- At Moskogen, nitrogen and phosphorous-rich wastewater from KSRR’s landfill combines with carbon dioxide from the Kalmar Energi power plant, giving our microalgae a rich diet for growth. When we are ready to harvest the algae, the wastewater has been cleaned. Photo – Maurice Hirwa
Team Algoland, hard at work setting up the algae pools at Moskogen Maurice Hirwa
Location: Mussel Farms, Hagby
Mussels grow in coastal areas and can act as a nutrient sink in the Baltic Sea with no added resources. Mussels filter seawater to obtain their natural food of choice: microalgae. Once the mussels have had their fill of microalgae, they are “harvested,” or collected from the sea, thus cleaning the water of excess nutrients. The biomass of algae-fed mussels can then be turned into useful resources, like animal feed.
- Blue mussels naturally feed on Baltic Sea algae. In a sea where eutrophication is a huge problem, harvesting these mussels can be key to cleaning the water. Photo: Kimberly Berglöf
- Team Algoland works diligently to harvest the mussels that will be ground and used as chicken fodder.
