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Amazon grants 1.5 million euros to Dutch seaweed farm project
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Amazon.com has granted 1.5 million euros ($1.6 million) to a Dutch project testing the viability of commercially growing seaweed in between turbines of offshore wind farms, the company and organisers said on Thursday.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Amazon.com has granted 1.5 million euros ($1.6 million) to a Dutch project testing the viability of commercially growing seaweed in between turbines of offshore wind farms, the company and organisers said on Thursday.
The project, led by non-profit group North Sea Farmers, will also research the potential of using seaweed for carbon capture.
Hundreds of thousands of hectares (acres) of the Dutch North Sea have been earmarked for wind parks as the government seeks to build 21 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030 and will be closed for shipping. The spaces between the turbines will be mostly unused.
Other projects are looking at the feasibility of operating floating solar panels between the turbines.
The Amazon grant will used to build a 10 hectare seaweed farm, called North Sea Farm 1, which organisers said would be finished by the end of 2023 and would produce about 6,000 kgs of fresh seaweed annually.
($1 = 0.9339 euros)
(Reporting by Toby Sterling; Editing by Edmund Blair)
Seaweed farming involves cultivating various species of seaweed in marine environments for commercial purposes, including food production, biofuels, and carbon capture.
Carbon capture is a technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions produced from the use of fossil fuels in electricity generation and stores it underground to prevent it from entering the atmosphere.
Offshore wind farms are facilities that generate electricity by using wind turbines located in bodies of water, typically far from shore, to harness wind energy.
Renewable energy is energy derived from natural processes that are replenished constantly, such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal energy.
Sustainability refers to meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, often focusing on environmental conservation.
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