Amazon announced that it is funding a project researching the potential of seaweed to capture and sequester carbon. The project, North Sea Farm 1, will be the first-ever commercial-scale seaweed farm located between offshore wind turbines, will be based in a wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands, and led by NGO North Sea Farmers. According to Amazon and North Sea Farmers, the European seaweed farming sector has the potential to reduce CO2 by millions of tonnes a year by 2040, if expanded to occupy the entire space occupied by wind farms. Benefits to utilizing seaweed for carbon capture include the potential to enhance biodiversity, and the ability to produce seaweed without using any land or freshwater. The sector could also generate significant employment opportunities.

Source: ESGToday