{"id":608469,"date":"2024-02-13T15:59:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T12:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/worlds-biggest-tidal-energy-kite-powers-up-for-first-time\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T15:59:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T12:59:57","slug":"worlds-biggest-tidal-energy-kite-powers-up-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/worlds-biggest-tidal-energy-kite-powers-up-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"#World\u2019s biggest tidal energy \u2018kite\u2019 powers up for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2023%2F11%2Ftidal-energy-kite-minesto.jpg&amp;signature=cfe8ea3705249801d4ece8fb000caaf5\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A giant tidal energy \u201ckite\u201d located in the waters off <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vestmannsund,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Faroe Islands, has delivered its first power to the grid, in a significant step forward for the budding ocean energy industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dubbed the Dragon 12, the device swims against the current, which turns its rotor and generates about 1.2MW of clean electricity \u2014 enough to power a small town of around 1,000 homes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The kite was first designed by carmaker Saab and then commercialised in 2007 by Swedish<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">startup<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minesto, which has been refining the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> ever since.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is a big day for Minesto,\u201d said Dr Martin Edlund, CEO. \u201cWe have reached the most significant milestone in the history of the company by producing electricity to the grid with our megawatt scale powerplant.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Minesto reaches historic milestone \u2013 first electricity to grid with tidal powerplant Dragon 12\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/A9aYMGYO_ZA\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite offering huge potential for renewable energy generation, tidal stream technology is still in its infancy. This is partly because previous proposals have been dominated by massive barges or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in-stream turbines<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are incredibly expensive and challenging to test in the marine environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What differentiates Minesto\u2019s technology is that it is relatively small, modular, and scalable \u2014 measuring 12 metres across and weighing 2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 tonnes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For comparison, Scottish startup Orbital Marine Power\u2019s first <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.powerengineeringint.com\/renewables\/marine\/orbital-marine-power-launches-the-o2-tidal-turbine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">grid-connected<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tidal turbine is a 72-metre-long and 680-tonne behemoth called the O2. Despite its size, O2 puts out a modest 2MW of clean electricity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The efficiency of Minesto\u2019s design is thanks to the way it glides in the ocean currents. Similarly to how a kite <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>s through the air, the tidal turbine moves in a figure-of-eight motion through the water several times faster than the actual speed of the flowing water.\u00a0 means it can generate a lot of electricity but still remain relatively small and lightweight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going forward, Minesto, along with local energy utility SEV, aims to build 120MW of tidal-kite capacity in the Faroe Islands. This array, which would be made up of around 100 individual kites, could supply 40% of the archipelago\u2019s electricity consumption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With more than \u20ac40mn of funding from the European Regional Development Fund, Minesto claims to be the EU\u2019s largest investment in marine energy to date.<\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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