Wind Fisher’s Journey: Reinventing Wind Energy from the Ground Up
I’ve never really sat down to tell the story of Wind Fisher and why we do what we do. So here’s the story… I’m Garrett Smith, and I founded Wind Fisher with a simple but powerful idea: to harness the untapped potential of higher-altitude wind and create a massively available, affordable, and sustainable source of […]
Engineering
Product & Processes We need expert engineers to design, prototype, and test our product. Wind Fisher intends to revolutionize the world of renewable energy with an airborne wind energy system using our patented technology: a dynamically flown, cylindrical rotor kite. We are developing a distributed wind energy system where traditional wind turbines do not meet […]
Science
Science & Knowledge Wind Fisher does fundamental research which needs top intellectual talent. Wind Fisher intends to revolutionize the world of renewable energy with an airborne wind energy system using our patented technology: a dynamically flown, cylindrical rotor kite. We are developing a distributed wind energy system where traditional wind turbines do not meet the […]
Wind Fisher Awarded the Hi France Seal of Investability
Tenerrdis has awarded the Hi France seal of investability to Wind Fisher for 2024. It’s a fantastic way to start the new year. The Hi France seal of investability is coordinated by AFPC (Association Française des Pôles de Compétivité – The French Association of Competitiveness Clusters) and confirms the scientific basis and market potential of […]
Wind Fisher joins Tenerrdis & Pôle Mer Méditerranée
Wind Fisher has recently joined both Tenerrdis and Pôle Mer Méditerranée. Membership in these two leading French competitiveness clusters will give the company a boost for their fund raising and commercial development through networking opportunties, thematic workshops and collaborative projects. Tenerrdis is the French energy cluster based in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the largest industrial region in […]
BPI France awards Wind Fisher 100k€ seed loan
Wind Fisher was recently awarded a 100k€ seed loan from BPI France. This “prêt d’amorçage” reinforces Wind Fisher’s cash position while the company seeks equity investors for a seed round. The funding enables the company to continue technical design of their disruptive Dynamic Magnus Balloon technology while pursuing commercial development opportunities. Wind Fisher’s dual cylinder […]
Extia contributes to Wind Fisher’s aerodynamics studies
Wind Fisher called upon the Computational Fluid Dynamics office at Extia to perform numerical aerodynamics studies for Magnus effect kites. We are extremely happy collaborating with Valentin Rat and Steven Daix who evaluated and provided further insight into the fluid flow around spinning cylinders as published by Badalamenti. They went above and beyond the call […]
