The one-square-kilometer facility in Lombok is billed as a major step towards large-scale mechanized farming of seaweed, and "a shining example of India-Indonesia cooperation in the blue economy".
The Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance (ASSA) launched this month with 10 corporate members aross six states, aiming to advance sustainable seaweed farming, R&D and commercialisation.
UC Berkeley’s Energy & Biosciences Institute (EBI) has received nearly $13 million to establish the International Bioeconomy Macroalgae Center (IBMC), which will officially open in January 2025.