Windfarmed

We’re doing more than just producing fossil free electricity out there! We’re growing seaweed, too.

It can help regenerate the sea and makes a delicious snack! We call it Wind Farming.

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Seaweed grows on lines suspended between buoys.

This seaweed is a nutrient-packed food source.

Large stones protect the foundations and form artificial reefs.

Small fish seek shelter and attract larger species.

Creating a habitat for sea life to grow.

Samuel L. Jackson sitting on a rock with the Wind Farmed Seaweed Snacks in one hand and a pair of binoculars in the other. In the background are the wild sea and several wind turbines.

The taste of wind power

We’ve made snacks from seaweed grown between the wind turbines at a Vattenfall offshore wind farm. As it grows, the seaweed can help regenerate the surrounding marine environment. After the harvest, it can be used as food or in other products.

The snacks are not for sale. We created them as food for thoughts.

Wind Farmed Seaweed Snacks

We’re not entering the food industry, we’re exploring ways to do more with our energy infrastructure. Like growing seaweed at offshore wind farms. Not only can seaweed help regenerate the sea, it's also full of vitamins and nutrients. The perfect snack! The snacks are not for sale.

In cooperation with nature. And Samuel L. Jackson

At Vattenfall we collaborate with others to accelerate our work towards a future without fossil fuels. And now we’ve teamed up with iconic actor and social justice advocate Samuel L. Jackson, who isn’t afraid to tell it like it is.

A white fisher boat with lines of seaweed, two working fishermen and some yellow buoys.

Producing fossil free electricity and food in the same area

Wind energy plays an important role in replacing fossil fuels with fossil free energy sources. In the WIN@sea project the goal is to do more within the same marine area by creating a "multi-use platform" where both electricity and food are produced.

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Growing seaweed to benefit the health of our local seas

Agricultural nutrient runoff, habitat destruction, climate change and overfishing are creating stressed and impoverished marine environments worldwide. Cultivating seaweed in affected environments can produce several relatively immediate benefits locally. Seaweed takes up CO2 and excess nutrients which can improve the quality of the water and help to regenerate the marine environment.