The Offshore Test Site (OTS) is an innovation hub challenging the boundaries of what's possible, perfectly suited to validate your innovations in the real-world, pushed by the limits of the offshore environment from the North Sea.
SUSTAINABLE AND VERSATILE
Nature-inclusive Seaweed farming
Our passionate and pioneering members are convinced that seaweed makes the difference for sustainable production opportunities of feed, food, biostimulants and biomaterials. More than once they have completely changed course in their careers, for growing seaweed inshore, nearshore or offshore the North Sea. A bold but promising step towards a circular and sustainable economy.
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First commercial implementation
NORTH SEA FARM 1
In collaboration with Simply Blue Group, Van Oord, Algaia, and Amazon, we opened the world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm within the offshore wind farm ‘Hollandse Kust Zuid’ (HKZ), located about 18 kilometres off the coast of Scheveningen in the North Sea. North Sea Farm #1 initiated by North Sea Farmers with funding from Amazon’s Right Now Climate Fund, is a floating farm located in the open space between wind turbines where seaweed production can be tested and improved. In parallel, scientific research aims to validate the carbon sequestration potential of seaweed farms and measure biodiversity impacts.
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