Marine energy developer Minesto has initiated the commissioning program of its first tidal energy project in commercial scale in North West Wales, with initial sea trials of the company’s DG500 tidal energy converter taking place in Holyhead harbour and the Holyhead Deep site.

Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has been selected by the European Commission for phase 1 of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument programme. The awarded funding is dedicated to a customer-involved feasibility study with the purpose of facilitating commercialisation of Minesto’s unique Deep Green technology.

Javier Sanz, CTO Renewable Energies at InnoEnergy, a leading European investor in renewable energy and Jonas Millqvist, with extensive project finance experience from global wind developer Vestas are new board members in Minesto AB.

Marine energy developer Minesto has completed the second offshore installation phase of its DG500 project in Wales. Having installed the tether, micro grid system buoy and umbilical, all supporting components and systems needed to deliver the power produced by Minesto’s first system of the unique Deep Green technology in Utility Scale are now in place.

Minesto has completed the first offshore installation phase of the project aimed at demonstrating Minesto’s marine energy technology Deep Green in utility scale. The gravity-based structure, including the bottom joint system that moors Minesto’s DG500 power plant to the foundation, has been installed at the seabed in the Holyhead Deep off North West Wales.

On Thursday, 500 leading politicians and business representatives gathered in Brussels to participate in the fourth edition of the EU Energy Summit. During the conference, strong support was expressed for the development of the European marine energy industry.

The Swedish Energy Agency has announced today that it allocates SEK 105 million to a continued investment in marine energy. The initiative will contribute to exports of Swedish expertise and products.

The Rights Issue of units containing new shares and warrants in Minesto AB ended on the 16th of February. A total of 5,272,018 units were subscribed, corresponding to approximately SEK 59m, which means that approximately SEK 13.5m is allocated to guarantors of the Rights Issue. Through the Rights Issue, Minesto thus raises approximately SEK 72.5m before deduction of issue costs.

Swedish marine energy developer Minesto takes steps to include concepts related to offshore operations in its already strong patent portfolio. The increased scope of intellectual property will enable Minesto to create licensing deals for installation, operations and maintenance of Deep Green systems, while also increasing the earnings potential for each sold device. 

Senior executives in Minesto acquire 640,000 warrants under the employee stock option plan PO3. With a subscription price of SEK 7.14 and subscription period during the third quarter of 2019, the terms are in line with the warrants TO2 that will be issued in Minesto’s ongoing rights issue with a subscription price of SEK 7.00 and subscription period in February 2019.

Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has a product with key technological advantages in an area that is the next frontier for the energy market. These are some of the reasons why European investor InnoEnergy has invested €4.5m in Minesto, InnoEnergy’s Javier Sanz said at a renewable energy capital markets day on Wednesday.

The European investor InnoEnergy and Minesto attends a renewable energy capital markets day held in Stockholm tomorrow 7thof February. Keynote speaker of the event is Javier Sans, CTO Renewable Energies at InnoEnergy.

The gravity base structure foundation for Minesto’s first commercial-scale installation of its Deep Green technology has been delivered. The structure was floated on the River Mersey on Wednesday to mark a milestone for Minesto’s operations in Wales and the upcoming offshore installation in Holyhead Deep. 

Swedish marine energy developer Minesto intensifies activities in Taiwan to establish the company’s unique Deep Green technology in the Asian market. Local staff have been recruited to a newly established subsidiary to run the development of a tidal stream site in Keelung together with the National Taiwan Ocean University. A natural next step is to deploy Deep Green in the Kuroshio current, which could see the world’s first electricity generated from ocean currents.

Minesto intends to develop a smaller Deep Green device, DG100, which will provide the company with an additional commercial product to open new markets and business opportunities, including those in Asia. At the same time, Minesto intends to intensify and expand its activities for market penetration to establish the company’s unique Deep Green technology in more markets.

An updated Cost of Energy analysis of Minesto’s unique ocean energy technology shows substantial improvements compared to previous estimates.
“These new results convince me that our technology is transforming ocean energy into one of the most cost-effective energy resources”, said Dr Martin Edlund, CEO of Minesto.

