The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Marine BioEnergy

Giant Kelp is one of the fastest growing producers of biomass. Giant kelp does not grow naturally in the open ocean because kelp needs key nutrients that are available in deep ocean water or near shore but not at the surface in the open ocean. Kelp also needs an attachment at about 10-20 meters of depth.  This concept proposes an economical system to access to nutrients with longlines for attachment, making it possible to farm kelp in the extensive regions of the open ocean. Cindy Wilcox presented these slides at ABLC 2023 on the company’s vision, prospects and progress.