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 offshore facility will be used, among other purposes, to test how large-scale kelp cultivation can become a cost-effective and sustainable ocean-based carbon removal solution.
Social license is key to growth of the industry, with lessons to be learned from more established aquaculture sectors, according to research by the Scottish Association for Marine Science.
Simply Blue Group and Arctic Seaweed have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore solutions for jointly deploying seaweed farms between offshore wind farms.
