en.Wedoany.com Reported - DNV, the Norwegian classification society, has invested in wind energy artificial intelligence planning platform Vind AI through its DNV Ventures arm, acquiring a minority stake and securing a board observer seat. Vind AI will remain independent, with its employees still holding approximately 70% of the largest equity stake. Existing investors Norrsken VC and Arkwright X also participated in this funding round.
The digital planning platform developed by this Norwegian startup is playing an increasingly important role in renewable energy project development. International project developers such as Iberdrola, TotalEnergies, EDF Renewables, EnBW, and Tokyo Gas are already using the platform. Kaare Helle, Director of Venture Investments at DNV Ventures, stated that the platform integrates data, modeling, and collaboration tools, transforming how early-stage decisions are made.
DNV's equity stake enables Vind AI to access additional technical and strategic expertise, covering technical capabilities and industry experience across the full lifecycle of renewable energy projects. For DNV, this is a strategic move to establish a digital industry standard for renewable energy project planning in collaboration with Vind AI.
At the core of the technical collaboration is the direct integration of DNV's CFD-ML wind modeling into the Vind AI platform. Previously, high-precision flow simulations based on RANS CFD were limited to later project stages due to high computational demands. DNV's CFD-ML technology combines a decade of RANS CFD results with machine learning, enabling rapid and accurate simulation of wind resources and turbine interactions within the platform during the development phase, without the need to switch media or conduct external analysis. Jan-Tore Horn, Co-founder and CTO of Vind AI, noted that Vind AI has been strengthened through the integration of CFD-ML technology and board-level participation.
Vind AI has also launched a new solution, Solar & Battery, for hybrid wind, solar, and battery projects, with DNV's engineering expertise supporting this expansion. The platform integrates over 8,000 layers of data, advanced algorithms, and collaboration tools in a shared working environment for engineering, project development, and investment teams. As the complexity of hybrid energy projects increases, the demand for integrated digital planning solutions is likely to rise further, and Vind AI aims to secure a favorable market position through its partnership with DNV.
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