Our Tech
Inspired by the natural oscillation of ocean waves, Electronic Inertial Power™ is a breakthrough technology with 8 patents issued to date that generates, stores, and distributes highly-efficient, scalable power.
Electronic inertial Power (EiP) is the synthesis of Electronic inertia and Large flywheel inertia. In other words, we combine the frenetic inertia of "Freewheeling Flyback Energy*"–energy that is generated by the rapid fluctuation of power–and large flywheel inertia, like that of a millstone, which delivers delivers strong mechanical energy at low speed.
EiP, simply put, is a synthesis of natural forces that redefines the limitations of energy storage and transformation
We've harnessed this energy in our flagship Oscillating Power Generation and Storage System, Zephra. The large, heavy flywheel can not only generate energy from the wind, but it also stores and "standardizes" other energies fed into it. When paired with one or more other machines, we're able to convert energy from different sources into a unified oscillation that can be tossed back and forth between machines indefinitely with just a trickle of electricity.
The strong mechanical energy of Zephra's flywheel is analogous to the strong oscillations of ocean waves–organizing the cacophony smaller energies trickling in from other renewable sources, batteries, or other energy sources.
A simple way to understand EiP Technology is to consider ocean waves. Say a large winter swell with 20’ faces hits the North Shore of Hawaii. That swell started in the Gulf of Alaska, with sustained 40 knot winds over a 6-hour period. The local swell created was a sloppy mess of wave energy. Theoretically, if the same wind would have blown in the opposite direction in the Gulf of Alaska right after the initial storm hit, the waves would have cancelled themselves out.
Now let’s take this a step further. This swell is going to continue traveling down to the US West Coast. And because it’s oscillating at a natural frequency, it will not decrease much in size. Say it decays from 20’ to 15’ by the time it hits the big wave spots in California. Now what if there was a way to pulse small focused amounts of energy at specific intervals into the swell as it travels to the US West Coast, in order to maintain the 20’ faces. That is how we create EiP storage. We trickle in just enough energy, switching at 24,000 times per second, to maintain the stored power trapped in each EiP machine flywheel oscillation. When 2 or more EiP machines operate together in a cluster, each machine feeds the others so that input power required to maintain each oscillation is reduced. In a 4-machine system, only a very small side-car battery system is required to maintain stored power indefinitely. This sounds like a perpetual motion machine but it’s not – it’s the Electronic Inertial Power oscillation providing ultra-efficient use of power. Large scale battery storage becomes unnecessary.
Now let’s take this a step further. This swell is going to continue traveling down to the US West Coast. And because it’s oscillating at a natural frequency, it will not decrease much in size. Say it decays from 20’ to 15’ by the time it hits the big wave spots in California. Now what if there was a way to pulse small focused amounts of energy at specific intervals into the swell as it travels to the US West Coast, in order to maintain the 20’ faces. That is how we create EiP storage. We trickle in just enough energy, switching at 24,000 times per second, to maintain the stored power trapped in each EiP machine flywheel oscillation. When 2 or more EiP machines operate together in a cluster, each machine feeds the others so that input power required to maintain each oscillation is reduced. In a 4-machine system, only a very small side-car battery system is required to maintain stored power indefinitely. This sounds like a perpetual motion machine but it’s not – it’s the Electronic Inertial Power oscillation providing ultra-efficient use of power. Large scale battery storage becomes unnecessary.
If we were to slow this process down, it might look a bit like a group of metronomes syncing up. While each of them is oscillating at a different frequency, they all sync up and add to the larger mechanical force of the swaying platform they sit on.
Use EiP on or off the grid
The versatility of the EiP System suits many use cases from bustling urban environments to remote communities.