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ULTFARMS

Short description of the action

ULTFARMS aims to move beyond the current Low Trophic Aquaculture (LTA) systems with novel engineering, technical, ecological and biological processes to better production potential in harsh offshore conditions and/or low-salinities while supporting their integration with Offshore Wind Farms (OWFs). The project will engage research and industry in co-developing and co-managing novel designs and operations in six LTA pilots in OWF locations across the North and Baltic seas. The ambition is to advance LTA in offshore hostile environments while safeguarding the environment, minimizing carbon footprints, and addressing commercially viability. Doing so raises interconnected technical, engineering, logistical, ecological and biological challenges. Demonstrating the feasibility of such while working towards replicability and transferability of this knowledge is key to the aims of ULTFARMS.

Name of organisation
DELTARES
Type of organisation
Research and academia
Type of action proposed
Research and innovation
The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity
Prevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas and waters
Make the sustainable blue economy carbon-neutral and circular
Ocean and waters knowledge system
Public mobilisation and engagement
List of Partners

FORSCHUNGS-UND ENTWICKLUNGSZENTRUM FACHHOCHSCHULE KIEL GMBH, UNIVERSITEIT GENT, INSTITUT ROYAL DES SCIENCES NATURELLES DE BELGIQUE, WAGENINGEN MARINE RESEARCH, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, VLAAMS INSTITUUT VOOR DE ZEE, NORDIC SEAFARM AB, KIELER MEERESFSARM GMBH & CO KG, BBE MOLDAENKE GMBH, JAN DE NUL NV, BLA BIOMASSE A/S, ORSTED WIND POWER A/S, SUBMARINER NETWORK FOR BLUE GROWTH EWIV, PARKWIND, HIDROMOD MODELACAO EM ENGENHARIA LDA, GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET, IMPACT9 ENERGY & MARINE LIMITED, BANTRY MARINE RESEARCH STATION LIMITED, SPF OCEAN RAINFOREST, HORTIMARE BV, SAS, FUNDACION CORPORACION TECNOLOGICA DE ANDALUCIA, OOS SMF BV, GL GARRAD HASSAN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH

Start date of the action
End date of the action
Budget allocated for the action
10312249
Basin coverage
Baltic/North Sea
Email
ULTFARMS@Deltares.nl
Country
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Netherlands