· We can meet the challenges in the proposal with our technology. By doing a staged project plan, we can identify solutions, derisk the project and harvest values from your local wave energy resources. Your waves, your gold! We have sustainable and green technology that fits perfectly in a transition to a low-emission society.
·
Combines
point absorption and oscillating water columns (OWC)
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Great
efficiency: Conversion rate on OWC up to 30% proven through full scale
production. Conversion rate over 60 % proven through production in combination
with point absorber
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Long
lifetime: We design our solutions with an aim of a 100-year lifespan for our products
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Low
investment cost: Competitive against all other energy sources in the ocean
space
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Low
LCOE and high ROI
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Financing
models
o
Buy
o
Leasing
o
Power
Purchase Agreements (PPA)
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Limited
ecological footprint: Studies conducted by Ocean Energy Europe and ETIP Ocean
show that wave energy has little to no negative impact on marine life.
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Strong
focus on uncovering risk factors and minimizing these through good planning in
the early phase of a project.
Havkraft
currently has three different ways or solutions for our customers to produce
energy from ocean waves.
1. Add-on – H-WEC installed on existing infrastructure
Our H-WEC is mounted on existing or new infrastructure in the ocean space. Examples of use here are: fishing vessels for power production in offseason, harbours, bridges, retrofit on feeding barges for fish farms, offshore rigs, plus many more.
The unique quality of the H-WEC is its scalability. This enables for
optimizing the energy output to the customers needs. Installed capacity can
therefore range from 15 kW to several MW depending on the infrastructure the
H-WECs are intended to be fitted to and the local wave energy content.
2.
Integrated – H-WEC integrated into marine infrastructure
Integrated solutions entails integrating the H-WEC system into other products intended for the ocean space. Piers, feeding barges for fish farms, floating wind turbines, plus many more.
Integrated solutions are larger production units where all the support
systems are incorporated in the solution. The installed capacity range for one
product varies from 200 kW to 1 MW depending on the infrastructure the H-WECs
are intended to be into to and the local wave energy content. Several products
can be installed together to form a utility scale power park and hence have a
capacity of several MW.
3. Stand-alone – Havkraft OceanONE
The OceanONE is a powerplant on its one. It is a complete solution with the sole purpose of optimum energy production. The powerplant extracts energy from (A) a broad range of frequencies and (B) a wide absorption width on the incoming waves. This provides a small footprint on the production of a large volume of energy. The density of wave energy makes it up to 50 times more area efficient per MW than solar energy. This is the kind of space efficiency that technologies need to achieve, in order to decrease the negative impact that human activities inflict on biodiversity.
The installed capacity for one OceanONE is typically 500 kW. Several
products can be installed together to form a utility scale power park and hence
have a capacity of several MW.
We are in
the midst of one of the greatest paradigm shifts in world history. The pace of
innovation is high, and the changes are coming faster and faster. The
transition to green energy solutions is reaping both applause and despair. My appeal
is that we cannot solve the challenges of the future with yesterday's mindset.
We must think in a new way.
If we focus
on nature, we have a good reference factor. How long should a power plant last
to be sustainable? How much space can we use in nature for power plants and
line networks? What price must we accept for sustainable energy? How should the
power plants be designed so as not to damage biological diversity?
We at
Havkraft strive to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. This puts
a lot of pressure on how we develop our solutions and value chains. There are
no shortcuts for us, as we work from standards that have not yet been set. We
are pioneers. What we do today will be official policy tomorrow. There will be
a requirement for a long service life on power plants. There will be
requirements for the use of materials that do not harm the environment. There
will be requirements for area-efficient technology. There will be a requirement
for the use of local energy where this is possible. There will be preferring
for origin-guarantees and short-distance solutions. This is just to note.
For you as
a customer, you should be sure that investing in solutions from Havkraft is
something you can reap the benefits of in many ways. Not only will you get
green, renewable and sustainable energy from the ocean, but you will also gain
a reputation from choosing "the next" over "the previous". We
at Havkraft will revolutionize the power industry and create the paradigm shift
the world is waiting for. The potential for wave power is enormous, and the
positive impact on the planet also as electricity is the very basis for
development, welfare and quality of life across the globe.
