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accelerated through deep sea biofacturing<\/h1>

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Accelerating decarbonisation – Inspired by nature<\/h3>[vc_column_text]The answer to global scale decarbonisation lies 2000 m under the sea level and in the genetic code of algae, which evolved over millions of years of evolution.<\/p>\n

The oceans contain about 50 times more CO2 than the atmosphere and 19 times more than the land biosphere.<\/p>\n

CO2 moves between the atmosphere and the ocean by molecular diffusion when there is a difference between CO2 gas pressure (pCO2 ) between the atmosphere and oceans. For example, when the atmospheric pCO2 is higher than the surface ocean, CO2 diffuses across the air-sea boundary into the sea water.<\/p>\n

Deep sea algae farming will disrupt the decarbonisation challenge and deliver solutions for tomorrow’s demand for food and functional ingredients for the personal care and chemical industry. Biofacturing of fatty acids and other chemicals in 2000 m dept of oceans will not waste additional land resources on our planet. Futuristic submerged domes will deliver an unusual high pressure system where carbon capturing can be done efficient and environmentally friendly.<\/p>\n

Driven by ocean energy, light sources will deliver the required specific wave length for algae to convert high concentration of CO2 via photosynthesis into useful chemicals, lipids for food, personal and health care industry.<\/p>\n

The tremendous air\/water interface of 510 million km2 will replenish the CO2 converted in the biofacturing facilities located at deep under the ocean surface. Air will over time reduce its CO2 content through these natural equilibriums.<\/p>\n

Lipid filled algae cells will release the oil and functional chemicals on the way up to the surface through the high internal osmotic pressure. An edible oil capturing and pre-processing facility on a floating platform will deliver an environmentally friendly and sustainable feedstock to the global population.[\/vc_column_text]

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1<\/div>Planet Earth<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″]
1<\/div>Task of Decarbonisation<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″]
34<\/div>Giga Tonnes of man-made CO2 are in the Ocean<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″]
362<\/div>Million of km2 of Air\/Water Interface<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”50″ bottom_padding=”50″ bg_position=”left top”][vc_column width=”1\/4″]
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No Wastage of Land<\/h3>

Biofacturing of fatty acids, biomass and other valuable chemicals in 2000 m dept of oceans will not waste additional land resources. Oxygen will be released into the ocean.<\/p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″]

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Green Assets<\/h3>

Investments in green assets with a mission to decarbonise planet Earth.<\/p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″]

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Sustainability<\/h3>

OceanQuest is the right step forward towards meeting the needs of the current generation preparing a decarbonised future for generations to come.<\/p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″]

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Smart Systems<\/h3>

Smart systems for waste raw material collection supported by a cloud based information platform deliver a user-friendly interface. Thinking out of the box will further enhance collection quantities and therefore reduce unwanted environmental impact.<\/p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ bg_position=”left top”][vc_column width=”1\/1″]

the CO2 challenge<\/h2>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ bg_position=”left top”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]As of January 2007, the earth\u2019s atmospheric CO2 concentration is about 0.0383% by volume (383 ppmv) or 0.0582% by weight. This represents about 2.996\u00d71012 tonnes, and is estimated to be 105 ppm (37.77%) above the pre-industrial average.<\/p>\n

It is estimated that the total mass of CO2 in the atmosphere is 3\u00d710 18 tonnes.<\/p>\n

From year 1750 to 1960, additional 250 000 million tonnes CO2, or at the rate of 1190.48 million tonnes per year are added into atmosphere.<\/p>\n

From year 1960 to 2007, another 570 000 million tonnes of CO2 are dumped into atmosphere, at much higher rate: 12127.7 million tonnes per year, which is about 10 times faster than the previous 2 centuries![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

