Danish Samsø pilot update – May 2024
Samsø Pilot At the Samsø site, the anchors for the installation of the commercial cultivation of mussels was successfully installed early March 2024. The cultivation trial is planned to start in May, 2024 where the company Blue Biomass AS will install two floating tubes with nets in an attempt to catch mussel spat for cultivating […]
Danish Anholt Pilot Update – May 2024
The Technical University of Denmark commenced a seaweed cultivation trial at the pilot site Ørsted windfarm near the Island of Anholt, Denmark, 29th September 2023. Two horizontal longlines of 100 meters length was established and submerged 5 meters below sea surface using concrete blocks (40 kg each) every 10-20 meters on the bottom. Both longlines […]
Dutch Pilot Update – March 2024
The Dutch pilot at the site Borssele II wind park is in preparation. The pilot´s system performance will be tested using sensor technology (and force measurements) to validate the system and model parameters as a new technology for ecological monitoring will be tested in the field, which is supported by the development of image analyses. […]
FINO 2 pilot update – March 2024
Within ULTFARMS, the Baltic Sea pilot is being coordinated by the R&D centre Kiel GmbH, in cooperation with the DNV at the research platform´s position of FINO2, 33 kilometres near the island Rügen. As no aquaculture infrastructure is installed, the past year was spent on the legislation and design phase. It was challenging to finalize […]
FINO 3 pilot update – March 2024
Throughout the past year of ULTFARMS, various actions have been undertaken by the R&D centre Kiel University of Applied Sciences Kiel GmbH, to prepare the finalization and optimization for the installation of the aquaculture systems and their monitoring. Currently, in the proximity of the research platform FINO3 (https://www.fino3.de/de/) and three adjacent wind parks […]
Belgian Pilot update – March 2024
In January, the Belgian pilot celebrated the project’s one-year landmark with the rest of the ULFTARMS consortium. This was a valuable opportunity to present pilot designs and integrate feedback. Currently, the Belgian pilot partners are collaborating on plans for experimental testing of a novel, submersible seaweed cultivation system at the Deltares hydrodynamic research facilities. In […]
