Mikael Rønes, CEO at Atlantic Aquafarms (right) and Stig Amdam, Sales Manager at Hyperthermics, have great expectations to the newly signed agreement.
The agreement applies to designing a sludge treatment plant that will create valuable energy from the sludge coming from the world's largest closed pen salmon farm at sea in Maine, USA.
The closed pen Atlantic salmon farm will be completely emission-free. The sludge from a total of 36,000 tonnes of salmon a year will be separated in treatment plants at the pens and transported by barges to land. On land Hyperthermics` unique technology will transform the sludge, together with sludge from the smolt production plant, into a valuable and sustainable energy
In addition to energy, the Hyperthermics plant will produce a nutrient-rich fertilizer as a by-product.
- We have had good discussions with American Aquafarms over time, says Stig Amdam, Sales Manager at Hyperthermics AS. - I am very impressed by their vision for sustainable salmon farming, along with their interest in our technology. We believe that it will be an essential contribution to greener aquaculture. For us, this agreement is important. The aquaculture industry is taking big steps in the green direction in more and more countries, and the project will be a prominent show-case for us in a new continent.
CEO Mikael Rønes in American Aquafarms is pleased with the agreement. -As we target to produce the most sustainable salmon at sea, utilizing the sludge from pens is crucial. Along with emission-free farming at sea, transforming the sludge into renewable energy contributes to more sustainable activities in our smolt production and the processing plant on land.
American Aquafarms is now working on the approvals needed to be able to realize the project.