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AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Outline  Global seaweed business  Why AT~SEA?  Main results of the AT~SEA project  Conclusions of the AT~SEA project  What’s next? AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Global seaweed business 2014: > 25 Mio tons (ww) which corresponds to 7-8 Bio USD o Majority is being cultivated o Mainly reds and browns 75% used for food (nori, wakame, kombu, etc.) 13% for hydrocolloids (alginates, carrageenan, agar) 12% other applications (personal care, cosmetics, fertilizer, etc.) AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

The need More food/feed and energy for strongly growing global population Renewable and sustainable energy Sustainable/biobased materials Agriculture -> seagriculture AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Today’s agriculture  Large scale agriculture  Industrial, fully mechanized food production  2D and 3D AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Today’s seagriculture  Large scale seagriculture  Industrial, fully mechanized food production  2D and 3D AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Today’s seagriculture  Large scale wild seaweed harvesting  Industrial, fully mechanized  2D AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Today’s seagriculture  Large scale seaweed cultivation  Manual and 1D AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Today’s seagriculture nori AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Our objective If we want to develop a profitable and sustainable seaweed business in Europe we have to:  Mechanize all processes (seeding, monitoring, harvesting, etc.) => cost-efficient  Cultivate 2D (or 3D)  Cultivate in a smart and sustainable way => integrated  Serve existing and new markets AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Our concept 1 ha seaweed field Development of substrates based on advanced textiles to facilitate open sea cultivation of aquatic biomass (seaweed), having a high-potential as source for our future supply of food (additives), feed, biochemicals/biomaterials and biofuels/energy Advanced textiles for open sea biomass cultivation (AT~SEA) AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Our team Work program: FP7-NMP-2011-SME-5 FP7 project number : 280860 Duration: 36 months Participants: AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Our competences Preparation, confectioning and SIOEN, CTB, EURO, TECNORED, DEVAN installation of advanced textiles Preparation and Mooring incubation of macro algae engineering HORTI, OCEAN, BEXCO, MARINTEK Seaweed cultivation SAMS & harvesting ECN, OCEAN, SAMS Transport and AT~SEA storage of seaweed Seaweed conversion AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Selection of results AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Advanced textile substrates  Development of advanced textile substrates:  Materials/chemistries  Textile structure  Textile finishing/coating  Testing and evaluation:  Lab level  Tank level  At sea AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Advanced textile substrates AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Advanced textile substrates AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Advanced textile substrates  Ireland  Norway  Scotland AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Twine experiments at lab scale AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Twine experiments Objective: compare the adhesion and growth of gametofytes onto different types of twines (chemistry, textile structure, dtex, surface roughness, etc.) AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Twine experiments braided twisted Sample Twine sample dtex Coverage role 1 Coverage role 2 T1 Chem 1 - twisted 1670 80 80 T2 Chem 1 - braided 1670 5 20 T3 Chem 1' - twisted 1100 20 25 T4 Chem 1' - braided 1100 5 5 T5 Chem 2 - twisted 1670 2 12 T6 Chem 2 - braided 1670 2 2 T7 Chem 3 - twisted 1330 50 85 T8 Chem 3 - braided 1330 8 65 T9 Reference chem 3' 26.000 70 85 T10 Chem 4 - twisted 470 20 20 T11 Chem 4 - braided 470 5 12 AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Twine experiments Chem A 370 50 10 Chem A' 12.000 50 50 Chem B 1000 30 50 Chem C 1180 1 2 Chem C' 1200 1 1 Chem D 3650 0 1 Reference 26.000 10 5 Chem E 8.000 1 1 Chem F 30.000 1 1 Chem C'' .. 30 25 Chem G 11.750 10 20 Chem A'' (braided) 8600 2 1 AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Cultivation tests on a variety of 1 m2 textile substrates at sea AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

1m2 substrates at sea Objective: study the cultivation of seaweed ( Saccharina L. ) on 11 different types of 1 m2 textile substrates AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

1m2 substrates at sea AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

1m2 substrates at sea 15 Total wet weight (kg) 10 5 0 TS1 TS2 TS3 TS4 TS5 TS6 TS7 TS8 TS9 TS10 TS11 AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Mooring studies AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Mooring studies  Dimensions of structure  Location (depth, current, etc.)  Weather (wind, etc.)  Etc. AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Cultivation tests at sea using optimized 2 x 2 m2 advanced textile substrates AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Influence of depth Horizontal vs vertical sheets Parallel vs perpendicular to current EU project video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5zSRVNzelo?rel=0 AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Coated textile based storage bags (flexitanks) for harvested seaweed AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Seaweed storage systems AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Demonstration phase (Oct 2014 – May 2015) AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Demonstration phase o Deployment in October 2014 in IRE, SCO and NOR o 10 pcs of 2 x 10 m substrates deployed per site Saccharina L o Textile buoys o Growth monitoring, harvesting, 10 m3 storage test, … AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Demonstration phase - IRE May 25, 2015 AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Demonstration phase - IRE AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Demonstration phase - NOR AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Demonstration phase - NOR AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Conclusions o Seaweed cultivation in Europe has huge potential for multiple applications (IMTA, food and feed (additives), bioremediation, biochemicals/materials, etc.) o The AT~SEA consortium has developed, patented (PCT) and demonstrated advanced 2D textile substrates* that yield 3-5 times more biomass than state of the art 1D rope based systems o Success of AT~SEA lies in the multidisciplinary of the project and the product  project: chemists, materials scientists, textile engineers, biologists, marine engineers, etc.  product: much more than just a piece of textile => system * Award winning technology: o Essenscia Innovation Award 2013 o TechTextil Innovation Award 2015 o Nomination for Scottish Aquaculture Award 2015 (final selection in June) AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

What’s next?  AT~SEA project ends on July 31, 2015  Several follow up projects have been submitted  Founding of AT~SEA Technologies o 8 out of 11 partners participate in this start-up company o 2015-2017: post AT~SEA engineering (2015: 1 ha; 2016: 4 ha) o 2017: commercialization of turnkey seaweed farms o Markets: IMTA, food/feed (additives), personal care, ..  Collaborative tests … AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Collaborative tests Porphyra cultivation @ AlgaPlus (PT) AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Collaborative tests Collaboration with East Africa Seaweeds (EAS) and Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute(KEMFRI) Euchema Cottonii cultivation @ Mombasa Marine Park AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

Collaborative tests Collaboration with East Africa Seaweeds (EAS) and Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute(KEMFRI) Euchema Cottonii cultivation @ Mombasa Marine Park AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

More info … Bert Groenendaal AT ~ SEA project coordinator SIOEN Industries NV Fabriekstraat 23 8850 Ardooie (Belgium) bert.groenendaal@sioen.be Mobile: +32 476 98 43 79 AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015