The nutrient bioextraction potential of offshore macroalgae cultivation: A study on the establishment of ecosystem services through large-scale offshore macroalgae cultivation in the North Sea

Due to the increasing impact of terrestrial agriculture on climate change, the attention of a myriad of industries is shifting towards the use of alternative, low-emission resources. Seaweed cultivation has presented itself as a contribution to the mitigation of the increased pressure on current resources. However, coastal and offshore marine...

Wierdok: Seaweedfarm, Seaweedloambrick factory and exploration site

Seaweed is a promising potential building material, but so far in 2022, very little market ready seaweed-based building products are available. Because of the success of the sargassum adobe block in Mexico by Omar Vazquez, the potential of a seaweed loam bricks in the Netherlands is researched in this paper, called the seaweed brick. The...

[Seaweed] Farm to Table: Designing with shells, seagrass and seaweed for the Dutch Building Industry

Wave damping by large-scale offshore kelp farms - A numerical modelling framework using a porous medium approach

Large-scale cultivation of seaweed presents opportunities for multiple global challenges currently at play. Cultivated seaweed can provide a sustainable source of protein for humans and cattle without competing for land, freshwater supply or the use of fertilisers. Kelp forests are known to be a solid basis for an elaborate biome that supports...

The coastal environment as a laboratory: Architecture and embodied experiences

The long-stretched shadow of my body touches the footprints in the sand in front of me. It is a cold winter afternoon and the sun is already setting. I hear the rhythm of water pulling back and passing under another wave of water. The beach is full of people many of whom presumably visit this place for the same reason as I: “uitwaaien”. While...

Cascading Biorefinery Approaches for the Sustainable Fractionation of Macroalgae

The growing population is accompanied by an increase in the global energy and resource demand. Biorefining can be considered a means to help meet these growing demands through a range of bio-based materials. A biorefinery approach for developing an upstream process for the production of valuable products from macroalgae would be essential to...

Concept study for offshore seaweed farming: Design and feasibility study for large scale mechanized seaweed cultivation systems

Seaweed has been part of human consumption ever since humanity met with the oceans. As technology developed more applications for these macroscopic algae were discovered. Global population increased, technology advanced and people started to understand the lifecycle of seaweed allowing them to cultivate seaweed. Seaweed is currently cultivated...

Study on the impacts of floating seaweed on wind waves

As human beings are becoming more and more aware of importance of the environment, resorts to clean energy have provoked great interest for the past decades. As a sort of clean power, wind has been widely considered as an ideal energy source to generate electricity. That is why the offshore wind farm plans have been drawn up, specifically in...

A sustainable seaweed farm for sustainable food production in the Netherlands

Invloed van de dichtheid van kunstmatig wier op de kritieke stroomsnelheid voor begin van transport

Het gedrag van kunstmatig wier tijdens het afzinken op stroom en de stabiliteit van een reeds afgezonken kunstmatig wierveld