Minesto

Minesto AB
MINEST:STO
PredecessorSaab Group
Founded2007; 17 years ago (2007) in Gothenburg, Sweden
Headquarters
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Sweden Edit this on Wikidata
ProductsTidal power kites
Websitehttps://minesto.com

Minesto AB is a Swedish developer of electricity producing tidal kite turbines, based in Gothenburg.[1] They also have a manufacturing base in Holyhead, North Wales,[2] and a test facility at Portaferry, Northern Ireland.

The company has tested devices and developed plans to install arrays off the coast of Anglesey, North Wales and in the Faroe Islands. They are also collaborating with National Taiwan Ocean University and TCC Green Energy, a subsidiary of Taiwan Cement, to develop projects in Taiwan.[3]

Minesto was formed in 2007 from the wind department of the Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab Group.[4]

The Minesto devices somewhat resembles a plane, with a wing and control surfaces to steer the device through the water in a figure-of-eight shape. It is tethered to the seabed by a cable that also carries power and communication signals. By "flying" through the water using hydrodynamic lift, the device can travel several time faster than the current speed, allowing it to be used in areas of lower tidal currents than conventional turbines.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Contact". Minesto. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Minesto's Holyhead Assembly Hall is now fully operational". Marine Energy Wales. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Swedish tidal energy firm Minesto to fly underwater kite in Taiwanese waters". DIGITIMES. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  4. ^ Genuth, Iddo (19 November 2013). "Deep Green – Underwater Kite Producing Electricity Tested in Northern Ireland". TFOT. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  5. ^ Rayner, Tristan (5 September 2018). "How Minesto's Underwater Planes Are Plugging Into Untapped Tidal Energy". Digital for Good | RESET.ORG. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  6. ^ Malayil, Jijo (10 November 2023). "Massive Swedish tidal kite, 1.2MW Dragon 12 tests ready for operation". interestingengineering.com. Retrieved 28 January 2024.