Wind turbine installation
Lifting turbines beyond what cranes and heavy-lift vessels can do.
CLS Wind designs sensor-informed, operator-directed lifting systems for the next generation of onshore and offshore wind. Patent-pending. Validated by Arup, Kent Engineering, and the American Bureau of Shipping.
The bottleneck is the lift.
Onshore turbines are growing past 150-meter hub heights. Offshore nacelles are passing 500 tons. Conventional cranes scale exponentially with height. Heavy-lift vessels are scarce, expensive, and booked years out.
The result is delayed deployments, higher levelized costs, and a growing major component replacement backlog 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.
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. Site-specific designs delivered for 2.7 MW Siemens Gamesa, 4.2 MW Vestas, and 6.1 MW GE Vernova platforms.
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Offshore. Fixed and floating.
ORCA
Lifting and installation systems for offshore wind, with variants for fixed-foundation and floating platforms. ABS Approval in Principle issued for a 15 MW reference turbine. Day rates under one-quarter of a 2,500-ton-plus heavy-lift vessel.
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Validation
Independently load-modeled. Approval in Principle in hand.
Arup
Load modeling. 15 MW fixed offshore.
Kent Engineering
Load modeling. 15 MW floating.
ABS
Approval in Principle. 15 MW turbine. May 2024.
Engaging with developers, OEMs, ports, and supply chain partners.
Across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe.