A2F's vision is to lay the foundation for industrial microalgae production in Norway, utilizing natural resources and waste streams from existing production lines within agriculture, aquaculture and process industry.
A2F brings Algae to the Future by integrating Fundamental Algae Research and Applied Industrial Practices. A2F envisages that the knowledge and technology platform provided by the project will create a viable microalgae industry as a part of the new Norwegian bio economy within the next 10 to 15years.
The project budget is NOK 54,7 millions where NOOK 39,9 millions is allocated from the Research Council of Norway.The project is led by NIBIO (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research) and has several collaborators.
A2F is divided into 10 work packages (WPs), where Nord University is responible for WP6: Potential for use of lipid rich algal biomass: Fish as a case study. The objective is to demonstrate the suitability of microalgae as a source of PUFAs, protein, antioxidants and pigments in salmon feeds, enabling the production of high-value seafood.