Description du projet
Des cerfs-volants sous-marins pour illuminer les îles européennes
Lorsqu’on parle de vivre sur une île, on imagine un rythme tranquille, naturel et respectueux de l’environnement; mais c’est oublier que la vie insulaire coûte aussi très cher. L’accès à l’énergie y est coûteux, polluant, inefficace et fortement dépendant des approvisionnements externes, ce qui a d’importantes répercussions négatives sur l’économie et les émissions nocives. C’est le cas dans les 2 400 îles que compte l’UE et qui abritent quelque 15 millions d’Européens. Le projet DGIM2, financé par l’UE, mettra en service les deux premiers convertisseurs d’énergie marémotrice et de courant marin destinés à des applications hors réseau. Ils seront installés sur les îles Féroé. Leur technologie repose sur l’utilisation de cerfs-volants sous-marins qui glissent doucement dans l’eau pour produire une énergie propre.
Objectif
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. 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. 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.
Solution: Deep Green Island Mode
The Deep Green Island Mode (DGIM) is a stand-alone tidal and ocean current energy converter for off- grid applications.
DGIM is based on 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.
- Generates cost effective electricity in tidal flows as low as 1.2 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)
- Cost of energy 60% lower than diesel generators
DG Island Mode offers cheap, clean, reliable electricity generation to island communities.
Recently we have completed our phase 1 feasibility study which has quantified the significant, global market for DGIM.
The aim of the DGIM2 project is to install the first two commercially viable DGIMs in a production and customer environment
on the Faroe Islands. Successful demonstration of DGIM will act as a first step to developing commercial ties with utilities
across Europe, both for DGIM and as a catalyst for the market up take of the “utility scale” Deep Green.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineeringelectric power generation
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyhydroelectricitymarine energytidal energy
Programme(s)
Régime de financement
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinateur
426 71 VASTRA FROLUNDA
Suède
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.