First commercial-scale offshore wind seaweed farm harvested off Dutch coast

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Credit: North Sea Farmers

Harvest at Amazon-funded seaweed farm provides valuable insights into seaweed cultivation and carbon removal potential

Dutch seaweed farmers have completed the inaugural harvest from the world's first commercial scale seaweed farm to be located at an offshore wind site off the coast of the Netherlands. The North Sea...

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