GyroTorque promises to improve the cost, efficiency, controllability and effectiveness of wind and wave power generation systems. Gyro Energy Ltd has a worldwide exclusive license to develop and market the power generation application of the GyroTorque technology.

All other applications for the GyroTorque technology are licensed exclusively to Hybrid Holdings Limited USA Inc. (HUI)

HUI has progressively developed the transport application of GyroTorque and is working towards commercialisation.

Funds contributed by private investors have enabled GEL to undertake a staged programme to develop the GyroTorque technology. Progress to date has demonstrated the potential of GyroTorque and proven most of the features of the system.

Further development work is expected to bring GyroTorque to the point where Gyro Energy Limited can take on either project partners and/or sell licenses to original equipment manufacturers for the use of the GyroTorque technology in wind and wave power applications.

Patent Info
GyroTorque is an internationally patented invention initially via the Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT) and is now protected in all major markets.

The GyroTorque Story
Jega was first introduced to the theory of gyroscopic reaction during his undergraduate studies.

He pursued his post-graduate degree in engineering at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand in the late 1970s. His interest in the concept of gyroscopic reaction again resurfaced when he took part in a student project to review renewable energy resources during the oil crisis.

Excited about the prospect of harnessing wind and wave for electricity generation, he constantly thought about the potential of the application. Upon completion of his studies, Jega worked as an engineer on the Huntly Power Project under the New Zealand Electricity Department. This increased his engineering experience in power generation, but did little to challenge his growing interest in renewable energy sources. His favourite subjects, namely thermodynamics and mechanics, began to occupy his thoughts more often.

During the restructuring of government agencies in 1980’s, he accepted voluntary redundancy and pursued his passion of gyroscopic reaction.

A friend light-heartedly suggested that an infinitely variable transmission without dependence on friction is what the world needed. It didn’t take long for Jega to realise that gyroscopic reaction would be the answer. He began sketching various mechanisms with a gyroscopic rotor and thought he had found the answer. He took the concept to his friend who built a simple model, while Jega completed the mathematical modeling to support it. The concept failed but Jega was determined to carry on and find the answer as to why a practical gyroscopic transmission was not possible.

In the meantime, a patent search was conducted and the results proved interesting. Serious attempts had been made in the past fifty years to exploit gyroscopic reaction for variable transmission – principally for automotive applications. While this was encouraging, Jega found that the attempts were either flawed or impractical.

He created a second concept that clearly showed gyroscopic transmission was possible but involved a second output such as hydraulic power. He applied for a patent, submitted a research paper at the 1993 annual conference of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand and applied for R&D funding. The funding application was turned down on grounds that although the concept would work, it would not be viable.

Jega moved to Auckland to find work. Once employed, he began, in his spare time, to continue his quest as to why gyroscopic transmission was not possible without a second output.

He built a unit to demonstrate his second concept. It was not successful due to air leaks in the hydraulic circuits and excess friction in the critical components. He made the decision to call it quits on this second concept.

Jega began an intensive search for a third concept. A solution finally emerged and Jega was certain that this third concept was the final answer to gyroscopic transmission.

He successfully attracted funding, citing the great potential of gyroscopic transmission for wind and wave power applications. He wanted to demonstrate the concept using playground equipment. In the end Jega managed to achieve satisfactory results and won additional funding to produce a prototype of the model.

In 1998 a table demonstration unit of the real gyroscopic transmission was made presumably for the first time ever! This marked a significant milestone.

In September of 1999 Jega made an agreement with Hybrid Holdings Ltd and gave them the license for transport and other applications excluding applications to power generation.

Gyro Energy Ltd was formed in April 2001 to develop and market the Gyroscopic transmission for power generation applications such as wind and wave power.