Aquanis has won a $1-million Phase II SBIR grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a new blade coating that reduces the damage to wind-turbine blades caused by lightning. The award comes on the heels of a $3.5-million grant Aquanis received last year from the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), to develop…
Aquanis wins $3.5 million Department of Energy grant for turbine R&D
Aquanis was recently awarded $3.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The funding will be used to develop a segmented active load control system that will allow wind turbines to react more quickly to changes in the wind. The system features the company’s electrical blade-mounted actuators…
Blade-mounted flow actuator promises greater turbine power production
The design features a blade-mounted plasma flow actuator, a software controlled, solid-state electrical device that is simple and inexpensive.
Aquanis granted funding to develop & test its blade-mounted flow actuator
Aquanis announced that it has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant of $224,969 for the development and testing of a device that promises to improve the efficiency and extend the service life of utility-scale wind turbines. The company also was awarded an Innovation Voucher grant from the…
Slater Technology to fund start-up wind company with the goal of reducing O&M costs
The Slater Technology Fund announced it has committed $20,000 to Aquanis, a North Kingstown, RI-based startup developing a device that promises to improve efficiency and extend the service life of utility-scale wind turbines. With a mission of reducing the cost of wind energy, Aquanis aims to play a key role in helping the industry reach the…