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New Energy Corporation Inc.
New Energy is a supplier of in-stream hydro power generation equipment
Focus is on commercializing the EnCurrent vertical axis hydro turbine
Size range is 5 kW to 250 kW per unit
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Product Development Approach
Start Small – 5/10/25 kW Systems
Deploy and operate systems
Gain experience, reduce risk
Continue to Scale up –125/250 kW
Simplify the design
Off-the-shelf components
Focus on the System
Water-to-wire
Minimize maintenance issues
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Commercialization Strategy
Identify and Develop markets for different product sizes
Establish local relationships – resellers
Maintain company focus on supplying equipment
Develop deployment expertise Support local resellers and
product development
NOT to be everything
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Market Segments
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Market Size
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Deployments
Installations Fort Simpson – NWT
Power
Eagle – AP&T
Ruby –YRITWC
Pointe du Bois –University of Manitoba
Bonnybrook – City of Calgary
Western Irrigation District
Duncan Dam – InStream Energy
Active Projects Chilla Canal – India
Fish Impact Study –EPRI
N’Dulee – NWT Government
Westport – Fundy Tidal
Canoe Pass
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EnCurrent Turbine
EnCurrent Turbine
Underwater DarrieusWindmill
Independent of flow direction
Turbine operating range
1.5 to 3.5 m/s velocity
Up to 1.5 m of head
Power proportional to cube of velocity
Minimal Footprint
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Turbine Sizes/Depths
System SizeDesign
Velocity
Turbine Dimensions (m) Minimum Depth (m)Diameter Height
5 kW 3.0 m/s 1.5 0.75 1.2
Low-flow5 kW
2.4 m/s 1.5 1.5 2.0
10 kW 3.0 m/s 1.5 1.5 2.0
25 kW 3.0 m/s 3.4 1.7 2.2
Low-flow25 kW
2.4 m/s 4.8 2.4 3.0
125 kW 3.0 m/s 7.6 3.8 4.4
Low-flow125 kW
2.4 m/s 7.6 7.6 8.2
250 kW 3.0 m/s 7.6 7.6 8.2
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5/10/25 kW Design
Robust design Mechanical Components
above the waterline Overhung shaft design
2:1 Aspect Ratio River Deployments
Off-the-shelf components
Machined Components
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Anchoring
Bottom Anchoring Drill into bedrock
Ship anchors (i.e. Danforth)
Large concrete weights
Earth Anchors
Attachment to Boat
Anchor the turbine
Reduced buoyancy requirments
Maintains turbine in flow
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Electrical Cables9/30/2010Confidential 11
Debris Management
Boom for surface debris Primarily protects the
boat rather than the turbine
Have not had an issue with submerged debris More of an issue with
higher constriction
Using trash racks at Canoe Pass
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Blade Speed
Tip Speed Ratio – Ratio of Blade Speed to Water Speed Design point is approximately
2.5
Blade Speed is relatively constant based on water velocity regardless of turbine size 3 m/s ~7.1 m/s 2.4 m/s ~5.7 m/s
For a given water velocity the blade speed is relatively fixed for any sized turbine
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EPRI Fish Impact Study
S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory
Spring Juvenile Atlantic Salmon and American shad
Summer/Fall Rainbow trout and smallmouth bass
15-20 fish to be radio tagged during the natural migratory period
Fish monitored when near the turbine Fish Collected and monitored once they have
passed the turbine
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EPRI Fish Impact Study
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Duncan Dam – InStream Energy
Fort Simpson Approvals Installed June 2010 Grid connected Three main approvals in
Canada Department of Fisheries
and Oceans Department of
Transportation Provincial/Territorial
DFO Permission within one week Made initial contact with
S.O. Conte Anadromous Financial support to fish
study
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AP&T Project at Eagle
Partner ABS Alaskan supplying equipment and services
Installation June 2010 with monitoring to take place over the next two years
Bionsonics
University of Alaska
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Moorage at Eagle
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Eagle Monitoring Plan
2010
Monitoring of fish in proximity of the turbine
Biologists on site
Sampling of fish downstream of the turbine
2011
Monitoring to be based on results of 2010 and EPRI Fish Study
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Canoe Pass – Objectives
Funded by STDC and ICE (approved)
Model the project review and permitting process
Demonstrate the reliability of tidal power as a grid connected energy source
Demonstrate, through project monitoring, the minimal environmental impact of tidal power projects
Install date – 2011
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Initial Concept9/30/2010Confidential 21
Final Approach9/30/2010Confidential 22
Bonnybrook – City of Calgary
Duncan Dam
Four 25 kW Systems
South Eastern British Columbia
Downstream of Water Control Dam
Equipment deployed in December of 2009
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Chilla Canal
Two Low-flow 25 kW and one 125 kW
Intent is 8 MW Plant
Series of 125 kW Systems
14 km Power Canal off of Ganges River
Installation November 2010 (25 kWs)
Client to represent NECI in India
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Fundy Tidal
Grand Passage- Nova Scotia-Bay of Fundy
25 kW Tidal Turbine November 2010
125 kW Tidal Turbine to follow in 2011
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