DENMARK

OPEN SEA TEST SITES

DanWEC Hanstholm is the Danish test site for wave energy – suited for testing prototypes. The test site is exposed to the waves from west with a fetch of about 600 km. The water depth in the dedicated area of 2 by 4 km is between 10 and 35 meter and distance to port 4 km. The wave resource is about 6 kW/m and the maximum significant wave height about 9 m, these conditions are currently being monitored and updated.

 DanWEC Hansholm testsite

Nissum Bredning is a sheltered test site with a fetch of about 5 km to the west and 9 km in the direction SW. The water depth is between 1 and 5 m, the resource is less than 1 kW/m and the maximum significant wave height about 1-2 m.  This test site is well suited for 1:5-10 scale experiments.

Nissum Bredning test site

OPERATIONAL PROJECTS

Wavepiston was re-Installed at DanWEC test site in Hanstholm during the summer of 2016.

The German wave energy system NEMOS is being tested at the sheltered DanWEC site in Nissum Bredning.

PLANNED DEPLOYMENTS

Resen Waves are in the preparation stage for new rounds  of sea testing in Nissum Bredning. Initial testing was completed in 2016 as shown on the picture

Weptos plans the installation and testing of a prototype north of Brandsø, in Lillebælt, for a period of two years starting 2017.

CrestWing plan to install in Kattegat, during 2017. The inventor and developer of Crestwing, Henning Pilgaard, passed away in 2016. Henning Pilgaard was a driving force within wave energy development in Denmark.