Inventory of North-West European algae initiatives

In 2012 an inventory of North-West European (NWE) algae initiatives was carried out to get an impression of the market and research activities on algae production and refinery, especially for bioenergy purposes. A questionnaire was developed that would provide the EnAlgae project with information on the value chains in which algae production was positioned within these initiatives. The questionnaire was used by EnAlgae project partners to collect information in Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Luxemburg and the Netherlands. Information about algae initiatives originated from networks and from internet searches. Additional information was collected by bilateral contact with contact persons of several initiatives. The analysis of the results is reported here.