In this video, our intern from West Texas A&M, engineering student Omar Garcia, narrates a test where the generator maintains the turbine at a steady 40 RPM while collecting electrical output and strain gauge data in different wind speeds. This has been somewhat of a challenge since the near-ground wind is gusty and constantly changing. But, turbulent conditions are what the Wind Harvester has been built to handle. 

Defensible data and analysis give confidence in Model 4.0’s Annual Energy Production predictions in differing wind resources. Our team has collected enough “wind bin speed” data to provide a field-validated power performance curve. We anticipate publishing that curve as soon as Dr. Malcolm and the rest of the team have confirmed its accuracy and reliability. This will be a historic milestone for turbines.

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