Dynamic FishEye secures second contract for Salmon Garden project
The company has been selected as control systems supplier for Samherji Fiskeldi’s land-based salmon farm at Reykjanes in Iceland
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The contract follows a previous award for the delivery of an automated feeding system to the same facility.
Land-based aquaculture is seeing increased investment in Iceland, and construction of the Salmon Garden project is now under way. The facility will be developed in multiple phases and is planned to reach an annual production capacity of up to 30,000 tonnes (head on gutted) salmon. The facility will be powered by geothermal energy.
“Being awarded the overall control system, in addition to the feeding system, indicates that the customer is looking for a more integrated solution for managing and operating the facility,” says Øyvind Fjeld, business development manager at Dynamic FishEye, to LandbasedAQ.
He points out that system integration is becoming increasingly important in larger projects.
“We see a clear trend where operators are requesting solutions that bring multiple functions together on a single platform, providing better overview and control of daily operations,” he adds.
Bringing systems together
The Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system will act as the overarching control system for the facility, integrating feeding systems, technical installations and other subsystems, while providing real-time operational insight and control of production-critical processes.
According to Fjeld, integration across systems is a key driver.
“There is a growing need for solutions that integrate well with other systems, enabling more efficient operations and better use of data,” he says.
The company has previously been selected by, among others, Lerøy Seafood Group and EcoFishCircle for similar deliveries.
Large-scale project
Salmon Garden is being developed by Samherji Fiskeldi, a subsidiary of the Icelandic seafood group Samherji. The first phase includes 12,000 tonnes of land-based salmon and has a total budget of €235 million.
The facility will be built in several phases, with a target production capacity of up to 30,000 tonnes of salmon annually when fully completed. Operations will be based on renewable geothermal energy, and the project is expected to create more than 100 jobs in the region.
The project builds on experience from Samherji’s pilot facility in Öxarfjörður and is being carried out in collaboration between Norwegian and Icelandic stakeholders.
