While waiting for the country to show interest in his wind turbines, Blagoje Krivokapić, an innovator from Nikšić, continues to win gold medals and cups at European and world international fairs.
Last year, at the Global Forum for Inventions in Cyprus, he won the gold medal for the best project and the Grand Prix cup for the best idea, while last month he returned from Moscow, where the 27th International Salon of Inventors and Innovative Technologies "Archimede" was held, with two gold medals and as many cups.
"The Chinese Society for Innovation awarded me a gold medal at the Fair, while I received a cup for innovation from the Financial University of the Russian Federation. "Archimed's" salon awarded me a gold medal, as well as a special cup", said the innovator from the town near Trebjes, who decided to tame the wind with a "lever".
And while in Cyprus 200 projects from 25 countries were presented, in Moscow, according to him, the competition was even greater - from 28 countries and 30 regions of the Russian Federation, about 570 works were presented.
"It's nice when in Montenegro, apart from athletes, someone is awarded medals and cups at the world level for other fields - science, innovation... The awards from Moscow mean a lot to me, but at the same time they oblige me to be even more successful. I still persistently want to do the work in Montenegro and make a contribution so that Montenegro is even more recognized at the global level", said Krivokapić for "Vijesti".
And that he is trying to promote Montenegro as much as possible is also shown by the fact that he distributed books about Montenegro to the participants at the Moscow Salon "Archimed" and tried to familiarize them as much as possible with the country he comes from.
As he points out, his wind turbines are cheaper, more accessible, simpler, safer and above all "more powerful" than the existing ones. The turbine he proposed is in the shape of a bird's wing, and the "wing" accepts wind resistance, while the power is obtained by a system of levers.
"When we have power, it's easy to turn it into speed," points out Krivokapić, who is a mechanical engineer by profession.
The existing windmill produces 2,4 MW of electricity, and his wind turbine, he claims, would produce up to 8 MW for three times less resources. For this wind turbine system, he points out, you don't need large poles, but can, with a suitable base, be placed on skyscrapers and hills.
By producing wind turbines, he would "import" the state and the business sector, and everyone would benefit, according to him. He still believes that it will happen, but in Montenegro, and not in another country.
"I can't do it alone. But if everyone would join together, the state, investors and the innovator, and if this project stayed in Montenegro, that would be good," says the Nikšić native, who is an engineer by profession, an innovator by choice, and a writer as a hobby.
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