🌊 Minesto delivers ocean energy to the grid with tidal kites

🌊 Minesto delivers ocean energy to the grid with tidal kites

Minesto's tidal kites have been generating electricity to the grid for three months. They generate electricity from ocean currents using a method similar to a kite flying in the wind. Test data shows that the technology is ready for commercial production.

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  • Minesto's tidal kites have been generating electricity to the grid for three months.
  • They generate electricity from ocean currents using a method similar to a kite flying in the wind.
  • Test data shows that the technology is ready for commercial production.

Generating electricity from tidal streams

Minesto's technology generates electricity from tidal streams and ocean currents through a unique and patented principle similar to a kite flying in the wind. The wing uses the hydrodynamic lift created by the underwater current to move the kite. An onboard system autonomously steers the kite in a predetermined figure-eight pattern, pulling the turbine through the water at a flow rate several times higher than the actual current speed.

This technology makes it possible to harness a predictable renewable energy resource that is often inaccessible to other technologies.

Successful test period in the Faroe Islands

Minesto has now successfully operated its tidal kite, Dragon 12, for three months. Since installation, the 1.2 MW plant has been connected to the grid at Vestmanna in the Faroe Islands and has been delivering as expected, writes Actual News. A smaller Dragon 4 of 100 kW is also installed there.

"With the generated test data at hand, we can now conclude that Dragon Class is ready for batch production to bring the first tidal energy arrays to life,” said Dr Martin Edlund, CEO of Minesto.

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