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understanding the CO2 equillibrium<\/h2>[vc_column_text]Most of the CO2 released from the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities (e.g., cement manufacturing) is stored either in the atmosphere or in the oceans. The CO2 that remains in the atmosphere acts as a greenhouse gas, absorbing long-wavelength radiation (heat) in the atmosphere. CO2 taken up by the oceans does not affect the Earth’s heat balance, so an understanding of the air-sea exchange of CO2 is an essential part of understanding the Earth’s climate system and the potential impact of future CO2 emissions.[\/vc_column_text]
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meeting growing global energy, food and chemical needs while decarbonising global industries is achievable<\/h3>[vc_column_text]The OceanQuest scientific and engineering team has the vision that the growing global energy, food and chemicals needs while decarbonising these global industry sectors is achievable.<\/p>\n

At OceanQuest the large-scale production of energy, food and chemical raw materials in a sustainable and decarbonising manner is not a contradiction \u2013 in fact it is the opposite.<\/p>\n

Decarbonisation and sustainability are the foundation of our supply chain.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”50″ bottom_padding=”0″ bg_position=”left top”][vc_column width=”1\/4″]

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Decarbonise & Biofacture Lipids and Biomass<\/h3>

OceanQuest turns a global threat into a global opportunity by biofacturing carbon dioxide into useful products such as vegetable oils and other biomass that can be used in the energy, food and chemicals industry.<\/p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″]

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Smart Use of Lipids and Biomass<\/h3>

Ocean Quest generates everything ranging from vegetable oil, energy, bio-plastics, proteins, nutraceuticals and much more from Algae while removing CO2 from the atmosphere and not using a single square meter of land.<\/p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″]

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Foster Collaborative Research Environment<\/h3>

Educate employees on how to report and handle any incidents or event that could possibly harm the environment.<\/p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″]

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Consider Environmental Factors<\/h3>

Implement an effective emergency response plan to address any incidents involving pollution to the environment.<\/p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”50″ bottom_padding=”50″ bg_position=”left top”][vc_column width=”1\/4″]

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Minimize Use of Resources<\/h3>

Minimize energy and water use within the company’s operating areas by reducing the use of natural resources where possible.<\/p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″]

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Awareness<\/h3>

Raise awareness among researchers towards the environment and encourage them to act in a more responsible manner.<\/p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″]

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Environmental Care<\/h3>

Convey the company’s environmental care commitments to customers, visitors, researchers and contractors and encourage them to support this important commitment and effort.<\/p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″]

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Responsibility<\/h3>

Improve and enhance environmental care responsibilities in the company.<\/p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”20″ bg_position=”left top”][vc_column width=”1\/1″]

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global interdisciplinary research undertaking<\/h2>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ bg_position=”left top”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The OceanQuest Team believes in innovation, entrepreneurship and feasibility.<\/p>\n

Climate change is one of the most serious threats facing humankind. Mitigating climate change will require a suite of actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon capture and storage is a new technology aimed at mitigating climate change by capturing and storing carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n

OceanQuest is a science inspired futuristic project, which will disrupt. The innovation will change the global approach on how CO2 capturing and storage will be done an a global scale. We invite all open and brilliant minds to work hand in hand with our innovation team.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

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algae deployed to capture and convert CO2<\/h2>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ bg_position=”left top”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]CO2 absorption of Algae<\/strong>
\nOn average, around 1 kg of CO2 is removed for every 0.5 kg of Algae. Algae can absorb more carbon dioxide than trees due to their faster growth rate and their larger bioactive surface area.<\/p>\n

Growth rate of Algae<\/strong>
\nAlgae have a comparatively low average doubling rate of 26 hours, with some algae strains even doubling every 2 – 3 hours. Given the right environment, 1 kg of algae can grow into more than 84 kg in just one week or much more.<\/p>\n

Nutrients of Algae<\/strong>
\nAlgae are extremely nutrient dense and depending on the species contain up to 77% of vegetable oil and up to 70% of proteins with a full amino acid spectrum and alongside various vitamins.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

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ocean energy<\/h2>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ bg_position=”left top”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Ocean energy will be delivering energy platform for the delivery of light into the deep ocean to accelerate the photosynthesis process of the algae. At this stage all energy derived from the sea is being considered<\/p>\n