NEEDS...

  • more energy to provide for a strongly growing population
  • renewable and sustainable energy
  • sustainable/biobased materials
  • solve food/feed – energy nexus

CONCEPT...

.... development of advanced textiles to facilitate open sea cultivation of aquatic biomass (seaweed), as a high-potential source for renewable energy, fuels and biomaterials

GOALS:

Development of novel textile materials for 3 different elements of the aquatic biomass cultivation farms:
  • advanced 3D multilayer textile substrates for
    • seaweed cultivation
  • advanced textile based cables and connections to
    • position and anchor the 3D multilayer textile substrate
  • advanced coated textiles for
    • flexible and light-weight floatation tubes
    • storage and transportation tanks

Project coordination:

SIOEN Industries (BE)

Partners:

DEVAN MICROPOLIS (PT) HORTIMARE (NL) OCEANFUEL (IRL) EUROFILET (MA) ECN (NL) CENTEXBEL (BE) SAMS (UK) MARINTEK (NO) BEXCO (BE) TECNORED (ES) More information on project website
Project funding:
European Commission Research & Innovation