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)
· 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
· Long lifetime: We design our solutions
with an aim of a 100-year lifespan for our products
· Low investment cost: Competitive against
all other energy sources in the ocean space
· Low LCOE and high ROI
· Financing models
o Buy
o Leasing
o Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)
· 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.
· 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.