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
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, sheep, 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
Latest news
Tank test January 2024
In January 2024, Flumill performed a comprehensive test of a 1:20 scale model of its newly developed floating system at the FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility in Edinburgh (part of the University of Edinburgh). The system (comprising the platform, mooring, pivot and turbine), either met or exceeded expectations on all primary objectives of the tank test.
Vil løse energikrisa med gigantisk skrue
Norge er ventet å ha for lite strøm om få år. Kan et testsenter i Lofoten og en diger skrue være løsningen?