Commercialisation Strategy of Innovative Modular Wind Turbine

**问题**英国政府的目标是到2030年实现36GW的海上风电，然而涡轮机目前只能从两家欧盟制造商那里获得，并且依赖于大规模的安装基础设施（起重机和自升式驳船），而全球船舶短缺。因此，在供应和安装方面都存在瓶颈。英国的目标是60%的本地制造内容，目前的供应链是不可行的。在陆地上，许多地方适合风力发电，但现有的涡轮机不能满足土地所有者的需求。例如，许多农民对微型发电很感兴趣，但目前没有一个负担得起的选择，也没有合适的回报时间来证明投资是合理的。**解决方案**我们的技术通过创新的新设计解决了这些挑战，这些设计可以在英国轻松建造，并且无需专业基础设施即可轻松在陆上或海上部署。我们的目标是首先用适合小土地所有者的5kW机组来展示和营销我们的概念。我们估计每个5kW模块的年发电量为11000千瓦时，每个模块的成本约为2.5万英镑（单个基础/支撑结构的成本约为1.5万英镑）。这些模块可以堆叠在相同的基础上，因此一个4层20kW垂直阵列将花费11.5万英镑，在10年的投资回报期内产生9%的年投资回报率（之后免费）。5KW的成功支持扩展到1.5MW的海上模块。**创新**好处是：*可以快速开发制造更大涡轮机的小模块。*不需要起重机或海上驳船：可以很容易地在任何英国造船厂建造，并漂浮到现场（海上版本）*提高了可用性和可靠性（在模块故障的情况下继续发电）。*减少对环境的影响（减少20%的材料，提高可回收性，至少减少20%的不可回收物）。与现有的先进技术不同：*我们的创新是模块化的，可以在短时间内堆叠成一个大型的多兆瓦涡轮机。*我们的技术是第一个将传统风力涡轮机与AWEC（风筝）系统相结合的实用概念，进一步减少了30%的环境影响。我们的专利护罩结构可以减少20%的移动涡轮机尺寸，（它也可以防止风筝在AWEC故障的情况下纠缠），**项目方法**我们计划在2025年安装我们的第一个5kW示范机组，但我们必须筹集额外的投资来实现这一目标（我们已经获得了8万英镑的匹配资金）。项目的这一阶段侧重于建立业务案例和收集证据，以获得进一步的投资。

**Problem**The UK Government has a 36GW offshore wind target by 2030, however turbines are currently only available from two EU manufacturers and are reliant on massive installation infrastructure (cranes and jackup barges) of which there is a global vessel shortage. As a result, there is a bottleneck in both supply and installation.The UK is also targeting 60% locally manufactured content, not viable with the current supply chain.Onshore, many sites are suitable for wind generation, but existing turbines don't meet the needs of the landowners. For example, many farmers are interested in microgeneration but don't currently have an affordable option with suitable pay back times to justify the investment.**Solution**Our technology addresses these challenges with an innovative new designs that can be built easily in the UK and deployed easily on or offshore without specialist infrastructure.We aim to start by demonstrating and marketing our concept with a 5kW unit suitable for small landowners. We estimate each 5kW module would produce 11,000kWh p.a. and cost around £25k each (with a single foundation/support structure costing around £15k). The modules can be stacked on the same foundation and so a 4-stack 20kW vertical array would cost c.£115k producing an annual ROI of 9% during 10 year payback (free after). Success of 5KW supports scaleup to offshore 1.5MW module.**Innovation**Benefits are:* Small modules which make bigger turbines can be rapidly developed.* No need for cranes or jack up barges offshore: can be easily built in any UK shipyard onshore and floated to site (offshore version)* Increased availability and reliability (continues generating power in event of module failure).* Reduced environmental impact (20% less material, increased recyclability, at least 20% less non-recyclables).Unlike existing state-of-the-art:* Our innovation is modular and can be stacked to make a large multi-megawatt turbine in a short time frame.* Our technology is the first practical concept to combine a conventional wind turbines with AWEC (kite) systems further reducing environmental impact by 30%.Our patented shroud structure can reduce the moving turbine size by 20%, (it also prevents the kite from entanglement in case of AWEC failure),**Project Approach**We have plans to install our first 5kW demonstration unit in 2025, but we must raise additional investment in order to achieve this (we've already secured £80k match funding). This phase of the project focuses on building the business case and gathering evidence to access further investment.