Researchers are exploring multiple uses for wind parks far out at sea, such as producing fresh seafood. A four-year project that started in 2023 at Scandinavia's largest wind farm off Denmark's east coast is showing signs of early success with its first harvest of seaweed 18 months later.
Researchers are exploring multiple uses for wind farms far out at sea, such as producing fresh seafood. A four-year project that started in 2023 at Scandinavia’s largest wind farm off Denmark ’s east coast is showing signs of early success with its first harvest of seaweed 18 months later. Workers aboard a small boat check lines of seaweed and mussels crops at Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm, about 15 kilometers off the Danish coast, Baltic Sea, Denmark , Tuesday June 18, 2024.
With a capacity of over 600 megawatts, Kriegers Flak can power up to 600,000 households. Its 72 turbines deliver clean energy to nearby Denmark and Germany to the south.The water between its spinning blades has been transformed into an experimental underwater seafood farm. Recent Aarhus University modeling suggests tons of fresh seafood could be produced annually by utilizing just a tenth of Denmark’s wind park area. Researchers say the benefits could go well beyond food production — mussel and seaweed crops could help improve water quality and capture carbon.
Driven to meet climate targets and reduce energy dependence on Russia, nine European countries, including Denmark, last year announced plansVattenfall bioscience expert Tim Wilms said there’s “huge potential.”“In some areas, it makes a lot of sense to combine with sustainable food” while in other areas “we might look into offshore solar.”
Wilms said underwater surveys of older wind farms revealed structures “completely transformed”, overgrown with different species.
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