Blue Lagoon Biotechnology Center - Microalgae Production and Actives

Blue Lagoon holds a year long experience in the production of microalgae and extracts from them for use in cosmetics. The company is active in microalgae research - screening of new types algae in the geothermal area and producers of valuable ingredients for use in cosmetics, nutritionals, fish feeding, lipid production and production of biofuel. Blue Lagoon has the exclusive right to research microorganisms on the Reykjanes peninsula.

The production takes place in the Blue Lagoon's biotechnology center  located in the heart of Svartsengi Resource Park. The production  is environmentally friendly and controlled - using tubular bioreactor system and renewable green energy directly from the natural geothermal sources. Two types of  Blue Lagoon algae, filamentous and coccoid, are produced in the biothecnology center for use in the Blue Lagoon skin care range. Scientific studies of the geothermal seawater have shown that the microbial community is unique, since 60% of the organisms are novel on a species level. The Blue Lagoon algae is among these.

A new project which is cooperation between HS Orka hf and Blue Lagoon hf. on the utilization of “raw” geothermal gas/carbon dioxide from the HS Orka´s geothermal energy plant in Svartsengi to grow micro algae has been formed. The Blue Lagoon will also experiment different algae types for lipid production and utilization in cosmetics, nutritionals, fish feeding and in the future biofuel. The project is supported by the National Energy Fund.

Microalgae production for use in Blue Lagoon skin care takes place at the Blue Lagoon harvesting center located in the heart of the Svartsengi Resource Park.