DNV has made a strategic minority investment in Vind AI, a digital platform for renewable energy project development, through its DNV Ventures arm. The deal gives DNV an observer seat on Vind AI’s board and supports the platform’s continued development and international growth.
Alongside the investment, the two companies have integrated DNV’s CFD-ML wind modelling directly into Vind AI’s platform. The technology combines a decade of computational fluid dynamics results with machine learning to deliver fast turbine-interaction and wind-resource simulations, which developers can now run from the earliest stages of a project without switching tools or waiting for external analysis.
Vind AI recently launched a Solar & Battery offering for co-located wind, solar and battery projects, and DNV’s engineering expertise feeds into that hybrid capability. The platform brings together more than 8,000 data layers and is already used by developers including Iberdrola, TotalEnergies, EDF Renewables, EnBW and Tokyo Gas. Existing investors Norrsken and Arkwright X remain on board, while Vind AI employees are still the largest ownership group at around 70%.
“We see firsthand how critical the early stages of project development are to the success of the energy transition,” said Kaare Helle, Venture Director at DNV Ventures. Jan-Tore Horn, chief technology officer and co-founder of Vind AI, said embedding DNV’s expertise through both the technology integration and board engagement would make the platform stronger for developers worldwide.
For the Baltic and North Sea markets, where developers are racing to plan large offshore and hybrid projects, faster and more accurate early-stage modelling could shorten the path from site assessment to investment decision.