More and
more companies say that they must adapt, and if they do not adjust in a
sustainable direction in time here is no future. There is no reason to choose
polluting solutions if clean solutions are a good alternative. We now see a
clear tendency for companies that are innovative and adopt solutions early to
reap great benefits, both in the short and long term.
The ocean
is our greatest resource, and we at Havkraft have an enormous respect for it.
We want to help ensure that our oceans become a continuous resource, and not
that our generation will be known to be the one who did irreparable damage.
Nature-friendly and area-efficient energy from the waves is part of the
solution, and you as a customer are crucial to ensure the phasing in of this
future-oriented energy source.
Havkraft AS is a Norwegian wave power company. The company has developed several patents related to a large portfolio of high-tech products for cost- and energy-efficient solutions for wave power production. The company has a unique position, it has operated in the wave power sector for many years and has products and solutions that have been tested over a long period of time. Our vision is: “Being the definition of sustainable ocean power”. It is everybody's responsibility to contribute towards a low-carbon society. Our contribution is our goal that “Havkraft shall be a preferred supplier of sustainable, renewable and affordable energy to coastal operations world-wide”.
CEO Geir Arne Solheim –
(Havkraft)
COO Sean Nikolai Haldane –
(Havkraft)
Chairman of the Board, Ragnhild
Skjævestand – (Altavida)
Deputy chairman and Member of the Board, Rune Schanke
Eikum – (Tinkr)
Member of the Board, Thomas Berge –
(Fjord Invest Management)
Member of the Board, Kay Ove Johansen –
(Norwegian
Group)
Member of the Board, Geir Saltkjel – (Ulvesund Elektro)
Havkraft AS
was established by founder Geir Arne Solheim in 2009. In 2012, the patent for
Havkraft Wave Energy Converter (H-WEC) was registered. This solution formed the
basis for an intensive period of scale tests and verifications.
In 2014,
the company set a «world record» when we placed the power plant on MS Havkraft in
an open sea environment on the dreaded Stadhavet. MS Havkraft produced
electricity under wave conditions that the world has never before or since
challenged. The tests were a success and showed that the technology has the
potential to produce electricity under demanding wave conditions. In fact, the
test project survived two hurricanes with over six meters significant wave
height, much thanks to a solution without moving parts in contact with the sea.
After the
tests with MS Havkraft were completed, the company proved that the technology also
could deliver at the other end of the wave scale, when in 2019 it managed to
produce electricity at 10 centimetres low waves. The technology's ability to
extract the entire frequency spectrum at one location - from small and medium
to giant waves - is thus thoroughly documented, which laid the foundation for
delivering highly efficient power solutions combined with low installation
costs.
With
scaling documented, the next step was to ensure a delivery to a relevant market
player. In 2020, Havkraft in collaboration with Marina Solutions and Ulstein
Betong Marine started the construction of a demonstration plant on a floating pier.
The pier was integrated with H-WEC’s for wave power production and was tested with
success in Ålesund during the spring and summer of 2021. The demonstration proved
a conversion rate of up to 30 % on OWC and over 60 % with point absorption and delivered
electricity directly to the grid to Atlanterhavsparken aquarium.
In the
spring of 2021, the commercialization process in Havkraft began. Agreements
were entered into with leading industrial partners, all highly competent
specialists and market-leaders in their field of expertise. Bosch Rexroth is
our partner on electro-components and hardware, helping to secure the converted
wave energy is transformed to electricity using world-class hardware as one of
the greatest industrial brands in the world. Elpro is our contractual partner
on the development of control systems, securing optimized green power
production from fluctuating wave energy. Ulstein Betong Marine is a contractual
partner on the production of concrete floaters. Sea Systems is our partner on
mooring.
Maritime
Engineering is our partner on industrial design. Marina Solutions is a
contractual partner on the development and sales of Powerpiers in Northern
Europe. Uksnøy & co is a contractual partner on concept-development and
marketing of solutions in Ghana.
Through
utilization of the synergy of the unique experience held by our administration,
board, owners and partners, we secure that all links in our value-chain are
strong.