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Floating Drum Turbine

A solution for providing electricity to undeveloped areas having some water stream resources

September 2020

Floating Drum Turbine

A solution for providing electricity to undeveloped areas having some water stream resources

  • World Alliance Member
  • Featured Solution
  • Labelled Solution
Label Date September 16, 2020
From Iran
Maturity stage TRL 7 - Prototype testing in the real world

This solution, named by Floating Drum Turbine or FDT, provides distributed generation of hydroelectricity from the water streams (canals/rivers) using an innovative micro-turbine which is registered in the WIPO-PCT system. This turbine consists of an undershot waterwheel floated on a water stream using a buoyant skid, and be anchored to the water bankside using some cables or hinged arms. By the way, the water stream makes the turbine and its coupled generator to rotate which causes to generate the electricity. This solution provides steady electricity generation (365 days, 24 hours) with constant efficiency.

The Environmental Benefits

  • This solution is suitable for undeveloped areas having minimal water streams, and have no access to any local electrical network.
  • The product will be offered to the market directly, or through an EPC project execution, or by selling the generated electricity from an erected plant to clients.
  • Compared to solar power, this solution has 80% lower CO2 emission, doubly used energy, full-time energy supply, higher efficiency, good reliability, no land usage, and steady state which makes it fully competitive.
  • Compared to solar power, this solution has 30% lower payback time, 10-15% lower cost, and more governmental subsides for clients.

The Financial Benefits

  • The economic benefits of this solution in comparison with the solar power includes 30% lower payback time
  • 10-15% lower cost, and more governmental subsides for clients.

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Company Profile

Green Energy Development Co.

Distributed generation of hydroelectricity using an innovative microturbine.

Headquarters Tehran Province, Tehran, 16th St, Q828+8MM, Iran
Type Startup or self-employed
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