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00:25Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE
00:55Near-shore farms are becoming common, but doing it this far out at sea, that's new.
01:013, 2, 1, seaweeds!
01:15The project is run by North Sea Farmers, a non-profit European Seaweed Association led by Eif Browers.
01:22This is much more challenging technically, because the sea is rougher, it's usually deeper, so you need more material for your farm, makes it more expensive, further away, so near-shore is much easier.
01:35However, there is also limited near-shore space, so where will you grow seaweed, where will you scale up for the coming 10, 20 years?
01:45You need another solution, you need to test it and do it offshore.
01:49This first harvest is a breakthrough for Europe's growing algae sector.
01:54Seaweed captures carbon, supports marine life and can be used in various industries.
01:59Growing it between wind turbines away from shipping traffic makes sense, but until now no one has really done it, with the exception of small research tests.
02:07Now, there's proof this can work.
02:11Mike Salmon is an Irish aquaculture consultant working with Simply Blue, one of the project partners.
02:18We're looking at, from what we can see now, yeah, it works.
02:21It was quite successful.
02:23The seaweed did grow very well and very fast, so going forward, yes, this can work.
02:28And it's not just seaweed.
02:30Mollusks are happily growing on the ropes, too.
02:34Offshore wind parks could host more than one kind of ocean farming.
02:39That's another crop we could do out here is mussels, mussel seeds.
02:44It grows quite well here.
02:47That's baby mussels.
02:49The project is funded in part by Amazon's Right Now Climate Funds to explore its ecological impact.
02:56Research shows seaweed farms can help the environment if done right.
03:00This test could deliver the data to prove it.
03:02You have this really highly nutrient-dense, very cold water that's pretty accessible to many people.
03:10And so we want to understand what's the carbon sequestration potential, what's the biodiversity benefit,
03:16you know, how can this area in between the wind farms really benefit people with the biomaterial.
03:26All these sea areas are now covered with offshore wind turbines, and they are set to grow.
03:32North Sea farmers believe that by 2040, wind parks could offer a million hectares suitable for seaweed farming.
03:39In Kiel, Germany, Eva Strohhotter from R&D Center University of Applied Sciences manages pilot sites of Alt Farms,
03:48a European-funded research project.
03:52We need more data.
03:54The insurance companies, for example, they need a better basis.
03:57How to ensure an offshore seaweed aquaculture?
04:01Do we grow enough seaweed to become really a business case?
04:06How can we do the monitoring?
04:08We need remote monitoring options.
04:10We have to adapt the design.
04:12We have to adapt the mooring.
04:14That's where school pupils come in.
04:17While some Alt Farms experiments happen offshore,
04:21others take place nearshore, where they're easier to reach.
04:24At this jetty in Kiel Bay, just meters from the school,
04:29pupils and scientists have set up test frames with seaweed seeds.
04:34Every week, pupils pull them up to check how the seaweed is growing
04:38and send the results to the researchers.
04:40Also, wir machen die Fotos, damit wir den Entwicklungsprozess von den Algen befolgen können,
04:49also wie sie wachsen, wie sie sich entwickeln, ob das auch überhaupt funktioniert, was wir machen
04:53und vor allen Dingen, um auch die verschiedenen Methoden an den Rahmen überwachen zu können,
04:57was am besten funktioniert.
05:02Das ist ja eine hochaktuelle Forschungsrichtung, die gerade sehr viel Fortschritt macht
05:07und deswegen finde ich das sehr interessant, dass wir das im Schulalltag auch schon mitbegleiten können,
05:13an was gerade hier in der Förde und in der Gegend geforscht wird,
05:16was uns in der Zukunft groß beeinflussen kann,
05:18wenn man Algen für sehr viele verschiedene Sachen verwenden kann.
05:21Pupils are helping to test underwater cameras and electronic sensors
05:24that monitor water quality, essential tools for running seaweed farms.
05:30To make offshore sea farming practical and profitable,
05:33growers will need to manage their operations remotely,
05:36so it's important to know which digital tools work best.
05:40Back in the classroom, the mini seaweed farm has become part of the biology course.
05:45Pupils use real research methods, learning science hands-on.
05:50For them, and for their teacher, Frank Sommer,
05:52growing and studying seaweed while contributing to an actual European research project
05:57is much more meaningful than a textbook.
05:59It has many advantages.
06:03You can easily culture them and you can easily measure them,
06:07so it's practically, there's also a good point in working with seaweed.
06:13Altfarms is also building software to analyse the samples automatically,
06:18and eventually a smartphone app to help seaweed farmers in their day-to-day work.
06:24Everything we do here with the school and the pupils,
06:30the results, the data, are really needed for our offshore applications,
06:35and they get a lot of experience, a lot of connections, involvement in this kind of business.
06:40While Europe's seaweed sector is growing, most people still know little about it.
06:46A recent Eurobarometer survey found many still see seaweed as exotic
06:51and mostly linked to Asian cuisine.
06:54That's why researchers are now working to raise awareness.
06:58At Sea Level, a free exhibition space in Kiel,
07:02visitors can discover how seaweed and shellfish can be farmed in wind parks
07:06and turned into eco-friendly products such as leather alternatives or food supplements.
07:12Some of these products already exist, but they often use wild seaweed.
07:17Offshore farms could offer a more sustainable and reliable source.
07:22You can replace plastic packaging.
07:24You can have plant-based proteins.
07:27You can replace fertilizer.
07:29You can replace pesticides.
07:31That's all the products that are already being made from seaweed today,
07:34but not yet from cultivated seaweed in Europe.
07:38And that's what we want to change.
07:40Offshore farms could feed our economy and power our future.
07:44From clean energy to high-nutrient food and sustainable materials,
07:50Europe's seas hold huge potential if we take care to keep them healthy.
