Contact
Birgir Örn Smárason
Research Group Leader
birgir@matis.is
The Energy-2-Feed project was formally launched at Matís on Vínlandsleið last week. The aim of the project is to develop sustainable protein and fat sources from algae that contain large amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. The algae cultivation uses clean energy sources and natural carbon dioxide.
The Energy-2-Feed project was formally launched at Matís on Vínlandsleið last week. The aim of the project is to develop sustainable protein and fat sources from algae that contain large amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. The algae cultivation uses clean energy sources and natural carbon dioxide.
E2F will offer fully sustainable algae cultivation, but the processing takes place in a controlled environment on Heillisheiði and thus offers continuous production all year round. The production will benefit the European aquaculture industry, which has primarily had to rely on imported and unsustainable protein sources, such as soybeans from South America.
The participants in the project are Matís, Siemens, Waitrose and Algaennovation. Matís leads the project, which is funded by EIT Food.
