2023-03, Franz ended his AGILOX time two months ago, and was bored. he founded the robotics company in 2009 and brought it to a final exit in 2023-01. After that, he decided to do nothing for at least 6 months. but once being an entrepreneur, that is not realistic. together with his wife Monika he started the clean energy project a couple of weeks later.
2023-07, talking about the vision with lifelong friends, Michael-1, Michael-2, Bernhard and Andreas joined the team immediately. all of them have various skills - best in their classes, highly required for the long journey. honest guys with backbone, entrepreneurial thinking, fully focused and unselfishly giving everything to the project.
2023-08, thanks to Christian Peneder, we'd been able to make our first prototypes in a garage-style lab next to Ottnang / AT during the first months. this initial trial-run phase was highly important - it gaves us the confidence to invest more time and fundings. lately, we have filed three patents so far. this spot was our home until new year 2024, we have spent a lot of quality time there.
2023-11, happy birthday novventos. seeing a huge potential in what we work on, based on the functional prototypes deployed so far, we decided to sign the contracts for novventos Clean Energy GmbH at Dr. Johanna Fischers (HNP attorneys) office in Linz. Well bootstrapped with funds, supported by an established and reliable partner network, we are now perfectly prepared for a great success story.
2024-01, more space was needed for more of several types of turbines, as well as for an wind-channel test environment. so we were forced to have new halls to work, finally we settled down in Regau / Preising, AT. for all the office stuff and for development we have rented a flat in Neukirchen, AT, the same spot, where the company is registered.
2024-05, time to deploy the first commercial used, fixed wings, vertical axes wind turbine on the rooftop of an early bird to make experience in real conditions. commissioning was done in a couple of hours, and it works fine since that. some issues with the yaw drive, still some improvements to do with the generator. air flow guidance is good, but not perfect - all in all, for this initial step, we are pretty satisfied.
2024-10, all earnings from the last couple of months have been analyzed, and the results led to a new version of the turbine, a very straight forward, high performing machine in a stationary, mobile and hybrid version. highlight was the investment in a customized mold for aluminum extrusion, to get exactly that naca airfoils that fit perfect to our concept. the first 15 wings came by aircraft, we explect 100 more at the end of october by sea freight.
until the end of 2024, there are still a lot dings to do. the first orders for hybrid units already arrived, to be commissioned within this year. for q1 2025 we have scheduled the official market launch. all systems have to be up and running then, and face stability, reliability and performance to the operators. a main usp is a propper design.