Descripción del proyecto
Volar una cometa bajo el agua para proporcionar energía a las islas europeas
Las islas más pequeñas suelen tener algunos de los costes de electricidad más elevados. Proporcionar energía a las islas es caro, no es eficiente y depende del suministro externo. Con 2 400 islas habitadas en Europa, existe la presión de encontrar una solución que sea buena para el medio ambiente, la economía y los residentes de las islas. En este contexto, el proyecto financiado con fondos europeos DG Island Mode está buscando soluciones más allá de las alternativas renovables existentes, que son poco fiables. El proyecto ha desarrollado un transformador independiente de energía mareomotriz y de corrientes oceánicas para aplicaciones sin conexión a la red. Es como una cometa que vuela bajo el agua, generando una velocidad casi diez veces superior a la corriente real. Según los responsables del proyecto, esta solución es fácil de instalar y mantener y tiene un coste bajo. Además, es más limpia y fiable para las islas.
Objetivo
15 million Europeans live on Europe’s 2,400 inhabited islands, at an average of approximately 1,500 households per island. As recognised by the European Commission, island energy is expensive, polluting, inefficient and dependent on external supply, with significant negative impacts on emissions, the competitiveness of businesses, and the economy.
Assuming that just 65% of these islands’ electricity comes from diesel, we estimate that they produce approximately 17.5 million tonnes of CO2 every year. This is further increased when considering isolated coastal communities. Existing renewable alternatives are often unsuitable for these communities, such as wind and solar power, as the energy they generate is unpredictable and intermittent, making it difficult to rely on. They also have a large land footprint and high CAPEX costs. Tidal energy is also often unsuitable, as it requires fast tidal flows (over 2.5m/s) which only occur in a few specific hot spots around the World. The technology is also expensive, with both high CAPEX and OPEX costs.
The Deep Green Island Mode (DG Island Mode) is a stand-alone tidal and ocean current energy converter for off-grid applications. The DG Island Mode is the concept of flying an underwater kite, that when steered in an 8-shaped trajectory, generates a speed of 8-10 times the speed of the actual current. This generates the following unique performance characteristics:
- Generates cost effective electricity in tidal flows as low as 1.3 m/s
- Generates up to 100kW, producing an estimated 0.35 GWh/year, enough to power 100 homes;
- Can be located close to the shore;
- Up to 15 times lighter per kW compared to other tidal energy solutions - Easy, low cost installation and maintenance (low CAPEX and OPEX costs);
- Cost of energy 50% lower than diesel generators DG Island Mode offers cheap, clean, reliable electricity generation to island communities.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuels
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineeringelectric power generation
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyhydroelectricitymarine energytidal energy
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
Régimen de financiación
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinador
426 71 VASTRA FROLUNDA
Suecia
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.