Andfjord Salmon announced the verification of its laminar water flow technology after a period of testing, at its first pool in Andøya. The company has developed its sustainable aquaculture concept for the purposes of land-based Atlantic salmon farming.
Following weeks of testing, it increased the intensity of flow-through technology tests. The tests included the complete water inlet and outlet infrastructure, filling of the pool, activation of power adaptors, gradual increase of the laminar water flow and measurements of the water flow. Other results recorded analyses of the pool infrastructure and how it reacted to the laminar water flow.
"In practice, this confirms that we have been able to recreate wild salmon's natural habitat on land. In the wild, salmon swims in laminar water flows in the ocean, similar to what we now have in our pool at Andøya. Never have I been more certain that we will meet our ambition of building the world's most sustainable aquaculture facility of its kind," said Martin Rasmussen the CEO of Andfjord Salmon in a press release from today.
Andfjord Salmon's flow-through technology with a laminar water flow facilitates a natural environment in which farmed salmon can thrive and enables the company to produce fish at a low energy cost of 1kWh per kilogram.
A flow-through system with a laminar water flow reduces energy consumption and its associated costs by removing the need to lift, filter or heat the seawater, thanks to being sourced directly from the nearby Andfjorden. It also holds a perfect temperature.
"This is a major technological milestone for Andfjord Salmon and a really nice Christmas present to our shareholders, utilising our own technology. We were always confident in the technological capabilities, but humble to the fact demonstrating it in practice is what matters. As such, the successful verification of the laminar water flow helps to de-risk our business case substantially," Martin Rasmussen explained.
Fine tuning the laminar water flow technology will happen over the coming months. It aims to release its first smolt in the last half of 2021.
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