The Norwegian Seaweed Biorefinery Platform
Seaweed Platform
The main goal of the platform will be to serve as a hub for research, knowledge, methodology and stakeholder networks for development of economically and environmentally sustainable biorefinery processes.
Start
01. May 2019
End
31. Dec 2024
Funded by
The Research Council of Norway
Cooperation
NTNU, NMBU, Møreforsk, SINTEF
Project Manager(s):
Other Participants:
The platform will aid in the regulation of macroalgae cultivation and harvesting industries, and in analysis of macroalgae-derived products.
To achieve this goal, research in the project will focus on characterization of the biomass, technology development and establishment of both high-value and bulk productpipelines. Saccharina latissima (sugar kelp) and Alaria esculenta (winged kelp), the two brown algal species currently cultivated in Norwegian seaweed aquaculture, will be the main focus.
New species with a potential for future cultivation pinpointed by research partners and industry (e.g. the red algae Palmaria and Furcellaria) will be evaluated and implemented in the platforms activities if relevant. In addition, biomass from species currently industrially harvested in Norway (Laminaria hyperborea and Ascophyllum nodosum) will be exploited.
Prosject website
Follow the Seaweed platform on its own website seaweedplatform.no
Publications
Topics
Low trophic species