Onshore and offshore wind. Patent-pending.
Wind installation, beyond what cranes and heavy-lift vessels can do.
CLS Wind builds sensor-informed, operator-directed lifting platforms for onshore and offshore wind. Two products, one platform principle: lift loads scale linearly with turbine height, where conventional cranes scale exponentially. Validated by Arup, Kent Engineering, and the American Bureau of Shipping.
- lower installation cost
- 50–80%
- faster deployment
- 35%+
- LCOE reduction across asset life
- >10%
- lower on-site emissions
- 80%
The problem
The lift is the bottleneck.
Onshore turbines are growing past 150-meter hub heights. Offshore nacelles are passing 500 tons. Conventional cranes scale exponentially with height. The handful of vessels that can install offshore turbines above 15 MW (roughly thirty worldwide) are booked eighteen to twenty-four months out at day rates above $500,000.
The result is delayed deployments, higher levelized costs, and a major component replacement backlog that grows daily as the global fleet ages. CLS Wind addresses the lift itself, with a system that scales linearly with height and works with the cranes and vessels operators already have.
The technology
Two systems. One platform principle.
Onshore
KINKA-LIFT
A self-erecting platform that lifts and replaces wind turbine components at hub heights conventional cranes cannot reach. Sensor-informed, operator-directed. Sample 2.7 MW × 70-turbine project: $18.6M installation versus $36M with cranes. 48% saved.
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Offshore. Fixed and floating.
ORCA
Lifting and installation for offshore wind, with variants for fixed-foundation and floating platforms. Approval in Principle from ABS for a 15 MW reference turbine. Sample 15 MW × 67-turbine project: $53M installation versus $205M with vessels. 74% saved.
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Validation
Independently load-modeled. Approval in Principle in hand.
Arup
Independent load modeling. 15 MW fixed offshore.
Kent Engineering
Independent load modeling. 15 MW floating, three-column semi-submersible.
ABS
Approval in Principle. 15 MW offshore reference turbine. May 2024.
Engaging with developers, OEMs, ports, and supply chain partners.
Across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe.