NEPTUN SIGNED
Novel closed-cage system for high-value marine aquaculture
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Project "NEPTUN" data sheet
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| Coordinator |
AQUAFARM EQUIPMENT AS
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| Coordinator Country | Norway [NO] |
| Project website | http://aquafarm.no/ |
| Total cost | 2˙686˙875 € |
| EC max contribution | 1˙880˙812 € (70%) |
| Programme |
1. H2020-EU.3.2.5. (Cross-cutting marine and maritime research) 2. H2020-EU.3.2.3. (Unlocking the potential of aquatic living resources) 3. H2020-EU.2.3.1. (Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument) |
| Code Call | H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017 |
| Funding Scheme | SME-2 |
| Starting year | 2017 |
| Duration (year-month-day) | from 2017-08-01 to 2020-12-31 |
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| 1 | AQUAFARM EQUIPMENT AS | NO (FORDE I HORDALAND) | coordinator | 1˙880˙812.00 |
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Project objective
'The vision of the NEPTUN project is to address and implement the findings of our SME Phase 1 Feasibility Study (GA#728996) to upscale, pilot, and commercialise our patented Closed-Cage Aquaculture System [CCAS] for wholly sustainable and cost-effective inshore aquaculture. NEPTUN will be the first CCAS capable of withstanding the whole grow-out cycle of fish, securing solid waste removal up to 90% (highest in the market), reducing mortality rate down to 0.4% (e.g. average rate in salmon farming in Norway: 10%) and feed costs in 10%, allowing adult fish densities of 50 kg/m3 (current limits for salmon farming in Norway: 25 kg/m3) without further depleting marine ecosystems. NEPTUN has the potential to increase e.g. global salmon production levels from current 2.2m t to 4.7m t (or 500,000t extra of fish protein), while minimizing the environmental impact of aquaculture activities (i.e. eliminate 363 t C, 45.5 t of N, and 8.5 t of P discharges from salmon farming in Norway alone). We have defined a subset of specific objectives covering final prototyping, validation, and commercialisation readiness activities. Achieving them will bring us to a wide market uptake.
1) Final prototyping objectives (WP1) to integrate and optimise the functionalities of NEPTUN’s subsystems, and deploy our prototype at our piloting facilities, raising NEPTUN TRL from TRL7 to TRL8. 2) Validation objectives (WP2) to demonstrate NEPTUN's technical and economic performance through a large-scale piloting in real-life operating settings, elevating our CCAS from TRL8 to TRL9. 3) Commercialisation readiness objectives (WP3-5) enabling us to successfully bring NEPTUN to the market and reach sales traction beyond Phase 2.
Through the NEPTUN SME Phase 2 project we will significantly boost the growth in our company. We estimate that by year 5 after project closure, we will reach annual revenues of €411m, generate at least 76 new full-time positions, and accumulate profits of €127m, with 12.11 ROI.'
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