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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

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

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

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 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

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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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

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, …

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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 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)

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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 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 …

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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

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

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 …

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

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