Chief Executives Officer
From scribbling equations in univeristy at 13 to sculpting steel giants at 23, my journey has been a whirlwind of wind-powered passion. While some follow established paths, I crave the untrodden. Every solved problem breeds a fresh question, every innovation a seed for the next. For me, engineering is not about absolutes, but about the beautiful dance of possibilities within constraints. The Rotatable Wind Tower is just the first gust in a revolution. I've led teams, molded standards, and unleashed research into the world, all driven by a singular vision: a future powered by the untamed force of wind.
Embrace the power of the wind with our streamlined tower design inspired by airfoil principles. Reduce wind load and increase efficiency by up to 90% with our innovative teardrop shape tower section.
Why do we resist wind? Our base is designed to rotate with wind wherever wind goes and offers no resistance. Hence no force is transmitted to the substructure. Our revolutionary system allows rotational movement with the wind, reducing structural stress and improving overall performance.
Explore our advanced feature of self-alignment with wind, inspired by tail vane of traditional wind fans. The tower is propelled to align with wind direction, no matter where the wind is blowing.
Our innovative system offered dramatic reduction of Operation and Maintenance for offshore wind turbines, with the yaw control system removed at the hub.
Our intelligent design let the wind take control. The structure will follow the wind and offer no torsional resistance. No stress, less cost, more energy.
Achieve dynamic harmony by integrating the design of the tower and foundation. The reduced load leads to better and more economic foundation design.
Achieve dynamic harmony by integrating the design of the tower and foundation. Our revolutionary system allows rotational movement with the wind, reducing structural stress and improving overall performance.
Our innovative system offered dramatic reduction of Operation and Maintenance for offshore wind turbines, with the yaw control system removed at the hub of considerable height.
Our design offers the least wind resistance and provide continuous alignment thus more wind is used for energy production and less wind wake effects to impact negatively on other turbines in the farm.
Our focus is on the reduction of LCOE (levelized cost of electricity) enabled by our design, including CAPEX reduction, OPEX reduction and energy production increase. These combined effects are 15% reduction in LCOE.
Our innovative system is based on the reduction principle in all aspects including fabrication and installation. The modular design is easy to fabricate. The reduced weight not only cuts cost but simplifies installation thus enables broader supplier base and more equitable employment, leading to increased levels of equality, diversity and inclusion.
Our system presents a compelling technological solution to the challenges facing the offshore wind industry. Its transformative potential for cost reduction, environmental impact, and operational efficiency makes it a crucial innovation for accelerating the transition to a sustainable future powered by clean wind energy.
No longer that the structure cannot stand the large force from the large turbine or too expensive. This system radically rethinks the approach to turbine support and paves the way for the deployment of even larger turbines in more challenging environments.
Our system offers unique advantages for floating wind turbines: 1) Reduced hub weight minimizes dynamic forces on the platform. 2) Our innovative design actively reduces foundation loads, enhancing platform stability. 3)The wind vaning feature optimizes wind capture while minimizing stress on the floating structure.
The system is equally applicable to support turbine onshore, less load, less material, better energy efficiency. What is more, The reduced and flat shaped tower size will make it particularly appealing for onland transportations.
The flexible tower design can be used to retrofit decommisioned turbine to extend life of old turbine with existing foundation retained thus unlocking even greater potential benefit.
OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY
Looking beyond research and connect with the wider offshore wind industry. Catapult is appraising the wind rider technology and identify cost saving features.
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Aerodynamics Numeric Simulation
University of Bristol is speaclised at performing aerodynamics numeric simulations with its proprietary software and algorithms to model and analyze the flow of air to determine the wind load to the structure and its response, ascertaining the load reduction, optimizing design, and further reducing aerodynamic drag.
Wind Tunnel Test
University of Bristol will conduct the scaled model test using one of its wind tunnels to validate the design in a simulated environment. The picture shows the wind tunnel with a 2.1 m x 1.5 m octagonal test section with maximum flow speed of 60 m/s. The wind tunnel balance system enables aerodynamic load measurements for a variety of large aero-components.
Structural Optimisation
WeBridge is specialied at optimal design of tower and foundation system as well as the fabrication of offshore turbine foundation.
Bearing Validation
University of Strathclyde will be involved in the validation and optimisation of the bearing design of the rotating base.
Risk Analysis
University of Surrey will examine the innovative system and its associated risk levels for the current stage of developments.
Application of Wind Rider Flexible Wind Turbine Tower for Floating Foundation and its Self-Alignment Function
The application of wind rider self rotating tower on a floating foundation helps to reduce the large load and reduce LCOE costs. The system provides stable restoring moments with features of wind facing, zero torque at base, multiple mooring fairlead for floater stability.
A FLEXIBLE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR LARGE WIND TURBINE
Presented in OMAE2024, June 9-14, 2024, Singapore EXPO. The paper introduces a novel support system for offshore wind turbines that fundamentally redefines the paradigm of wind load management.
Innovative Flexible Support System for Large Wind Turbines
Presentation at the Asia Summit 2023
Wind Rider - An Innovative Turbine Support System Benefiting Reduction of OPEX
A flexible support system by removing the yaw control at the hub and simplifying the nacelle construction, thus greatly reduce the activities for offshore maintenance and cost.