THE BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANY ICELL COLLABORATES WITH QUALITY SALMON SOTENAS
The letter of intent was signed by iCell Sustainable Nutrition, Hong Kong and Quality Salmon Sotenas on 13 September 2020. According to the agreement, iCell will build and be responsible for cleaning and nutrient recovery of water by extracting proteins from recycling aquaculture, salmon farming and production facilities.
- We are honored to have been selected by Quality Salmon, says Mark Rottmann who is CEO of iCell.
- iCell has the most complete recycling method available today for land-based recycling aquaculture systems.
- We have many years of experience in producing unicellular proteins from all types of food process water. Quality Salmon thus has access to proven technology and a similarly proven business partner.
- The project also opens the door for iCell to establish itself and grow in Scandinavia. Quality Salmon will also be iCell's entry into the European market.
iCell's technology is mature and commercially established in Asia. The company works with food industries around the world that need help managing their process water.
When fully developed, Quality Salmon's industrial park will cover 140 hectares and produce up to 100,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon per year. The industrial park will include all functions and the production will be almost entirely a circular economy that includes feed factory, salmon farming, slaughter, processing, handling of residual products and water purification.
The seafood industry is facing extensive changes due to growing activity in land-based farming and it will be important to develop and put new solutions into operation.
The new land-based plantations are water-intensive. Therefore, Quality Salmon's close collaboration with iCell will be crucial to ensure 100% nutrient recovery and water recycling of the recycling aquaculture system (RAS). iCell's method handles all water that comes from aquaculture, cultivation and production. What would have become sewage sludge is instead converted into unicellular protein.
- This will be crucial to achieve the goal of establishing a blue-green circular industrial park for salmon farming with zero emissions. In addition, the industrial park makes a positive carbon footprint because we use 100 percent green energy, states Roy W Hoias, CEO of Lighthouse Finance and Quality Salmon Sotenas.
- The commitment from both parties further strengthens the foundation for moving forward with more industrial partners and suppliers.
About iCell
iCell is a biotechnology company that uses patented processes to convert residual nutrients in wastewater from food processes to unicellular protein. The technology is one of the cornerstones of a global transition to sustainable protein production and can be used on food waste from the grain and meat industry, breweries, shellfish processing and aquaculture. iCell sells its process to the market through licensing agreements or through full-scale, design-built facilities. www.iCellSustainable.com/en
About Lighthouse Finance A / S and Quality Salmon Sotenas AB
Lighthouse Finance was founded in 2013 and is a global Norwegian-owned company with headquarters in Oslo. The company is well-established in the seafood industry and specializes in capital raising, capital financing and management that covers the entire value chain for seafood. Lighthouse Finance has financed a number of fish farm establishments, integrated aquaculture systems and large-scale fishing and logistics vessels in Europe, North America and Asia. The company has offices in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, the USA and Singapore.
Quality Salmon is a concept that Lighthouse Finance is investing in to develop Aqua Sustainable Industry Parks globally. www.lighthousefinance.no
About Sotenas Municipality
Sotenas has a long tradition of fishing and fishing industry. The municipality has the largest marine food production in the Nordic region. Over the coming decades, the seafood industry will grow significantly. The earth's population is growing and there is a growing demand for seafood produced in a sustainable way.
Since 2015, Sotenas has had a long-term strategy of being the leading municipality in Sweden in circular economy and symbiosis work and has created Sotenas Symbioscentrum, which was recently praised as "Municipal Innovation of the Year". Through Sotenas Symbioscentrum, the municipality wants to create new jobs and new sustainable industries. www.sotenas.se
Link to：https://qualitysalmon.se/
