Anemoi Interreg

The 35th SETAC conference will have a special session on “Chemical Emissions and Associated Environmental Impacts from Offshore Energy Production”. The Anemoi project will be present. We are already looking forward to participating in fruitful discussions. Hope to see you in Vienna! https://lnkd.in/eA3BJgkF

Anemoi is represented at the #micro2024 (23.-27.9.2024 on #lanzarote ) with a poster on the method development for the analysis of coating and paint particles from offshore wind farms in sediment samples by Dr. Elena Hengstmann, Coline De Schrijver and Dr. Marten Fischer (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency) & Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences). It‘s great to have exciting scientific discussions on our results and the project with the large #microplastics community attending the conference.

In April, we have successfully completed another Anemoi sampling cruise with the German research vessel VWFS Atair in the German Bight. Scientists from Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency) and Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon took water and sediment samples from in and around offshore wind farms for the subsequent analysis of metals, microplastics and organic pollutants.   To learn more about the project and how water and sediment samples are taken, check out our project website: https://lnkd.in/e8fppp8x The Anemoi project is funded by Interreg North Sea.

We had our second successful Anemoi campaign in the Belgian part of the North Sea with ILVO (Instituut voor Landbouw, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek), RBINS (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences), and IFREMER (l'institut français de recherche entièrement dédié à la connaissance de l'océan) aboard rv Belgica. This campaign we also measured the concentration of phenols, amines and organophosphate esters in the water column (5m depth). Interested in how we took the samples on board the RV Belgica? Check out our videos on our project website: https://lnkd.in/e8fppp8x This project is funded by Interreg North Sea and co-funded by VLAIO (ILVO) and Provincie West-Vlaanderen (ILVO and RBINS).

Did you know Anemoi (ILVO (Instituut voor Landbouw, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek), University of Antwerp, POM West-Vlaanderen, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Ifremer, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency), DTU - Technical University of Denmark, Technische Universität Braunschweig, SINTEF Ocean) was not only represented once but quadrice at the SETAC EU conference (6-9 May)? -Monitoring chemical emissions from offshore wind farms: assessing impacts, gaps and opportunities: In this poster presentation, Bavo (ILVO (Instituut voor Landbouw, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek) outlined the goals of the Anemoi project. We presented to methodology behind our targeted and untarget screening that is currently being optimised within the project. - Scope for Growth in the Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis: Effect of Paint Leachates from Offshore Wind Farm: In this poster presentation, Moses (University of Antwerp) presented the effect of paint leachates on blue mussels. Small coupons using the same paint configuration as used in a large number of OWFs were created and used in a lab experiment to measure the effect of potential leachates on the heart rate and growth of the blue mussel. - Detection of Particulate and Metal(loid) Emissions from Offshore Wind Farms: During the first Anemoi sampling campaign, we collected sediment and water at and nearby offshore wind farms as well as at reference locations. The results for the distribution of metals and plastic particles were presented by Alexia (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon) in this poster.   - Chemicals in OWF coatings and their leaching into the marine environment: In this keynote, Lisbet (SINTEF Ocean) reported the methodology and results of how potential leachates from OWF coatings were identified. In short, coupons using a similar paint configuration as used on the majority of the OWFs in the North Sea were created. The coupons were extracted using (1) seawater and (2) solvents and the leachates were then analysed and identified.

We are pleased to announce that the second stakeholder meeting will take place online on the 20th of June at 2 PM (CET). We will present the project results over four presentations, and we foresee time for questions and discussions after each presentation. Click on the even here below to subscribe. A Teams invite will be sent out the each participant in due time.

After yesterday's poster session EERA - The European Energy Research Alliance where I presented our work on chemical leaching from #offshorewindfarm (OWF) coatings, today it was time to present our recent study looking at marine sediments for evidence of #microplastic (300 µm - 5000 µm) emissions resulting from leading edge erosion from #rotor blades. #Sediment samples were collected from the Hywind OWF park after 5 years of operation. We fingerprinted leading referece samples produced from edge protection material and different coating layers using FTIR and pyrolysisGC-MS, and used this to see if microplastic particles of the same materials were present in the sediments. We found other types of microplastic, but no particles derived from the coatings - a nice baseline for further monitoring! Thanks to Dorothy Dankel and Roel May for being great chairs in the #environmentalimpacts session today! SINTEF Ocean Equinor Lisbet Sørensen Stephan Kubowicz Kari Mette Murvoll Helene Vrålstad

Currently attending the EERA - The European Energy Research Alliance #DEEPWIND Conference where I have a poster on the #leaching of chemcials from offshore wind turbine coatings, conducted as part if the Anemoi Interreg project. It is great to see technology development and environmental research combining! SINTEF Ocean Lisbet Sørensen Bavo De Witte David Vanavermaete Marianne Aune Molid Bjorn Henrik Hansen