Optimization Finished! New Turbine Images and Power Curve Here

Optimization of our turbine has been finished! First off, a big thanks to everyone who's participated in this investment round. Your investments helped bring this optimization project over the finish line. While the final report containing the supporting mathematics is still being written, these are renderings of the updated turbine and calculated power curve (below).

Rendering of final turbine.

The lessons learned over the past several years have culminated in this final version of our turbine. It has been mathematically optimized for maximum power generation given its desired form factor. It has been enlarged and simplified to reduce cost and complexity of manufacturing and assembly in addition to being optimized for power generation.

Turbine in expected color options.

The power curve below represents the calculated power curve of the new design. Although the blade is still being worked out, the power curve estimates a conservative 35% efficiency of the assembled turbine when working in conjunction with rooftops and structures.

A conservative power curve estimating a 35% efficiency and capped at around 2200 watts.

This final model is expected to generate significantly more power at any given wind speed vs the power curve of the old turbine (which is still shown in the main section of this raise). Also, while data from competitors is fairly nascent, I believe it will be at least competitive with, if not superior to, similar models either on the market or currently in development in terms of power generation. It also stands to be simpler and less expensive to both manufacture, ship, store, and assemble than comparable turbines.

This is due to a variety of factors, including the efficiency of the blade (which is still being worked on), the placement of the turbine to take advantage of buildings and rooftops, and the overall final efficiency of the shell. With these variables still in mind, we'll get to work on trying to generate more power, or trying to reduce the size and cost for the same power, as we refine the design down a bit more in the final phases of engineering and testing.

The turbine is designed to work with buildings, turning a disadvantage for regular turbines into more power generated by our turbine.

Of note in the design differences from previous models, the top no longer contains a separate section designed to emphasize negative pressure above the blade. While this was an early expectation of the design, Espiritu discovered a way to eliminate it while generating more negative pressure above the blade than with the apparatus. This is a significant development as it allows a greater collection area for the same total height and yet places an even greater emphasis on negative pressure above the blade.

The models shown on these rooftops are quite large to compete with upcoming models from competitors. However, the design was created with scalability in mind and a smaller turbine for residential rooftops is expected to be released alongside or shortly after the larger commercial version, depending on how much tweaking is needed to make a smaller version viable. I don't believe there will be much if any changes needed for a residential version, except for maybe the mounting hardware. I ran some preliminary calculations last night and believe that this will be feasible.

Beyond the turbine, Halcium has been accepted into the Four Corners Cleantech Accelerator program. This incubator was created by the US Small Business Administration (SBA) to help further innovation in clean energy. We were accepted just a few weeks ago and are getting started in the 10 week program. This will help us further increase our connections in the clean energy markets, engineering expertise (as needed), and business contacts in cleantech generation sales markets both in North America and in Europe.

Last, I'm very pleased and fortunate to announce the creation of a formal advisory board.

Brandon Bingham (linkedin.com/in/brandon-bingham-625a6139) has joined the advisory board as our Chief Operations Advisor. He has extensive experience in manufacturing, operations, and creating go-to-market strategies for complex products with highly technical sales processes. He'll be advising manufacturing and creating a solid go-to-market strategy.

Over the next weeks/months I'll be expecting the final report on optimization (a lot of very technical, very boring calculations) as well as a proposal for the final mechanical and electrical engineering of the turbine (cost and timeline). I also plan to build a smaller-scale version of the prototype for modeling.

I see a clear path to the finish line with the completion of this milestone. In addition, I think it looks amazing. With almost no publicity outside of these raises, we've managed to generate global interest in a novel product poised to create value in an already $300 billion USD annual market which is growing at 14% a year. Large corporations, governments, and individuals have all shown keen early interest in our turbine and I believe this final turbine and its data will only stoke those flames.