Scott Moffat

Bio:  Scott is President and Co-founder of VFG Energy Systems Inc. and a practicing Veterinarian. He is owner and Medical Director of Kittery Animal Hospital, a three doctor Small Animal Hospital practicing high quality medicine, surgery and dental care for companion animals since 1988. He also owns and operates Creature Comforts boarding Kennel that provides boarding and grooming services as well as retail pet supplies for dogs cat, and exotic pets. The facility also provides shelter and pet adoption services to the surrounding communities. Together the businesses provide 25 to 30 local jobs depending on the season. Scott holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine as well as a MS in Zoology and a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Connecticut. He lives on a farm in Kittery with his wife Kirsten and the three children Timothy, Lauren, and Ben.

Bio:  Benjamin Brickett founded Blue Water Concepts Inc. in 1998, an intellectual property holding and research and development firm which specializes in environmental and marine systems development and product implementation. He has been designing and building windmills for over 30 years. He is the principal speaker in the Junk-to-Juice program, which educates people on how to build windmills out of salvaged material. He is a guest lecturer at public wind energy forums as well as the University of New Hampshire, educating engineering students on wind energy systems. Before becoming an independent inventor, Ben worked as an undersea/deep space engineer for 20 years. He owns and operates the R/V Jessie B., which is contracted to Universities and Research Institutions in support of marine research projects. He holds a number of patents which range from undersea fiber optic connectors, fishing lures, to whale entanglement mitigation devices and has filed patent protection for the Variable Force Generator.

Company Description:  Scott Moffat CEO, a practicing Veterinarian and Ben Brickett CTO, an Electrical Engineer, founded VFG Energy Systems in 2002 to conduct research and development for the commercialization of various product ideas in the environmental and renewable energy fields. In the past the company has focused on research and product development centered on mitigating risks of entanglement of marine mammals in fixed fishing gear. Three products have been developed and tested supported by over $500,000 of funding from various grant sources. Full production runs are pending finalization of federal agency administrative rules and/or legislation. Currently the company’s primary activity is the commercialization of wind and water turbines based on the Variable Force Generator (VFG). The novel patent pending robust design of the axial displacement, direct-drive generator system enables the VFG wind turbine to maximize energy production over a wider range of wind speeds than conventional turbines, especially at low wind speeds. VFGES is committed to grow real jobs and to make world class wind turbines in the state of Maine.