Marine energy developer Minesto has secured all necessary permits and consents for a tidal kite power generation project off the coast of the Faroe Islands.
Minesto, in collaboration with Faroese electric utility SEV, will install two grid-connected tidal kite systems in Vestmannasund.
The permits and consents cover two DG100 tidal kite units.
Minesto has won public funding totalling €3.5m through the EU’s EIC Accelerator and the Swedish Energy Agency for the implementation of the Vestmannasund project and the development of the DG100 marine energy converter.
Minesto chief executive Marin Edlund said: “We have had great support by SEV and the Faroese authorities to reach this crucial achievement.
“SEV has made terrific work to secure all necessary permits for our first installations in the Faroe Islands through a very efficient process.”
Earlier this month, Minesto announced that it is carrying out onshore commissioning testing of the DG100 tidal kite system.
SEV is doing the onshore infrastructure works to enable the grid connection of Minesto’s kites at the cable landing site in Vestmannasund.
Minesto has also set up a Faroese subsidiary that will facilitate and further develop ongoing and future installations of the company’s marine energy converters in the Faroe Islands.
“We are pleased with the progress made in the joint project, which will pave the way for a significant addition of predictable renewable electricity generation in the Faroe Islands”, Edlund added.