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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 Whats next? AT~SEA final event - Brussels - 9 June, 2015

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Outline

 Global seaweed business  Why AT~SEA?  Main results of the AT~SEA project  Conclusions of the AT~SEA project  What’s next?

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Global seaweed business

2014: > 25 Mio tons (ww) which corresponds to 7-8 Bio USD

  • Majority is being cultivated
  • 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.)

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The need

Agriculture -> seagriculture More food/feed and energy for strongly growing global population Renewable and sustainable energy Sustainable/biobased materials

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Today’s agriculture

 Large scale agriculture  Industrial, fully mechanized food production  2D and 3D

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Today’s seagriculture

 Large scale seagriculture  Industrial, fully mechanized food production  2D and 3D

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Today’s seagriculture

 Large scale wild seaweed harvesting  Industrial, fully mechanized  2D

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Today’s seagriculture

 Large scale seaweed cultivation  Manual and 1D

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Today’s seagriculture

nori

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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

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Our concept

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)

1 ha seaweed field

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Work program: FP7-NMP-2011-SME-5 FP7 project number : 280860 Duration: 36 months Participants:

Our team

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Preparation and incubation of macro algae Preparation, confectioning and installation of advanced textiles Seaweed cultivation & harvesting Transport and storage of seaweed Seaweed conversion Mooring engineering

AT~SEA

HORTI, OCEAN, SAMS BEXCO, MARINTEK SIOEN, CTB, EURO, TECNORED, DEVAN ECN, OCEAN, SAMS

Our competences

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Selection of results

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Advanced textile substrates

 Development of advanced textile substrates:

  • Materials/chemistries
  • Textile structure
  • Textile finishing/coating

 Testing and evaluation:

  • Lab level
  • Tank level
  • At sea

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Advanced textile substrates

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Advanced textile substrates

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Advanced textile substrates

  • Ireland
  • Norway
  • Scotland

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Twine experiments at lab scale

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Twine experiments

Objective: compare the adhesion and growth of gametofytes onto different types of twines (chemistry, textile structure, dtex, surface roughness, etc.)

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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

Twine experiments

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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 1 Reference 26.000 10 5 Chem E 8.000 1 1 Chem F 30.000 1 1

Chem C''

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Chem G

11.750 10 20 Chem A'' (braided) 8600 2 1

Twine experiments

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Cultivation tests on a variety of 1 m2 textile substrates at sea

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Objective: study the cultivation of seaweed (Saccharina L.) on 11 different types of 1 m2 textile substrates

1m2 substrates at sea

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1m2 substrates at sea

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5 10 15 TS1 TS2 TS3 TS4 TS5 TS6 TS7 TS8 TS9 TS10 TS11

Total wet weight (kg)

1m2 substrates at sea

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Mooring studies

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Mooring studies

 Dimensions of structure  Location (depth, current, etc.)  Weather (wind, etc.)  Etc.

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Cultivation tests at sea using optimized 2 x 2 m2 advanced textile substrates

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Influence of depth Horizontal vs vertical sheets Parallel vs perpendicular to current EU project video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5zSRVNzelo?rel=0

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Coated textile based storage bags (flexitanks) for harvested seaweed

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Seaweed storage systems

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Demonstration phase (Oct 2014 – May 2015)

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Demonstration phase

  • Deployment in October 2014 in IRE, SCO and NOR
  • 10 pcs of 2 x 10 m substrates deployed per site Saccharina L
  • Textile buoys
  • Growth monitoring, harvesting, 10 m3 storage test, …

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Demonstration phase - IRE

May 25, 2015

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Demonstration phase - IRE

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Demonstration phase - NOR

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Demonstration phase - NOR

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Conclusions

  • Seaweed cultivation in Europe has huge potential for multiple applications

(IMTA, food and feed (additives), bioremediation, biochemicals/materials, etc.)

  • 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

  • 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:

  • Essenscia Innovation Award 2013
  • TechTextil Innovation Award 2015
  • Nomination for Scottish Aquaculture Award 2015 (final selection in June)

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What’s next?

 AT~SEA project ends on July 31, 2015  Several follow up projects have been submitted  Founding of AT~SEA Technologies

  • 8 out of 11 partners participate in this start-up company
  • 2015-2017: post AT~SEA engineering (2015: 1 ha; 2016: 4 ha)
  • 2017: commercialization of turnkey seaweed farms
  • Markets: IMTA, food/feed (additives), personal care, ..

 Collaborative tests …

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Collaborative tests

Porphyra cultivation @ AlgaPlus (PT)

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Collaborative tests

Collaboration with East Africa Seaweeds (EAS) and Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute(KEMFRI) Euchema Cottonii cultivation @ Mombasa Marine Park

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Collaborative tests

Collaboration with East Africa Seaweeds (EAS) and Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute(KEMFRI) Euchema Cottonii cultivation @ Mombasa Marine Park

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Bert Groenendaal AT~SEA project coordinator SIOEN Industries NV Fabriekstraat 23 8850 Ardooie (Belgium) bert.groenendaal@sioen.be Mobile: +32 476 98 43 79

More info …

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