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Critical Power - Bakkafrost A (UK)

Bakkafrost is a leading salmon farm in the Faroe Islands that relies on critical emergency power to prevent millions in losses from fish deaths. Power failures are common on the unstable grid, and within 30 minutes without power, all fish would die. Bakkafrost installed a DEIF emergency power solution that restores power within 23 seconds of an outage. This secure system has helped Bakkafrost expand production to meet global demand for high quality salmon while protecting against power failure risks to its operations.

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Critical Power - Bakkafrost A (UK)

Bakkafrost is a leading salmon farm in the Faroe Islands that relies on critical emergency power to prevent millions in losses from fish deaths. Power failures are common on the unstable grid, and within 30 minutes without power, all fish would die. Bakkafrost installed a DEIF emergency power solution that restores power within 23 seconds of an outage. This secure system has helped Bakkafrost expand production to meet global demand for high quality salmon while protecting against power failure risks to its operations.

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BAKKAFROST (FO)

CRITICAL POWER CASE STORY


BAKKAFROST
SALMON FARM
Emergency power generation at salmon farm a matter of
life or death. Bakkafrost relies on DEIF for critical power
control about once a month. Hundreds of millions of
dollars are at stake for the Faroe Islands salmon farm.
JÓGVAN HANSEN
Technical Manager, Bakkafrost Salmon Farm
Viðareiði, Faroe Islands
2 3
THE SITUATION
About once a month, the mains power fails “Our worst-case scenario is that we lose power.
at the Bakkafrost salmon production facilities That’s our nightmare,” says Jógvan Hansen,
on Viðareiði at the northern tip of the Faroe Bakkafrost’s Technical Manager. “If we don’t have
Islands in the North Sea. The archipelago is not power in this plant for perhaps half an hour, then
connected to continental Europe’s power lines, all the fish will die. That’s a catastrophe.”
and a combination of weak interconnections
among the islands, a mix of voltage sources and The effects begin within minutes. When the lights
extreme weather cause regular blackouts on its go out, all the pumps and oxygen production stop
unstable grid. as well. The fish dive to the bottom of their basins
in a panic, using more oxygen and smothering
Emergency power is critical for any fish farm, but each other. This causes more panic and more
on the Faroes, it is part of the foundation for a fast oxygen use, creating a vicious cycle, says
successful, growing industry. Bakkafrost and Jógvan Hansen.
other salmon producers on the Faroes turn out
some of the world’s highest quality salmon, and Bakkafrost’s short-term losses amount to tens
global demand has been booming for this product of million Danish kroner (DKK) – more than
since 2014. Bakkafrost has been expanding to USD$1.6 million – while long-term losses can
meet that demand. But it must be able to deal amount to hundreds of millions DKK (more than
with the regular blackouts. $16 million).

Bakkafrost produces salmon from roe to finished product.


Here, workers are removing unhealthy eggs from roe trays.
4 5
THE SOLUTION
So, when Bakkafrost loses mains power, an emergency power solution at
emergency gensets fitted with a control Bakkafrost. The local electrical
solution from DEIF brings it back. contractor, RVtøkni, won the task of
handling installation and commissioning.
“Now, if we lose power, it’s back in the
plant within 23 seconds precisely, and Because Bakkafrost wished to have
everything is up and running,” says dual-supply security (2N), DEIF made
Jógvan Hansen. “I’m convinced we have a complete switchboard design based
a good and secure system – one that we on primary control from the AGC-4
can trust.” Automatic Genset Controller, along with
redundant 24V supply that achieves
The consultancy firm SMJ Engineering three security levels.
had contacted DEIF for help in selecting Jógvan Hansen (left) inspects the emergency power genset
switchboard with DEIF’s Henrik Rødtnes and René Kristensen.
THE OUTCOME
Jógvan Hansen says other fish farms on the “I’m very proud of our generators, for sure,” he
Faroes are currently expanding, due to the adds. “People come from other places to see
global demand for high-quality North Atlantic how our generator system works. That makes
salmon. And he believes that the DEIF system me proud. And some of the things are being
that Bakkafrost uses will be the standard for copied. The exciting thing is that we got what we
emergency gensets in the future. “We’ll definitely wished for. That’s what we have today.”
see more systems like this,” he says.
M-17 M-18 M-19 M-20

Mains Mains Mains Mains

ABOUT BAKKAFROST
Bakkafrost is the leading producer of top-quality The company has started to increase the size of
salmon from the Faroe Islands. Viðareiði is one smolt in the basins from 130 g to 400 g.
of the Bakkafrost hatcheries that cover the first The weight increase means that once the salmon
part of the salmon production chain. is living in the sea, it will be there for less than a
year, compared to 1.5 years previously.
Demand for Faroe Islands salmon is high, so
Bakkafrost has been expanding its production One benefit of this is that larger smolt are more
facilities to encompass more fish for a longer resistant to parasitic salmon lice – the biggest
period of life. threat to salmon in open waters.
Hal A + Hal B Hal E Hal C + Hal D Hal F
+ Start fodring

“If we lose power, it’s back in


the plant within 23 seconds precisely.
We have a good and secure system DG-1 DG-2 DG-3 DG-4

– one that we can trust.”


Generator Generator Generator Generator
Jógvan Hansen
Technical Manager
Bakkafrost
Line drawing of the DEIF solution at Bakkafrost.
Case video

Jógvan Hansen (centre) stands outside the building


with four emergency power generators with
DEIF’s René Kristensen and Henrik Rødtnes.
Bakkafrost transfers smolt from its indoor basins to sea pens
– the rings in the water, pictured – in the fjords and coastal
waters around the Faroe Islands for final development.

DEIF A/S
Frisenborgvej 33, 7800 Skive, Denmark
Tel. +45 9614 9614
LEARN MORE AT WWW.DEIF.COM

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