CTA participates in the European Ultfarms project to improve the aquaculture value chain in offshore wind farms

Published 2023년 5월 24일

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The Ultfarms European project, led by the Deltares Institute and involving 25 members from 9 countries, including the Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA), has been launched with funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe program. The project aims to enhance the production of algae and molluscs for consumption in offshore wind farms using six pilot plants in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The goal is to promote European self-sufficiency, investigate circular cultivation structures, and use renewable energy to reduce the carbon footprint of aquaculture. CTA will be responsible for developing the business plan, market access, and intellectual property rights of the project's results.

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The Ultfarms European project has started its activities with the aim of improving the low trophic level aquaculture production chain, specifically algae and molluscs suitable for consumption, in offshore wind farms. Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA) is the only Spanish partner of this consortium led by the Deltares Institute of the Netherlands and which has 25 members from 9 countries. Ultfarms (circUlar Low Trophic or Offshore Aquaculture in wind farms and Restoration of Marine Space), an initiative financed with close to 9.6 million euros by the European Union's Horizon Europe program, will be developed over 42 months in six pilot plants located in parks wind farms in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, specifically in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. They will combine technical, ecological, biological and engineering processes to optimize the production of algae, mussels and oysters in adverse weather conditions and low salinity environments. According ...

Source: Agrodiario Huelva