About CLS Wind

CLS Wind develops sensor-informed, operator-directed lifting systems for the wind industry. The technology has two product lines. KINKA-LIFT is the onshore platform, used for installation, major component replacement, and recommissioning. ORCA is the offshore platform, with variants for fixed-foundation and floating wind. Both are patent-pending.

The technology is built on more than seventy years of proven oil and gas jack-up engineering, repurposed for the loads and geometries of modern wind. Conventional cranes scale exponentially with turbine height; the CLS Wind platform scales linearly. The existing tower is bypassed: lift loads run through structural chords directly to the foundation, monopile, or floater.

Where we are

CLS Wind, Inc. is the US parent, registered in Delaware. CLS Wind Group Ltd (Companies House registration SC873164) is the Scottish operating subsidiary, established in December 2025 with its registered office at 5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh EH2 4AN. The Scottish entity delivers the group's UK grant-funded development work and is the operational base for the European market.

The US base is at Greentown Labs, Houston. The team is engaging with developers, OEMs, ports, and supply chain partners across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

Validation

The platform has been independently load-modeled by Arup (15 MW fixed offshore) and Kent Engineering (15 MW floating). The American Bureau of Shipping issued an Approval in Principle for the 15 MW system in May 2024. Letters of Support from Muir Mhor, Ossian, and Buchan offshore wind farms back the offshore programme. Full record on the validation page.

Intellectual property

Patents are filed across multiple jurisdictions covering the platform principle, the load path, and the connection geometries. Patent-pending in all relevant markets.