'Seaweed Synergy’ Enabling Emission Free Seafood

We need to create value by recycling our emissions. Not only due to resource scarcity, but also to create local circular regenerative bioeconomies that restore the planetary boundaries and health. SeaFree will transform emissions into revenue streams by developing a novel eco-industrial symbiosis, integrating an innovative seaweed production system – the Seaweed Synergy Plug’N’Play solution - into existing land-based Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) producing both fresh and storage stable green seaweed and emission free fish and shrimps.

The SeaFree project moves the seafood sector into the era of the regenerative circular economy enabling zero emission land-based seafood production. The innovative design of the Seaweed Synergy Plug’N’Play solution allows for Heat, CO2 and nutrient Emission Capture and Utilisation (HECU) into seaweed production, expanding RAS into Integrated Multitrophic Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (IMRAS).

Innovative food products and every day meal recipes with green seaweed will be developed with focus on taste and nutritional quality. The recipes and products will be distributed and disseminated via existing consumer channels, and new markets will be opened for seaweed food supplements and clinical nutrition. Consumer surveys will evaluate transition of societal readiness. Integral system analysis will document the SeaFree sustainability and techno-economy, and develop consumer readiness and market projections scenarios.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Esben Christiansen

esben@purealgae.dk

60535642

Pure Algae PA founder


Claus Holm

ch@dryingmate.com

51710864

DryingMate CO


Tonny Nielsen

tonny@fooddiagnostics.dk

76776633

Food Diagnostics A / S founder


Jørgen Thorball

jorgen@thorball.com

41786482777

Rigi.Care/ XOventure founder


Ghislaine Robert-Nicoud

ghislaine@sigridthx.com

46732054935

Sigrid Therapeutics (ST) Head of product development 


Asmus Gamdrup Jensen

asmus@kostkbh.com

61669618

KOST cofounder


Steen Henriksen

steen@sofoddencaviar.com

20476603

SOF-Odden Caviar ApS co-owner


Lone Mouritsen

lm@kattegatcentret.dk

20276553

AlgeCenter cofounder


Rupert Baur

baur@hansegarnelen.com

491795904394

HanseGarnelen director

 

Researchers

Name Title Phone E-mail

Marianne Thomsen

Professor

22292627

mth@food.ku.dk

Cecile Heide Nielsen

Research Assistant 

35327665

cecilie.heide@food.ku.dk

Karsten Olsen

Associate Professor

35333201

ko@food.ku.dk

Annette Bruhn

Senior Scientist

29638034

anbr@ecos.au.dk

Theis Boderskov 

Reseacher 

60919639

tebo@ecos.au.dk

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Funded by: 

SeaFree has received a four year funding from Danmarks Innovationsfonden

Total budget incl. overhead: 19.573.822 kr. 73% investment rate from Danmarks Innovationsfonden

Project: Seaweed Synergy’ Enabling Emission Free Seafood
Period:  01.01.2023 to 21.12.2026

Contact the research group leader: 

Professor
UCPH FOOD section: Design and Consumer
                    Behavior

Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH FOOD)
Rolighedsvej 26, room number 74-5-T577
1958 Frederiksberg C
Denmark
Phone +45 35 32 38 76