Agulhas Current HAE

The Agulhas Current HAE project was a plan to harness the energy of the Agulhas Current off the east coast of eThekwini Municipality, South Africa, to generate electricity using HAE's Oceanus turbine. The eThekwini municipality has a population of approximately 3.5 million and its major city is Durban; the municipality confirmed its ability to purchase electricity directly from independent power producers such as HAE, provided that it complies with applicable legislative and municipal procurement procedures. This project was intended as a demonstration of HAE's technology, with the potential to deploy additional units at a later time.

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Project Manager

Hydro Alternative Energy Inc

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Project Status Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?

Inactive

Project Life Cycle Project Progress through life cycle:<ul> <li>Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment</li> <li>Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active</li> <li>Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water</li> <li>Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations</li> <li>Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water</li></ul>

Canceled

Max Rated Power Capacity The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.

1 MW

Project Duration

2012 - 2013

Energy Resource

Ocean Current

Project Scale

Full-scale

Number of Devices

1

Grid Connectivity

Grid Connected

Waterbody

Agulhas Current, eThekwini Municipality

Site Characteristics Geographic characterization for the project location:<ul> <li>Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land</li> <li>Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary</li> <li>Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water</li> <li>Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land</li> <li>River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water</li></ul>

Coastal

Country

South Africa

Last Modified

6 June 2025

This Project has the following MRE Devices

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“Agulhas Current HAE.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https:https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Agulhas_Current_HAE. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.

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