Tidal energy group Minesto chooses Green Marine to produce wings
Swedish tidal energy firm Minesto has elected UK company Green Marine to be its supplier for the commercial Deep Green kite demonstration project. The wing will be 12m long and 3.3.m across its centre, and will feature the same hydrodynamic shape and properties as the company’s scale wing model, which was delivered in November. The unit will be formed with composite material, supported with carbon fibre inner beams and a fibreglass outer shell, and will feature sensors for current velocity, depth level and kite speed. The Deep Green project will be initiated in the waters off Anglesey’s Holyhead in autumn 2017.
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has chosen UK outfit Green Marine to supply the wing for its commercial-scale Deep Green kite demonstration project.



The company said the wing will be 12 metres in length and will be 3.3 metres across the centre.

It added that the wing will have “basically the same hydrodynamic shape and properties" as a scale-model wing, which it took delivery of in November.The wing will be made from composite material, with inner beams in carbon fibre and an outer shell in fiberglass, the company said.The unit will also be fitted with sensors to measure current velocity, kite speed and level of depth, Minesto said.The Deep Green device is scheduled to be deployed off Anglesey's Holyhead by the autumn.