Grant: Engage Grants Program

The use of renewable energy sources to supply off-grid electrical systems has been revolutionizing to theadvances in wind and solar photovoltaic technologies. Clear Blue Technology is one of the pioneeringcompanies that use a hybrid controller to harvest energy from solar panels and a wind turbine to power off-gridapplications such as streetlights, security cameras, mobile power and signage. Clear Blue's cloud-basedsoftware provides real time monitoring and control over the Internet from any PC or smartphone. Thecompany's strategy is to enable agents, resellers and OEMs to mix and match system components like poles,LEDs, wind turbines and solar photovoltaic to customize the solution they sell to end users. In order to fullyexecute this strategy, Clear Blue needs to develop a universal wind control module that can work with manydifferent wind turbines. In the market today, manufacturers develop wind controllers that work with onespecific wind turbine. Developing and bringing to market a universal wind controller is a key to differentiatingClear Blue's products in the market. This proposal is to fund the work necessary to develop and test afuzzy-based maximum power point tracking which enables maximizing the harvested wind energy. Theoutcome of this project will make Clear Blue product meet the required specifications of different windturbines. The deployment of such off-grid electrical systems will not only reduce the greenhouse gases inCanada but will also significantly reduce the stress on the aging distribution grid.