Textiles for seaweed cultivation: From an European project to a sound business Dr. Ir. Bert Groenendaal R&D project coordinator at SIOEN Industries R&D director at AT~SEA Technologies 1 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Societal challenges More food/feed and energy for strongly growing global population Renewable and sustainable energy Sustainable and biobased materials Agriculture -> seagriculture Seaweed as biomass 2 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
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.) 3 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Trends Growing interest in seaweeds in Europe and Americas Lack of seaweed farmers => need for industrialization of seaweed cultivation => Need for more sustainability 4 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Today’s agriculture Large scale agriculture Industrial, fully mechanized food production 2D and 3D ETP conference – Brussels, March 31, 2017 5 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017 Cork – June 27, 2017
Today’s seaweed wild harvest Large scale wild seaweed harvesting Industrial, fully mechanized Heavy impact on the sea bed ETP conference – Brussels, March 31, 2017 6 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Today’s seaweed farms Large scale seaweed cultivation Manual and 1D
Today’s seaweed cultivation nori 8 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
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) (FP7 project 2012-2015) 9 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017 ETP conference – Brussels, March 31, 2017
AT~SEA project Work program: FP7-NMP-2011-SME-5 FP7 project number : 280860 Project period: April 2012 – July 2015 Participants: 10 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Highlights of the AT~SEA project 11 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Advanced textile substrates Development of advanced textile substrates: Materials/chemistries Textile structure Textile finishing/coating Testing and evaluation: Lab level Tank level At sea 12 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Advanced textile substrates Ireland Norway Scotland 13 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Study the cultivation of seaweed ( Saccharina L. ) on 11 different types of 1 m2 textile substrates 14 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
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Total wet weight (kg) 10 15 0 5 TS1 TS2 TS3 TS4 Cork – June 27, 2017 TS5 TS6 TS7 TS8 TS9 TS10 TS11 16 – www.atsea-tech.com
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 Growth monitoring, manual harvesting, seaweed storage test, … 17 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Demonstration phase - IRE May 25, 2015 18 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Demonstration phase - IRE 19 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Demonstration phase - NOR 20 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Project 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 up to 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 Nomination for Essenscia Innovation Award 2013 o TechTextil Innovation Award 2015 o Nomination for Scottish Aquaculture Award 2015 21 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Founding of AT~SEA Technologies 2012 – 2015: FP7 project AT~SEA coordinated by SIOEN Industries 2016: founding of AT~SEA Technologies, a dynamic, technological company selling turnkey seaweed farms all across the world . Keywords: Multidisciplinarity team Innovative One stop shop J2M 2D cultivation substrate 22 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
AlgaeTex product portfolio Advanced textiles for seaweed cultivation (AlgaeTex) Patent pending technology by SIOEN Industries AlgaeNet AlgaeRibbon AlgaeSheet AlgaeRope 23 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
AlgaeTex product portfolio AlgaeNet Up to 19 kg ww per meter 24 – www.atsea-tech.com
AlgaeTex product portfolio AlgaeRibbon 25 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
ATSEA Technologies at a glance ATSEA has deployed multiple small farms (up to 1 ha) in Europe and abroad ATSEA is currently moving its test farm/showroom from Norway to Spain (Lastres, Asturias); planned to be operational in October 2017 Short video of our test farm in Norway … 26 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Tests with other seaweed species and at other locations Kenia Indonesia Ireland Scotland 27 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
Next steps Launch of biobased and biodegradable 1D and 2D cultivation substrates Launch of minifarms (up to 1 ha) Launch of mechanization tools for 1D and 2D seeding, cleaning and harvesting Launch of full scale seaweed farms (32 ha or 64 ha) across the globe 28 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
More info … ATSEA Technologies TIO³ Oscar Delghuststraat, 60 9600 Ronse, Belgium bert.groenendaal@atsea-tech.com www.atsea-tech.com 29 – www.atsea-tech.com Cork – June 27, 2017
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