In 2016 Resinex provided its experience and innovative products for wave energy projects in Denmark, Spain and Sweden.
Wave Energy belongs to the category of the renewable energies and its usage is increasing more and more in the last years.
It is a resource of huge availability, high density of energy and stable over time.
Wave energy field needs always buoys of different sizes and various water depths to support the activity of transformation of the wave-motion into electric power.
For this reason, the new operators address to Resinex, as with its wide range of products constantly avant-garde, guarantees excellent results in terms of highest versatility, resistance and safety.
Resinex has recently provided its experience for wave Energy projects in Denmark, Spain and Sweden.
The Danish company Wave Piston, in 2016, requested 4 Resinex buoys for the redeployment of its prototype wave energy system off the west coast of Denmark.
Wavepiston’s wave energy system has been placed in the waters of DanWEC (Danish Wave Energy Center) testing site on May 11, 2017.
The wave energy prototype is comprised of a steel wire stretched between two anchored buoys which have a net buoyancy of 855 kg. Resinex buoyancy modules have been projected to be used in a horizontal position according to the request of the customer. The buoys are installed over a horizontal metallic structure which supports an automatic system check.
Moreover, 120-meter long string has 8 optimized energy collectors planned to be mounted onboard. The device works when waves roll along the wire moving the plates back and forth.
The moving plates pump seawater into pipe which leads it to a turbine that produces electricity.
The expected output of the prototype is 12kW.
It was developed by a consortium which in addition to Wavepiston includes the Technical University of Denmark, Global Maritime Vryhof and Nurmi Cylinders.
In 2016, for the Spanish company Oceantec, Resinex projected and supplied a mooring system composed of 4 buoys for the installation of an energy converter from wave-motion along the coast of the Basque country with a seabed of 90 m.
A high resistance of the buoys is fundamental, as these are constantly exposed to strains and immersions by waves which are then transformed from the plant into electrical power.
The projected buoys have a net buoyancy of 3100 kg and weigh 560 kg/each.
In 2015, Resinex developed for Seaflex Energy Systems AB, 3 support buoys type PEM 21 installed near Landskrona in Sweden.
Buoys have a diameter of 2,1 m, a weight of 2020 kg, and a net buoyancy of 7500 kg. They are used at a water depth of 100 m.