Minesto has hired David Collier, with 30 years of experience in offshore energy, as new COO. At the same time, Bernt Erik Westre has been appointed as new CTO to replace leaving Heije Westberg.
“With these changes, we strengthen our commercial position and put a sharper focus on customer-driven product development in Minesto”, said Bengt Adolfsson, Chairman of Minesto.

Minesto has awarded Jones Bros Ruthin (Civil Engineering) Co Ltd the contract to construct the foundation for Minesto’s first commercial-scale tidal energy power plant. Due to the delivery time for the new foundation, the first installation in Holyhead Deep will be moved forward.
“We are well positioned to meet time frames and deliverables towards our public funding partners, to demonstrate the unique advantages of the Deep Green technology and develop this required source of renewable energy”, said Martin Edlund, CEO of Minesto.

Minesto has decided to engage a new supplier for the construction of a gravity-based structure (GBS) foundation for the company’s first Deep Green installation in Holyhead Deep, as a consequence of the discontinuation by current supplier Ocean Resource Ltd.
“We have taken immediate actions to ensure the continuation of the Holyhead Deep project”, says Martin Edlund, CEO of Minesto.

Leading tidal energy developer Minesto has taken yet another important step towards commercialisation of its unique Deep Green technology in Welsh tidal streams, as the company has received marine license for a 0.5MW installation in Holyhead Deep. 

Minesto’s warrant program TO1 is now completed with 91 percent of outstanding warrants being exercised. This means that Minesto will add approximately 75 SEK million in proceeds to the further development of the unique tidal energy technology Deep Green.

Swedish-based companies Minesto and Stena Line engage in a joint project to invest in Wales’ transition to renewable energy. Stena Line will build an assembly hall in Holyhead, which Minesto will utilise in their upcoming rollout of the company’s unique technology to generate clean electricity from the ocean.

Leading marine energy developer Minesto has today announced that the company intends to expand the commercial roll-out of its Deep Green technology in Holyhead Deep, North Wales by taking steps to increase the planned installed capacity of its tidal energy array to 80 MW.
“This substantial scale-up of the Holyhead Deep project’s commercial strength makes it even more attractive to site investors and creates early opportunities for sales of Deep Green power plants”, says Dr Martin Edlund, CEO of Minesto. 

Minesto’s largest owners BGA Invest and Midroc New Technology have announced that they will invest an additional 34 SEK million in the company by exercising all of their warrants held in Minesto AB. This announcement was communicated by the two main shareholders as the subscription period of the warrants begins.

Minestos newly revamped website is now live. With new design and functionality, it forms the foundation of the company’s communications with its various stakeholders. Check it out at www.minesto.com!

Leading tidal energy technology developer Minesto continues to strengthens its market relations in South America. The company has joined a Swedish Green Tech trade mission which today starts a two-day visit to Argentina. This follows a week of individual meetings with key stakeholders in Chile.
“We have all prerequisites to play a major role in the transition to renewable energy in both Chile and Argentina”, says Dr Martin Edlund, CEO of Minesto.

On Tuesday evening, in a global competition of the most prominent players in the industry, leading tidal energy developer Minesto won the award for the Most Promising Turbine Concept at the International Tidal Energy Summit in London. 

Leading ocean energy developer Minesto has today signed a collaboration agreement together with the Research Center for Ocean Energy and Strategies at National Taiwan Ocean University. The collaboration
will include installation and ocean testing of a scale model and research on Minesto’s unique technology Deep Green.
“This is a breakthrough on a market with substantial potential to Minesto”, says Dr Martin Edlund, CEO of Minesto.

In October, Minesto’s quarter-scale sea trials of the Deep Green technology have reached new highs of electricity generation. The results correspond to full power production for a full-scale power plant.

The European Patent Office has granted leading tidal energy developer Minesto a European patent for the primary patent family covering the company’s core technology.
“This strengthens the IP position for our already well-protected Deep Green concept”, says Dr Martin Edlund, CEO of Minesto.