Paul Stephen BorileMar 11, 2024
Tidal energy made simple #minesto
https://minesto.com/news/minesto-evolves-its-faroese-business-case-upgrading-to-a-200-mw-tidal-energy-buildout/
Minesto evolves its Faroese business case, upgrading to a 200 MW tidal energy buildout - Minesto

Minesto, leading ocean energy developer, has upgraded the roadmap to a 200 MW tidal energy buildout in the Faroe Islands. The scaled-up roadmap is a response to the growing demands for renewable energy, where unlocking the tidal opportunity enables transition to a 100% renewable energy system. The recently reached milestone of megawatt-scale electricity generation with Dragon 12 to the grid shifts focus to commercial array buildout.

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Feb 26, 2024
28-ton, 1.2-megawatt #tidal #kite is now exporting power to the grid
#Minesto, a marine energy tech developer based in Sweden, has deployed their new #Dragon12 #tidalenergy harvester to the #FaroeIslands. Operating like an underwater kite, the Dragon 12 "uses lift generated by tidal flows to fly patterns faster than the currents, harvesting #renewableenergy," reports New Atlas.
https://newatlas.com/energy/minesto-tidal-kite/
28-ton, 1.2-megawatt tidal kite is now exporting power to the grid

Minesto's fully operational Dragon 12 looks like some sort of futuristic military drone – but it behaves remarkably like a kite underwater. It uses lift generated by tidal flows to fly patterns faster than the currents, harvesting renewable energy.

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Fabian Laasch ⚡️🔋Feb 12, 2024

Die Faröer-Inseln wollen bis 2030 100% klimaneutral sein. Ein Werkzeug: Dieser Unterwassergleiter von #Minesto.

Er hängt sich in die Gezeitenströmung und “fliegt” dort die Bahn einer 8, um mehr Energie aus der Strömung zu gewinnen. Eine Turbine im Gleiter generiert bis zu 1,2MW Energie.

Sieht super elegant aus. 👌

Quellen: Artikel bei golem und die Homepage von Minesto.

https://www.golem.de/news/erneuerbare-energien-dragon-12-gewinnt-strom-aus-dem-gezeitenstrom-2401-181218.html

Erneuerbare Energien: Dragon 12 gewinnt Strom aus dem Gezeitenstrom - Golem.de

Das schwedische Unternehmen Minesto hat den neuen Gezeitendrachen, der elektrischen Strom aus dem Meer gewinnen soll, vor den Färöer-Inseln getestet.

Golem.de
WinFuture.deFeb 12, 2024
Es fliegt wie ein Drachen unter Wasser: #Minesto hat das erste Gezeitenkraftwerk des Typs Dragon 12 offiziell in Dienst gestellt. https://winfuture.de/news,141154.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia
Dragon 12: Futuristisches Gezeitenkraftwerk im kommerziellen Betrieb

Die Färöer-Inseln können jetzt auf eine neue Energiequelle zurück­grei­fen. Im Wasser zwischen den Landflächen wurde jetzt das erste Gezeitenkraftwerk des Entwicklers Minesto installiert und offiziell für die Einspeisung ins Netz in Betrieb genommen.

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livusFeb 12, 2024

Minesto tidal energy kite delivers first electricity to Faroe Islands grid

Minesto's utility-scale tidal powerplant Dragon 12 has been successfully commissioned, and it delivered its first electricity to the national grid in the Faroe Islands. #faroes #sweden #minesto #energy #electricity #infrastructure #tidalpower #worldnews #worldwithoutus

https://www.offshore-mag.com/renewable-energy/article/14304961/minesto-tidal-energy-kite-delivers-first-electricity-to-faroe-islands-grid

Minesto tidal energy kite delivers first electricity to Faroe Islands grid

Minesto's utility-scale tidal powerplant Dragon 12 has been successfully commissioned, and it delivered its first electricity to the national grid in the Faroe Islands.

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Michael MartineNov 20, 2023
on the #shownotes #grind for @gamesatwork_biz in preparation for tomorrow's posting of e441 — stories & toots about a snake #mecha, Swedish companies #Minesto & #Einride, the possibilities presented by the #Humane #AIPin and a whole lot more! Check out the earlier episodes, chock full of #AI #metaverse #AR #VR #gamification and so much more on https://www.gamesatwork.biz
🍉 –Hans Bot– 🙃Nov 13, 2023
Ampyx Power has failed to prove the viability of flying dragons, but this startup is taking them to flight underwater. There’s nothing wrong with the physics, but the economics are as of yet unproven. #Minesto https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/992e4b04-a77b-4cce-99ee-e62294f5d8fe
Deep Dive: How do Minesto’s underwater “flying dragons” produce power? | We Don't Have Time

Harnessing the power of ocean tides has never been done on a large scale before. Through Minesto’s unique, patented technology, the company has found a way to amplify and utilize the energy in tidal streams, making it a reliable and clean baseload energy source. But how do these underwater flying dragons provide power for our homes and offices? Let’s do a literal and figurative deep dive into the workings of Minesto’s aquatic mobile power plants. Imagine flying a kite. When the wind blows, you can feel the kite twisting and turning out of control, nearly pulling you off your feet. This is the power that Minesto’s technology harnesses. By mounting kite-like power plants underwater on tethers that steer them in a predetermined figure-of-eight trajectory, the kite can be pulled through currents several times faster than the stream’s actual speed. The kites are built so that each kite is a power plant in its own right, connected to the seabed through the tether. The kites are moved through the water by tidal currents, and this motion powers a turbine on the back of the kite. The turbine turns a generator which generates electricity to the grid via a power cable that runs through the tether and a seabed umbilical cord connected to the shore. Tidal energy is a vast, untapped source of renewable power that hasn’t been able to be utilized before. Traditional tidal power plants face the issue of not producing enough energy for the high implementation cost, and engineers worldwide have been working to optimize tidal energy generators for decades. The secret of the Minesto technology is that the power plant is moving rather than being stationary. To maintain maximum energy generation, an onboard control system turns rudders and elevators on the back of the kite, steering the kite in a figure-of-eight trajectory to increase the speed of the current that it is pulled through. Since the speed of the stream has a cubic relationship with the power produced, the motion of the “kite” increases energy production exponentially. Having developed this technology since 2007, Minesto is preparing to open its first large-scale underwater power production park in the Faroe Islands. Stay tuned to this profile to learn more about this soon! If you want to know more about Minesto’s technology, you can read more on the website: https://minesto.com/our-technology/

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