During this feasibility study, Fibersail performed the following tasks:
- Large scale tests to increase its TRL level;
- Met and Inquired industry experts validating the value and business proposition within the wind industry;
- Developed and strengthened professional relationships with potential client and partners along the value chain;
- Freedom to Operate analysis and evaluation based on previous studies with industry experts to search for patenting opportunities and to strengthening the IP strategy;
- Several meetings were held with the SME Instrument coach to prioritize and excel our go to market plan;
- We’ve been nominated Shell New Energy Challenge top10 finalist in the Netherlands, won the Pitch Competition during the Blade Damage and Repair Forum in Belgium and been nominated an Offshore Wind Innovator in the Netherlands;
- Add an advisory board to strength our strategies and business decisions;
- Started the negotiation with several potential clients for the early adoption of Fibersail technology;
In the end of the study, results indicate us that measuring the structural behavior will not only prevent failures and reduce maintenance costs, like current SHM systems, but also improve efficiency of current wind turbines and lead to the design and manufacturing of more efficient blades.
Fibersail technology have been presented and validated along the value chain with Blade OEMs and Wind Farm Owners leading us to test with a major blade manufacturer and initiate the process to test with one of the leading wind farm owner and operators.
The dissemination strategy has been defined along with the industry characteristics, which means, a small group of large corporations (OEMs). In this way, we choose for the direct contact with each of the OEMs in order to present, validate, and create a professional relationship to reach the desidered outcome, get partners to test and first contact with potential clients.
We’ve been part of some pitch innovation contests on the wind industry to present and dessiminate the technology through the rest of the value chain, which have been resulting in an enrichment of the network.
Also we’ve published online articles such as:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfH-T-1ysqA(s’ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre)http://www.compositesworld.com/blog/post/a-better-method-of-structural-health-monitoring(s’ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre)http://www.windpowermonthly.com/event/blade-inspection-damage-and-repair(s’ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre) and published the following patent and articles:
http://www.google.com/patents/EP2921817A1?cl=en(s’ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre)http://rdcu.be/ttVr(s’ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029801816305972(s’ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre)
