Dossier
Seaweed
The demand for high quality protein will increase significantly with the increase of the world population: 9 billion people in 2050. Seaweed cultivation could deliver an important contribution to sustainable food production, with only 2 percent of the total ocean surface. In this dossier you can find news, backgrounds en results of our research on seaweed.
At this moment, research is being done on the cultivation of seaweed in the North Sea, whether or not combined with large-scale offshore wind parks. Increasingly, there is interest from both the offshore wind sector (cost reduction) and the shellfish industry (offshore aquaculture). Pilot studies are being done inshore and near the coast at Texel (Zeeboederij) and in the Oosterschelde (Zeewierderij).
News about seaweed cultivation
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Car drives 80 kilometres on fuel from seaweed
- A breakthrough in Denmark, where a passenger car was the first in the world to drive 80 kilometres on a blend containing biofuel from seaweed.... -
Unique innovation challenge for universities of technology
- The finale of a unique innovation competition between the four Dutch universities of technology will take place in The Hague on 7 November. Last... -
Crickets and seaweed as meat substitutes? Mansholt lecture 2019 focussed on protein transition
- Will animal protein sources be replaced by chickpeas, crickets and algae? Wageningen University & Research organised the fourth edition of the... -
Insects, seaweed wraps and vegan ice cream on the shelves at Lidl
- Insects, granola with mealworm powder, seaweed wraps, socks made from recycled fishing nets and ‘rescue food’. Supermarket chain Lidl... -
A future-proof diet with future foods
- Insects, seaweed, microalgae and cultured meat are seen as tomorrow’s food. Research published in Nature Sustainability by Wageningen University...
News 2016-2018
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Winners Wageningen Borlaug Youth Institute go to Des Moines, USA
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Innovative consumers more willing to buy foodstuffs containing seaweed
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Seaweed as sustainable food for people and animals
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New partnership between Wageningen University & Research, TNO and Lloyd’sRegister Foundation to study safety at sea
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How environmentally friendly is plastic made from seaweed?
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- Report: Development of Offshore Seaweed Cultivation: food safety, cultivation, ecology and economy - Mar 2019
Report: A Triple P review of the feasibility of sustainable offshore seaweed production in the North Sea - Sep 2013
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