Seaweed production systems with high-value applications
Research leaders
Prof. Henrik Pavia , Göteborg University
Prof. Ingrid Undeland, Chalmers University
Prof. Eva Albers, Chalmers University
Project information
The main objective of this transdisciplinary project is to develop novel strains and species-specific techniques for cultivation, processing and utilization of high-value red (Porphyra) and green (Ulva) seaweeds in Sweden, in an economically and environmentally sustainable way. Seaweed farming is the fastest growing sector of global aquaculture, but is so far largely undeveloped in Sweden in spite of a large natural potential. Seaweed cultivation along the Swedish coast and a technically and environmentally sound fractionation of the harvested biomass allow for the domestic production of potent biomolecules paving the way for the implementation of new industrial processes, based on a renewable natural resource. The obtained biomass is fractionated in an integrated biorefinery and used a renewable resource.