Acronym AlgScaleUP
Category
Aquaculture
Title Scaleup of the production of microalgae as a sustainable salmon feed raw material for the salmon industry. Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
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Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National Coordinator Tom Ståle Nordtvedt Coordinator email Tom.S.Nordtvedt@sintef.no
Coordinator institution
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Institutions involved
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Start year 2021 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 4,000,000 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/328654?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=900&source=FORISS&projectId=323941 Summary Microalgae are “primary producers” and form the base of all aquatic food webs. Primary producers such as plants, algae and microalgae use light as energy source to capture and convert CO2 into carbon rich biomass full of lipids, proteins and carbohydrates. But in contrast to larger plants, the microalgae can grow extremely fast and oftentimes doubles their numbers and weight in just one day. Imagine if a harvest – ready wheat field could do the same! Microalgae need a continuous supply of CO2 to grow this fast, and the CO2 used in the project “AlgScaleUP” will be provided by adding CO2 rich factory fumes from the ferrosilicon smelter plant “Finnfjord AS”. Previous on-site experiments have demonstrated that the factory fumes from Finnfjord AS can be used for this purpose. AlgScaleUP is a knowledge building project with an ambition to develop the technological and biological platform needed for scaling up production of microalgae in large vertical column photobioreactors. This process is in fact biological carbon capture, storage, and utilization or “CCSU”. The microalgae that are produced can be utilized for various applications, such as fish feed ingredient, nutraceutical, pigment source, etc., depending on the cultivated species nutrient and chemical contents. In addition, AlgScaleUP will use state – of – the - art methodology to find out if bio – CCSU technology can be tailored to also reduce the emissions of harmful NOx and SOx by manipulating or supporting the natural presence of various beneficial bacteria in water. If successful, scaled up microalgae production based on industrial emissions can become a new and more sustainable source of proteins, fat and carbohydrates in Norway and elsewhere. Such innovations contribute towards several of the UN sustainable development goals including goal (3) good health, (9) industry innovation and infrastructure, (12) responsible consumption and production, (13) climate actions, and (14) life below water.
Keywords
Land-based aquaculture;
Technology;
Algae;
Marine Region
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Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
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