Acronym EnAlgae
Category
Aquaculture
Title Energetic Algae Programme Interreg IV
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
Strand A
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
North West Europe
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator Meier Markus Coordinator email markus.meier@smhi.se
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
FNR - Agency for Renewable Resources (Germany) ,
CEVA - Algae Technical Research Centre (France) ,
BCU - Birmingham City University (United Kingdom) ,
EUBIA - European Biomass Industry Association (Belgium) ,
VLIZ - Flanders Marine Institute (Belgium) ,
UGent - Ghent University (Belgium) ,
InCrops - InCrops Enterprise Hub (United Kingdom) ,
KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) ,
Laborelec - Laborelec Group GDF SUEZ (Belgium) ,
NNFCC - National Non-Food Crops Centre (United Kingdom) ,
NUI Galway - National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland) ,
PML - Plymouth Marine Laboratory (United Kingdom) ,
QUB - Queen's University Belfast (United Kingdom) ,
htw saar - Saarland University of Applied Sciences (Germany) ,
SAMS - Scottish Association for Marine Science (United Kingdom) ,
DLO - Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (Netherlands) ,
UCD - University College Dublin (Ireland) ,
HOWEST - West Flanders University of Applied Sciences (Belgium) ,
Start year 2009 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 4,619,291 Website https://keep.eu/projects/7100/Energetic-Algae-EN/ Summary The project Energetic Algae (ENALGAE) promotes best practice for a sustainable and viable algae industry in Europe, for example, through the advocacy of standardised methods. Micro-algae are a group of single-celled aquatic organisms capable of converting carbon dioxide, light, water and other compounds into potentially viable biomass. By culturing microalgae intensively in discrete growth chambers installed adjacent to chimney stacks, this innovative technology provides a novel approach to locking away carbon as components of living cells. The methodology has been replicate throughout North-West Europe, and it has been shown to be successful in relation to: hatchery conditions, light, water, cleaning the seaweed, successful cultures, and creating successful biomass at sea. ENALGAE’s first pilot micro-algal bacterial flocs reactor, which is located in Flanders (BE), is now a worldwide reference in the field, and NWE’s experience in coastal management cooperation has been very helpful to develop potential businesses. For instance, two of the project’s final beneficiaries are now planning to set up their own businesses in this field. Energetic Algae aims to reduce CO2 emissions and dependency on unsustainable energy sources in NWE by accelerating the development of sustainable technologies for algal biomass production, bioenergy and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation from pilot phase to application and marketable products. processes and services.
Keywords
Algae;
Technology;
Land-based aquaculture;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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