Title
Intelligent Blade Controlled Wind Turbine

CoPED ID
25da6f12-65ae-4c29-91ee-37d2d7222ac0

Status
Closed


Value
£1,048,015

Start Date
Dec. 1, 2019

End Date
March 31, 2021

Description

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There are two types of wind turbines, a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) and a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT). A HAWT has high efficiencies, but also high costs of materials, transportation, installation and maintenance. A VAWT has low efficiency, but lower costs of materials, transportation, installation and maintenance. In comparison, a VAWT also offers a subtler design with reduced shadow flicker, bird strike, and noise. However, due to the low efficiency of a VAWT, it is not an economically commercial method of producing renewable energy.

AB Power has developed a technology to increase the efficiency of a VAWT close to that of a HAWT without sacrificing the cost savings. This has led to a far cheaper method of harnessing energy from the wind than ever before. Due to the affordability of the VAWT, it will have a dramatic impact on the fight against climate change. The technology being developed at AB Power will make renewable energy available to more customers than ever before. Through the growth of AB Power, there will be a direct relationship with the reduction of UK emissions.

AB POWER LTD LEAD_ORG
AB POWER LTD PARTICIPANT_ORG

Harry Butt PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Wind energy
  2. Renewable energy sources
  3. Climate changes
  4. Wind turbines
  5. Energy efficiency
  6. Costs
  7. Wind
  8. Emissions

Extracted key phrases
  1. Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine
  2. Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
  3. Intelligent Blade
  4. Low efficiency
  5. VAWT
  6. High efficiency
  7. Wind turbine
  8. Low cost
  9. AB Power
  10. High cost
  11. Renewable energy available
  12. HAWT
  13. Type
  14. Cost saving
  15. Commercial method

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