Flag Turbines

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#Great news 📣 for our sister company BLOwN! A capital injection from Provincie Zeeland to demonstrate with 7 Flag Turbines. 2 Landmodels (https://lnkd.in/e_cYHRAW) en 5 roof models (https://lnkd.in/eGQjVtyn). The market demand for scalable, vertical axis Flagturbines.com is massive. Wish we could already sell and deliver, but unfortunately human intelligence #HI is required to create a smart, sustainable and robust product. Do your thing Eric Caron and Rob van de Pijpekamp, keep us informed, and make something available to grow the community!

Did you know that wind particles don’t care about the orientation of a wing? Sailing yachts and airplanes use the same aerodynamic principles. And therefore wind turbine technology is not exclusively applicable to the tall horizontal turbines that currently dominate the market. With an innovative approach a much smaller a vertical axis wind turbine can also deliver the required power. Let’s have a further talk on #OEEC2024! We are there on 26th of November.

Een eer en kans! Alles wat groeit, is klein begonnen.

Flag Turbines is proud to have received the Yachting Ventures Badge of Credibility - "Trusted member of the YV Community" https://lnkd.in/g3-s5Ug Last year Yachting Ventures hosted Flag Turbines at the METSTRADE Start-up Pavillon. After presenting our gen#9 Flag Turbine for the very first time to sailing community at Foiling Week™ 2023, we were invited to also present it to the Marine Leisure industry at METSTRADE. The market response in all our target markets was overwhelming, and the marketeers successfully pushed us higher up, giving us the opportunity to pitch and present our vision, our ideas, our technology and our products to potential customers and investors. At the same time we also sold 14 roof model pilot flag turbines and 3 land model flag turbines, whilst testing our gen#9 turbine. The test results showed unique aerodynamic performance and reliability..., but too low performance of the gen#2 generator. Thus.., we could convert the wind power into mechanical power, but not effectively in electric power. It urged us to start a bold second R&D trajectory; a low speed, high torque generator. Because it wasn't available in the market, because it would improve the force transfers, because we like to have more value in our proposition, because we want to be in full control for scaling it up to very large powers..., and because we can do it, we like to do it and because we will deliver. So this year we rapidly developed various generations of axial flux generators. We tested coils, spools, bearings, magnets, cores, motor controllers and power electronics, and spend an awful amount of money and time on it. And it left us with one uncertainty when we put gen#6 into the field testing. Now, after 2 weeks of strong wind and almost 2000 field test hours, we are no longer uncertain about the missing value, and the method how to solve it. It became clear that the easy approach was not the solution, so we redesigned with the complicated approach. And right now we have all the components ordered for the gen#7 generator. We delivered the base of the land model to our customer Berko Kompressoren, we received the first power components..., and will push further to deliver the first ever land model flag turbine. Our financial situation is a nightmare, the market response is overwhelming, and our technical heart is excited. And that's probably why Yachting Ventures awarded us with their credibility badge. We don't sell ideas and visions, but we derisk #Deeptech #hardware #Cleantech turbine technology, and deliver cutting edge products, which will highly impact the energy transition. And of course we claimed our Intellectual Property rights. Of which we have a world wide claim on the first registered patent, filed on 18-10-2021. Many thanks to all our partners, pilot customers and colleagues! Gabbi Richardson Lucy Wright Eric Caron Rob van de Pijpekamp BLOwN Andrew Pindar OBE DL Rodller Holland Home of Wind Energy and many others!

