Acronym Wier en Wind
Category
Aquaculture
Title Wier en Wind - Weed and Wind Programme Interreg V
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator NA Coordinator email info@atseanova.com
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
NA - Geo.Xyz BVBA (Belgium) ,
UGent - Ghent University (Belgium) ,
NA - Murre Technologies BV (Netherlands) ,
NA - North Sea Farm Foundation (Netherlands) ,
NA - Seaweed Harvest Nordsea BV (Netherlands) ,
HZ - University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands) ,
Start year 2019 End year 2022 Funding (€) € 3,400,000 Website https://www.grensregio.eu/projecten/wier-wind Summary In recent years, several small-scale seaweed initiatives have been started in the European coastal area, especially close to the coastline. However, there is no consensus yet on what the best cultivation methods are, especially in offshore locations, such as wind farms, which are unsheltered and subject to significant waves and currents. In addition, these offshore locations are less accessible, which makes ship movements expensive and automation of monitoring and harvesting is desirable.
For these reasons, the Wier and Wind consortium has developed and remotely monitored a new cultivation system, sowing techniques and harvesting machine. The expertise of machine builders (Murre Technologies), engineers (Ghent University), biologists (HZ University of Applied Sciences and Ghent University), marine contractors (GeoXYZ) and the seaweed sector (North Sea Farmers and The Seaweed Company) provided the necessary synergy to to bring this multidisciplinary Interreg project to a successful conclusion. A direct consequence of Wier en Wind is that developed technologies will be used for more large-scale cultivation of seaweed. In addition, Wier en Wind allowed the use of different net types, sowing methods and nurseries to be tested on the growth of brown algae at an offshore location.
Keywords
Aquaculture diversification;
Algae;
Offshore renewable energy;
Engineering;
Open sea aquaculture;
Longline systems;
Integrated management;
Marine Region
5
Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
1
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