multi-use low-trophic aquaculture (MU-LTA) related key sectors, to demonstrate sustainable commercial solutions for both the North and the Baltic Sea.

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The SeaFree concept will make land-based recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) more sustainable by adding seaweed production as sewage treatment and at the same time producing an attractive seaweed resource. Read more about the project here:

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SMARTTANG addresses the three biggest challenges in the production of sugar kelp in Denmark: the need for 1) greater area efficiency, 2) mechanization of handling kelp deployment on farming systems, and harvesting, and 3) post-harvest stabilization and use of the kelp. Cultivating kelp on nets instead of lines will be tested to improve area yield…

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SEAWEED4IMRAS, aim to deliver VALUEFARM, a modular seaweed-based water treatment system meeting industry demands in land-based fish farms for higher treatment volumes and operational efficiency. Within the project, an operational decision support tool will be developed to improve the cost-effectiveness of the seaweed cultivation, and thereby the fish farm process water treatment. The project will…

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ValueFarm works towards a more efficient and automized Ulva production system, including mechanized determination of optimal harvest time from automated image analysis. Sea lettuce (Ulva sp.) are high value green macroalgae, that can efficiently be produced in land-based facilities. ValueFarm is a Eurostar project supported by the EU Commission. The project runs from 2021 to…

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SeaSus Protein will turn environmental problems of macroalgae blooms – the so-called ‘green tides’ – into the protein source of the future. With focus on the green sea lettuce (Ulva sp), the project will optimise the extraction of high quality protein for functional foods. The project spans from developing gentle large-scale harvest of Ulva and documenting the environmental effects,…

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Tang.nu is a large Danish project involving research institutions, companies, and authorities. The project aims to put focus on the perspectives in growing and using seaweed as a sustainable resource and to help the seaweed business in Denmark grow.

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