Floating MicroturbineKen Phillips

Belief◦ Using technology to produce locally produced

goods, food, power will be critical to sustainability Problem

◦ How can we enable individuals who don’t own homes and cant afford solar panels to produce their own electricity.

◦ Electric Bills keep rising Usage vs. production/distribution cost

Goal ◦ Disrupt the Energy market

Project Motivation

Need◦ Meeting current and future energy demand by turning

consumers into producers of electricity Approach

◦ Find/develop/invent an energy production method or device to meet this demand. still unknown

Benefits◦ Consumers should care because this will reduce/eliminate

utility costs on a monthly/yearly basis and provide more renewable energy platforms

Competition◦ solar panels, current electrical companies, altearos, v^2

wind, and coal powered power plants are all competitors.

Napkin Pitch

Users are limited in where/from who they receive electricity from

Convenience, necessity, reliable Users want to be environmentally conscious People only made a change in their

lives when it was convenient, and economically advantageous

Key Insights

Issues uncovered

Ease of Use

Installation

Upfront Cost

ROI

Governmental Regulations

aesthetics

Durable maintenance

Reliable

Perception of Alternative

Energy

Birds

Current State Process Centrally produced

power Transmission distance Additional Equipment

(i.e. transformers, towers, substations)

Metering US Energy

Administration avg. = 909 kWh/month (2013)

Solution part 1 Floating micro turbine

design P~V^2 Portable-people can

take it with them when they move

Could offset or eliminate electric bills

Change the energy market

Solution

Control System Logic Energy Management Prototype

The Pivot

Business Centered Floating micro turbine

design Advertising to offset

upfront costs Device now doubles as

energy production and advertising billboard

Reduce electricity cost for large businesses (car dealerships, factories, stadiums)

Current Progress Initial prototype Wind Tunnel Testing Solidworks modeling Problem Interviews

Competition Altaeros Energy

◦ Provides portable power to difficult to reach locations

◦ Large scale power generation

Wind Tree Microturbine◦ Provides onsite power to

residential customers Google X Makani

◦ Wind energy Kites

Genuis Behind High Altitude Turbines

Altaeros Turbine operates at higher altitudes than any existing turbine.

Wind Power density increases with height

Business Value Map

Kens Company

Businesses

Business Advertisers

Utility Company

Good PR

Less $

The Pivot 2.0

Great product concept Lacking a market Need to find an application for this product

◦ Ski lodges, remote homes, NU applications?

Why Now?

Continue working on this project Meet with Altaeros engineers Apply to NU prototype fund to try and build

a complete system Try to understand where to apply this

technology

Next Steps