Mooi nieuwsbericht op omroep Zeeland. https://lnkd.in/eiiiiagQ Gisteren hebben we met onze pilot klanten 1000 operationele uren gevierd van onze pilot dakmodel vlagmolen op het dak van meesters de koeijer & glashelder roegiers. En dankzij een speciaal geplaatst trappenhuis door B&E Bedrijven konden we zowel beneden als boven tekst en uitleg geven over de ervaringen en waarnemingen. Vanaf 2 september; - Hebben we 2 weken met harde wind gehad - De observatie camera ging stuk en hebben we vervangen. - Bleek dat de generator cogging te hoog was. De molen is een week buiten bedrijf geweest, terwijl we de luchtspleet vergroot hebben. - De monitoring software is in de eerste 1000 uur niet gecrasht. - De molen is volledig op afstand te monitoren en te bedienen. User alerts zijn nog nodig om veranderende omstandigheden te melden. - De veiligheidsfuncties werken goed. Zodra de molen afgekoppeld wordt van het net, wordt de maximale elektromagnetische weerstand uitgeoefend. Energie die daarbij vrijkomt, wordt via remweerstanden "verbrand". - Door de grotere luchtspleet werd er vanaf 8 rpm pas energie opgewekt. - Om de draaisnelheid constant te houden, moest actief tegenkoppel geleverd worden. - De vlagmolen, met testbladen van 600x1500mm startte op bij 6 m/s wind. Daarvoor was geen aandrijving nodig. - De lagering is trillingsvrij en robuust. Er is geen geluidsoverdracht door resonantie op het dak. - De molen maakt geen geluid. Inmiddels zijn de meeste onderdelen besteld voor de verbeterde gen#7 generator. Door een andere rotor configuratie kunnen we de snelheidsconstante enorm verhogen, waardoor we vanaf 3 omwentelingen per minuut energie kunnen opwekken. De testvleugels worden vervangen door 3x grotere vleugels. Daardoor verwachten we dat de molen gaat draaien vanaf 3 m/s, zoals bij veldtesten in 2022. We bouwen ondertussen de eerste landmodel (https://lnkd.in/egaKTKsX) vlagmolen van 7m hoog en 4m doorsnede. Die wordt opgebouwd bij Berko Kompressoren in Wijchen. Daar kunnen we onder gematigde windomstandigheden testen met een rotor oppervlakte van 50m2, en een vleugeloppervlakte van 18 m2.

Ontwikkelingen gaan door! Al een aantal jaar geleden kwam Maarten van Oeveren langs met het idee van een vlagmolen. Na allerlei prototypes is er een eerste exemplaar waar veel leerlessen in zitten. Een exemplaar wat getest mag worden bij Antwan de Punder van meesters de koeijer & glashelder roegiers. Mooi dat ondernemers elkaar daar in steunen (met ook ondersteuning van Impuls Zeeland, de Rabobank en het onderwijs). De weg is nog lang. Maar waar we zonnepanelen in Zeeland alleen nog op daken willen, is deze molen ook een opstap om nog meer te combineren op dat dak (is directe omgeving), waardoor MKB’ers kunnen verduurzamen. #zeeland #MKB #duurzaamheid #vlagmolen

It's conference and exhibition season. And Flag Turbines is happy to join 4 events in November. 5-11, 18.00 to 18.30 Pitch at Tholen Plein at Contacta. Get your free tickets here; https://lnkd.in/eGnnJddg 5-11, 20.30 to 21.30 Presenting with Rabobank in Contacta, Zeeland Hallen Goes. Register here; Aanmelden voor Flag Turbines: een Zeeuwse startup die windenergie overal en voor iedereen beschikbaar maakt!: Contacta - Eticketsysteem 6-11, 13.00 to 16.00 Demonstrating our pilot turbine meesters de koeijer & glashelder roegiers in Heinkenszand. Only for pilot customers. 19-11 19.00 to 21.00 Expert interview at ondernemersoverleg Tholen. For Tholen businesses. 26-11 Showcasing on NL Pavilion at OEEC2024. Register here; https://lnkd.in/gRKWNSbF Free for students and press! Looking forward to be in touch, and to share our thoughts on your ideas and use case.

Why Flag Turbines? Because wind energy can be cheaper and wind turbines can be nicer. And because advanced turbine technology will unleash the vast potential of tidal energy and river hydro energy. Why not? It's worth the dedication, the tough times, the risk of getting hit by a blade, the cut's caused by sharp edges and the clamping by strong magnets! But above all..., it's fun to do 😀 A short impression of BLOwN's engineering history. Proudly taken to market by Flag Turbines Follow us to stay up to date with the latest news; https://lnkd.in/eKSSP3AE Eric Caron Rob van de Pijpekamp Maarten van Oeveren

What a week! Flag Turbines UK Ltd was founded on 19-7-2024, with registration in Edinburgh. And on the margins of #floatingwind24 we formalized the shareholders agreement with co-founders Andy Rogerson and Stephan Ashley. This main photo shows an overwhelming support. High level interest from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Development International, in action as Flag Turbines UK. With a Royal IHC methanol-fueled vessel on the background. Flag Turbines partner in our project submission to NATO DIANA. Our vision for a sustainable future. Under support, and with advice of 🇳🇱 export association Holland Home of Wind Energy. Looking forward for a firm collaboration with all of you to push floating offshore wind.