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Working with nature to harvest clean energy from the natural flow of water
Working with nature to harvest clean energy from the natural flow of water
Working with nature to harvest clean energy from the natural flow of water
Working with nature to harvest clean energy from the natural flow of water
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Why Flumill

Marine Fauna Friendly

Little to no harm to the marine life and fauna.

Competitivity

Highly competitive LCOE. Flumill has solutions for multiple markets.

Simplicity

Simple and robust design with few moving components, electrical components, or hydraulic components in the turbines enables easy operations and maintenance.

Area Efficient

Low turbulence and smart mooring solutions enable high density tidal parks that maximizes energy production per area

Self-Regulating

Passive hydrodynamic angle control

Versatility

Multiple possible configurations for ocean streams, tidal streams, and rivers

Scalability

Easy scalable solution to fit different market demands

Robustness

Highly robust system that works with the forces of nature while being robust towards mechanical impact

Low Carbon Footprint

Efficient use of composite and low material to produced energy ratio

Environmental Awareness

Ecological

The following key ecological/environmental factors are linked to the Flumill design

  • Marine animal safety
    • No striking leading edge, relatively slow rotational speed
  • Low cavitation shape
    • Low noise generation
  • Compact swept area design
    • Rapid stream recovery, closer turbine spacing, reduced development footprint
  • Compact and detectable for acoustic navigation
    • Reduced likelihood of sea life collision
  • High use of composite materials & low mass to energy production ratio
    • Lower lifecycle carbon budget
  • Relatively small anchor loading
    • Smaller scale anchoring and foundation works
  • Relatively small space needs due to faster eddy recovery/small mooring footprint

Socio-economic

  • Strong local content capacity in surface platform
  • Relatively easy operations and maintenance
  • Potential to use local work vessels
Test deployment at EMEC in 2012

Marine Fauna Friendly

Configurations

Flumill Floating
  • Remote areas
  • Easy maintenance and operation
  • Easy to combine with other technologies; fresh water production, hydrogen, solar, etc…
Flumill Seabed
  • Suited for high density tidal parks
  • Cost effective
  • No visual pollution
  • No obstructions for shipping
Flumill Horizontal
  • Shallow waters
  • From existing bridge legs
  • Close to the markets
Flumill River ​
  • Low cost units
  • Close to markets
  • Quick, sheap, and easy installation
  • Suited for both grid connected and of grid markets
  • Rest energy recovery from hydro plants, or any industry with a continuous flow of water

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