Perpetual Industries Inc. announced that Trine University has been awarded a grant through its Innovation1 department from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation's Innovation Voucher Program to assist Perpetual Industries in the development of its proprietary vertical axis wind turbine called The Windsilo. A portion of the $50,000 grant will be used by Innovation1 to fund engineering and technical expertise in collaboration with the research and development team at Perpetual to finalize the production prototype of its Windsilo product.