KELP FARMS at the International Conference «Caspian Ecosystem: Key Problems and Solutions»
KELP FARMS experts presented an innovative solution to environmental problems at the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Caspian Ecosystem: Key Problems and Solutions».
The report «Marine Sanitary Farms as a Solution to Hydrocarbon and Oil Pollution» presented impressive research results:
- One hectare of fucus algae can process a ton of spilled oil.
- Experimentally proven: within 30 days, marine algae absorb up to 82% of oil fractions even when permissible concentration limits are exceeded by 60 times.
- Economic efficiency: project payback period is 3-5 years with an internal rate of return up to 28%.
KELP FARMS proposes using decommissioned drilling platforms to create marine sanitary farms — this is a truly revolutionary approach to restoring the Caspian Sea ecosystem.
The second report «The Role of Marine Aquaculture in Developing New Economic Directions for Caspian Region Countries and Biodiversity Conservation» discussed organizing aquaculture farms to obtain useful raw materials from algae:
- Worldwide, algae are used to produce construction materials, textiles, biofuel, fertilizers, animal feed, algae cardboard and algae plastic, and much more.
- All of this can become new business development directions.
- Algae aquaculture will not only preserve the species diversity of the Caspian Sea and increase its bioproductivity, but can also become a significant component of the economy for regional countries.
The KELP FARMS team proposed collaboration and expressed readiness to provide consulting, design, and organization of several marine farms in the Caspian.