Seaweed Highlights
Innovative AMMON Project Launched for Sustainable Use of the North Sea
23/11/2023 - A promising collaboration of leading organizations, supported by a Kansen voor West grant, announces the launch of an ambitious project named AMMON - Autonomous Monitoring for Multi-use On the North Sea. This project aims to significantly reduce vessel movements for monitoring purposes, focusing on cutting vessel costs, emissions, and enhancing safety.
Wavy Wonders makes filling snacks we feel good about
16/11/2023 - New member Wavy Wonders makes healthy and filling seaweed snacks that are conquering more and more stores in Europe and hopefully the US in the near future. Founder Thomas Thulesen tells us about the successes and challenges of Wavy Wonders.
The Sector Sessions 'Funding Opportunities' helps you with funding
16/11/2023 - Last Thursday, we organised the Sector Session ‘Funding opportunities for seaweed initiatives’. In this pilot, we jointly discussed eleven funding opportunities that the EU will be offering in the near future. The session was positive and will be followed up three or four times a year.
GoodZero connects companies to high-impact carbon credit projects
03/11/2023 - New member GoodZero connects companies to high-impact carbon credit projects that aid in the fight against climate change. They believe offsetting of unavoidable emissions should be the final step in the decarbonization journey.
Summary fact-finding sector session on single-use plastic (SUPS)
27/10/2023 - Can we use seaweed-based plastics to replace SUP in Europe? This was the question we discussed at the last sector meeting on 12 October 2023. The question is related to action point 4 of the 10-point action plan 2030.
Save the date: Upcoming Sector Sessions
26/10/2023 - Three more online Sector Sessions are planned in the coming weeks, in which we will share knowledge on current topics from the seaweed sector. On 2 and 23 November, and 7 December. Free for members.
I-AM specialises in versatile, intelligent mobile robotic platforms and subsystems
24/10/2023 - Please welcome our newest North Sea Farmer: I-AM Innovation Center B.V. Based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, I-AM is a start-up that develops and sells versatile, intelligent robotic mobile platforms and subsystems designed to address (environmental) challenges and enhance your innovative ideas. For example, autonomous vessels that process data from offshore seaweed farms.
Welcome to SINTEF, one of Europe's largest independent research organisations based in Norway
03/10/2023 - SINTEF is one of Europe's largest independent research organisations based in Norway. The research groups at SINTEF Ocean and SINTEF Industry have thorough know-how on the whole cultivation, processing, and product cycle of seaweed and carries out research and innovation projects for the seaweed industry.
Welcome to our new Member: BettaF!sh. Known for their seaweed TU-NAH
28/09/2023 - Please welcome our newest North Sea Farmer: BettaF!sh. BettaF!sh is a company based in Germany that produces delicious tuna from seaweed. To save the fish in the ocean and get people used to eating seaweed. They were also winners of this summer's Seaweed Innovation Challenge.
Join the Sector Session 'Can we use seaweed-based plastics to replace SUPs in Europe?'
28/09/2023 - At Thursday 12 October we organise the fact-finding Sector Session on single-use plastics (SUPs): 'Can we use seaweed-based plastics to replace SUPs in Europe?' Members only.