1. Ken Phillips

2.  Belief ◦ Using technology to produce locally produced goods, food, power will be critical to sustainability  Problem ◦ How can we enable individuals who don’t own homes and cant afford solar panels to produce their own electricity. ◦ Electric Bills keep rising  Usage vs. production/distribution cost  Goal ◦ Disrupt the Energy market

3.  Need ◦ Meeting current and future energy demand by turning consumers into producers of electricity  Approach ◦ Find/develop/invent an energy production method or device to meet this demand. still unknown  Benefits ◦ Consumers should care because this will reduce/eliminate utility costs on a monthly/yearly basis and provide more renewable energy platforms  Competition ◦ solar panels, current electrical companies, altearos, v^2 wind, and coal powered power plants are all competitors.

4.  Users are limited in where/from who they receive electricity from  Convenience, necessity, reliable  Users want to be environmentally conscious  People only made a change in their lives when it was convenient, and economically advantageous

5. Ease of Use Installation Upfront Cost ROI Governmental Regulations aesthetics Durable maintenance Reliable Perception of Alternative Energy Birds

6.  Centrally produced power  Transmission distance  Additional Equipment (i.e. transformers, towers, substations)  Metering  US Energy Administration avg. = 909 kWh/month (2013)

7.  Floating micro turbine design  P~V^2  Portable-people can take it with them when they move  Could offset or eliminate electric bills  Change the energy market

8. Control System Logic Energy Management Prototype

10.  Floating micro turbine design  Advertising to offset upfront costs  Device now doubles as energy production and advertising billboard  Reduce electricity cost for large businesses (car dealerships, factories, stadiums)

11.  Initial prototype  Wind Tunnel Testing  Solidworks modeling  Problem Interviews

12.  Altaeros Energy ◦ Provides portable power to difficult to reach locations ◦ Large scale power generation  Wind Tree Microturbine ◦ Provides onsite power to residential customers  Google X Makani ◦ Wind energy Kites

13.  Altaeros Turbine operates at higher altitudes than any existing turbine.  Wind Power density increases with height

14. Kens Company Businesses Business Advertisers Utility Company Good PR Less $

16.  Great product concept  Lacking a market  Need to find an application for this product ◦ Ski lodges, remote homes, NU applications?

17.  Continue working on this project  Meet with Altaeros engineers  Apply to NU prototype fund to try and build a complete system  Try to understand where to apply this technology