Ventoplani

Ventoplani develops and commercialises windplanes: autonomous fixed-wing aircraft tethered to the ground by a cable, which fly crosswind trajectories and generate electricity using onboard rotors that are also used for vertical take-off and landing. Its first product, the 3 kW VP3, brings wind power to remote and off-grid sites currently powered by diesel generators, as well as to temporary installations and microgrids. The system is transportable, requires neither towers nor foundations, and harnesses the stronger and more consistent winds found at higher altitudes.

Ventoplani was established within the SAS-Lab of the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering at Politecnico di Milano and brings research on Airborne Wind Energy systems to the market. The company carries out research and development, aerodynamic and structural design, flight control software development, prototyping and field testing, in collaboration with universities, research institutions and industrial partners. In the long term, it aims to scale the technology to larger systems and floating offshore wind applications.