About Flumill
Where we come from
The Flumill technology is based on know-how from the Norwegian oil and gas industry.
Our vision
To develop, deliver and maintain our unique, patented and cost efficient technology in various markets for production of clean renewable energy on the terms of nature.
Our mission
To become a well recognised player in the green transition through technology for extracting energy from the natural flow of water with low impact on the marine fauna.
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Flumill AS is a Norwegian company that was established in 2002 by the inventor, Jan Inge Eielsen.
In 2010 the founders of CSUB Karl Tore Pedersen and Jon Inge Brattekaas got involved in the development. This brought in the expertise from the oil and gas sector and from composite production, as well as the financial expertise needed to bring an idea from concept to a commercial product.
The following years Flumill formed strategic partnerships with CSUB, Aquatera, Orcades Marine, and others.
The technology was developed further trough CFD simulations and tank testing, and the first prototype for testing of technology and simulation data was successfully tow tested in Norway before deployment at EMEC in Orkney.
In the later years Flumill started to develop a floating solution in addition to the already developed seabed solution, as an adaptation to the market.
The floating solution was successfully tank tested at Flow Wave in Edinburgh and the full scale installation will be tested at EMEC.
Today we have solutions for extracting energy from the natural flow of water on the seabed, surface, rivers, and shallow waters, where the core technology is our unique and patented helical turbine with our own control mechanism. The technology offers unique advantages when it comes to cost effective extraction of energy, efficient use of materials, and robustness, while being marine fauna friendly.
Our History and Development
The Flumill system has been successfully developed from concept stage to deployment at sea
Concept (R&D)
The Flumill system is developed based on the management team’s background from the Oil & Gas industry and the composites industry. Based on several years of concept development, the commercialization and industrialization of the concept began 2009
Prototype
A Flumill prototype was developed in 2010, and extensive tank testing was conducted early 2011. Full scale CFD was carried out by two different companies with corresponding results. Analysis from the tank testing confirmed the CFD values
Part-scale at-sea demo
A Flumill device was successfully manufactured, and tow tested in Arendal in August 2011. The device was thereafter successfully installed at the EMEC test center in the Orkneys in September 2011 – February 2012
Full-scale deployment
A full scale grid-connected Flumill device is planned to be deployed at EMEC. Will prove the Flumill technology in commercial scale and grid connected
Full commercial
In the future Flumill expect to deploy fully commercial tidal parks, floating systems to remote and grid connected areas, Horizontal solutions for shallow waters, river solutions, and solutions for rest energy recovery.
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.
