Aggressive research and development

SES has since 2009 been involved in governmental sponsored seaweed projects with combined budgets of EUR 10 million. Funding has been obtained from The Research Council of Norway, Innovation Norway and others. Recently, SES got approved a EUR 2,5 million Eurostars project and 2 projects backed by the Norwegian Research Council of about EUR 3 million. 

SES works with several world-leading companies in key areas of the technology development. This includes Aqualine (a market leader in the construction and installation of flexible aquaculture structures and mooring systems) and Stolt Sea Farm (a world-leading global aquaculture company).

In addition to in-house research and development, research tasks are also sub-contracted under strict terms to reputable R&D organizations such as SINTEF, NTNU, UMB and CIIMAR.