NEEDS...
- more energy to provide for a strongly growing population
- renewable and sustainable energy
- sustainable/biobased materials
- solve food/feed – energy nexus
CONCEPT...
.... development of advanced textiles to facilitate open sea cultivation of aquatic biomass (seaweed), as a high-potential source for renewable energy, fuels and biomaterialsGOALS:
Development of novel textile materials for 3 different elements of the aquatic biomass cultivation farms:- advanced 3D multilayer textile substrates for
- seaweed cultivation
- advanced textile based cables and connections to
- position and anchor the 3D multilayer textile substrate
- advanced coated textiles for
- flexible and light-weight floatation tubes
- storage and transportation tanks
Project coordination:
SIOEN Industries (BE)Partners:
DEVAN MICROPOLIS (PT) HORTIMARE (NL) OCEANFUEL (IRL) EUROFILET (MA) ECN (NL) CENTEXBEL (BE) SAMS (UK) MARINTEK (NO) BEXCO (BE) TECNORED (ES) More information on project websiteProject funding:
European Commission Research & Innovation
European Commission Research & Innovation