Launching first large-scale organic seaweed-to-food cultivation and processing in EU

Projektinformationen

SeaBest

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 849793

DOI

10.3030/849793

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 8 Februar 2019

Startdatum 1 März 2019

Enddatum 28 Februar 2021

Finanziert unter

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Gesamtkosten

€ 2 372 687,50

EU-Beitrag

€ 1 660 881,25

Koordiniert durch

SEAWEED SOLUTIONS AS
Norway

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - SeaBest (Launching first large-scale organic seaweed-to-food cultivation and processing in EU)

Berichtszeitraum: 2020-03-01 bis 2021-02-28

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

Seaweed has great promise as a sustainable and scalable blue bio-resource for food, feed, biochemical, bioplastics and bioenergy. However, today 95 % of seaweed production happens in Asia and in Europe seaweed is produced only at small scale and has had a limited impact in the market. The goal of the SeaBest project is to close the circle from seaweed spore to a high quality organic food product using a large-scale and cost-competitive approach for the first time in Europe. By demonstration of our scaleable seaweed cultivation technology and a range of market activities we will aim to boost the production and market of seaweed in Europe.

The overall objectives are:
1. Advancing our current technology to the level ready for extensive piloting (TRL8);
2. Real environment piloting and validation enabling for a rapid global commercial launch (TRL9);
3. Developing and implementing out business innovation and commercialisation plans

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

In the first year of the project we have invested in new modular and scalable harvest and transport vessels solutions and demonstrated these at scale in the sea. Further we have developed and implemented new solutions for handling and processing of the seaweed on the production line. We have engaged with a number of pilot customers in the food market and developed a range of pilot products demonstrating wide use of seaweed as a raw material in everyday European food produce with broad market potential. Our commercial upscaling plan, incl. financing and the elaboration of our partnership model for further upscaling are continuously being updated.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

New dedicated harvest and transport vessels have been developed and are being demonstrated. These are modular and relatively low cost units which allow rapid and flexible upscaling and may be quickly implemented in new farms across Norway and Europe for large volume and low cost farming of seaweed. Our setup for handling and processing of the seaweed into an easy to use raw material format is suited for B2B sales to the European food industry. Our healthy and sustainable raw material is clean, fresh with nutrients preserved and certified organic. By making this raw material widely available we will open up for innovative food companies across Europe to tap into the innovation potential of seaweed in food and provide the population with tasty, healthy and climate friendly food.

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