Esben Rimi Christiansen
Founder & CEO
Pure Algae
Scaling up seaweed aquaculture as an emission capture and utilization technology
Day 1 [Tue 28, February], at 02:30 PM
Pure Algae Denmark was founded in 2018 by Esben Rimi Christiansen. The idea behind founding of the company stemmed from a mission to help the oceans’ natural resources. Pure Algae’s vision is to become Denmark’s first supplier of a technology, that enables a stable and sustainable production of seaweed on land. With our closed, controlled systems, you can grow high quality and allergen free seaweed, benefiting our environment and health. Pure Algae: IMRAS technology for a stable and sustainable seaweed production Imagine a world, where it is possible to have a stable production of high-quality seaweed in the Northern hemisphere all year round without having to depend on weather. Now it is possible, with the capture-based production technology developed by Pure Algae. Based on several years of research, the passion of a Danish engineer, and a close collaboration with Aarhus University, the biotech company Pure Algae has laid the foundation for a sustainable and profitable land-based cultivation of seaweed. Pure Algae’s cultivation systems are built within recycled 40-foot containers. The controlled environment ensures a high-efficient, stable production of high-quality seaweed so clean and free from allergens and heavy metals, that it can be utilized by the pharmaceutical industry among other. A quality, that is in high demand and can be sold at very attractive kg prices. The capture-based technology is developed with great concern for the environment, as it turns emissions into revenue streams by transforming nitrogen compounds and CO2 from process water of land-based fish farms into a valuable biomass in the form of seaweed. The land-based technology thereby not only produces seaweed in an efficient and sustainable manner, but in large scale also supports the land-based fish farm to meet the regulations on discharged processed water.
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