Vattenfall’s offshore wind turbines to test production of sustainable food

A collaboration between Danish universities, companies, and Vattenfall called 'Win@Sea' is looking into how fossil-free offshore wind power, sustainable food production, and improved marine environment and biodiversity can be achieved in the same area. The project aims to explore synergies between fossil-free energy production and consideration for nature. Vattenfall has made Scandinavia's largest offshore wind farm, Danish Kriegers Flak, available for the project, and blue mussels, sugar kelp, sea lettuce, and dulse will be produced on lines at the offshore wind farm.

The project is headed by Aarhus University and runs from 2023 to 2026. In addition to Vattenfall, the Technical University of Denmark, the University of Copenhagen, the Kattegatcenter, and Kerteminde Seafarm are also participating. The project is partially funded by the Horizon Europe project: OLAMUR (Offshore Low-trophic Aquaculture in Multi-Use scenario Realisation). Vattenfall will also lead one of the project's eight work streams, focusing on safety and operational logistics, as well as coordinating knowledge and data exchange between researchers and the team in charge of the daily operation of the wind farm.

Vattenfall is working towards its energy-producing assets contributing positively to biodiversity without affecting the environment negatively. Additionally, the company is a knowledge partner in the Seamark Horizon Europe project, which focuses on seaweed value chain and product development and testing to further the potential of algae-based products in the EU.