Werover Lands $1.7M to Grow AI-Driven Wind Turbine Damage Detection Platform

Balca Yılmaz, Werover Co-Founder & CEO

London-based Turkish technology startup Werover, which instantly detects damage to wind turbine blades and the growth of these damages through sound analysis with the Windrover platform it developed, successfully completed a $1.7 million investment round led by Qatar-based Alchemist Doha; with the participation of Kerim Kotan, Cleantech Ventures, Erdem Holding, Ata Akça, Founder One, Burcu Gezegen and Yalın Karadoğan.

Founded in Türkiye in 2018, Werover quickly focused on growing in the European market by first incorporating in Germany and then moving its headquarters to London. With its Windrover platform, which provides early-stage damage detection in wind turbine blades with sound analysis alone, it has reached more than 400 installations in just 1.5 years.

The system works via a small device mounted on the turbine tower; it collects blade acoustic data and analyzes it with artificial intelligence algorithms to detect damage in real time and provides timely intervention by sharing the results via the application. In this way, warning is given before the damage in the turbines grows and significant maintenance costs are saved with early intervention.

Operating with 92% accuracy, Windrover provides up to 50% savings in blade maintenance costs for its customers. Thanks to this technology, Windrover has been cooperating with leading companies in the sector such as TotalEnergies and Fred. Olsen Renewables, as well as large groups such as Eksim Energy, Genpa, and Menderes Energy in Turkey for a long time.

Werover CEO Balca Yılmaz made a statement about the investment:

“With this investment, we will focus on our installation numbers and customers in Europe. We are very excited to add value to wind energy fields in different geographies! We will continue to grow non-stop with our innovative product that includes high technology and will change all the dynamics in this very valuable sector! We are also happy that some of our customers have become our investors after the results.”

Werover aims to use this new investment to increase field installations in Europe, accelerate technology development processes and increase its effectiveness in global markets.

Source: egirişim