NEWS

15
Feb

Innosuisse Project Underway!

We are pleased to announce our latest R&D project is now underway. TT1000: Towards Megawatt Scale Mobile Airborne Wind Energy The goal of the project is to further develop the concept for our first product,...
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25
Aug

TwingTec elects new board

In order to prepare the company for its next steps towards commercialization, TwingTec’s shareholders have elected four new board members at the last general assembly. TwingTec’s new chairman is Reyad Fezzani who has an esteemed...
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22
Apr

Happy Earth Day everybody!

At TwingTec we have been hard at work developing innovative solutions to help fight climate change. We have taken the message from Bill Gate`s book on How to avoid a climate disaster to heart and are fully committed to...
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18
Dec

2020 in review: flight testing of our pilot system

As we all know, 2020 has been a tough year. At TwingTec we are very fortunate to have a great group of partners, investors and sponsors who could help us make it through these challenging...
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17
Nov

BKW, one of the largest Swiss utilities, features TwingTec as an enabler in their new image film

The BKW Group is a Bern-based international energy and infrastructure company. Last month, they have released their latest corporate movie, featuring TwingTec: “BKW’s mission is to design, build, operate and maintain solutions for a future...
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30
Mar

“Wind Energy 2.0” has been awarded the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label

Following the success of the first solar flight around the world, Bertrand Piccard and the Solar Impulse Foundation has launched the second phase of their action: selecting 1000 solutions that can protect the environment in...
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12
Mar

TwingTec in the SET100 list of 2020

Start Up Energy Transition (SET) is a leading international platform supporting innovation in energy transition. This year for the fourth time, SET presented the top 100 international start-ups from the 2020 SET Awards competition. TwingTec...
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20
Jan

TwingTec finalist of the Hello Tomorrow Challenge

We are proud to announce that TwingTec has been selected as global finalist from the world-renowned Hello Tomorrow Challenge! From over 5000 applications, we are one of the seven ‘Energy’ finalists. Come and see us...
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06
Jan

TwingTec on the SRF TV program Einstein

On Januray 2nd, TwingTec was featured on Swiss Television SRF program Einstein. The report shows the progresses made during the past years, starting from inflatable kites to TwingTec’s current pilot system.
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06
Jan

TwingTec in the Pictet Report

TwingTec was featured in the latest issue of the Pictet Report. Pictet is a Swiss multinational private bank and financial services company. The winter issue of their report focusses on sustainibility and social responsability. Click...
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03
Oct

TwingTec in the press

On October 1st, Empa made a press release to present our 10 kW pilot project with our new Twing prototype T29, which will soon be airborne. As a result TwingTec has been featured in many...
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03
Oct

TwingTec on the Innosuisse homepage

Innosuisse (formerly CTI) has been a long time supporter of TwingTec and of Airborne Wind Energy in Switzerland. Check out the great article they made about us, which also features a short video where TwingTec...
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13
Jun

TwingTec in the local newspaper “Tages Anzeiger”

On Saturday 8th of June 2019 an article presenting TwingTec’s technology has been published in the attachment of the Tages Anzeiger, a local newspaper edited in Zürich. This section features startups that are supported by...
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13
Jun

TwingTec in The Economist

In its 6th of June issue, The Economist has featured an article about airborne wind energy called “An innovative approach to making electricity from the wind – Fly a kite that powers a generator”. In...
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07
Feb

TwingTec in the Energie Experten blog

Energie Experten is a non-commercial platform powered by the Swiss energy utility company EKZ. It offers free tools as well as articles from experts about energy, energy efficiency and environment. Next to EKZ, the platform...
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07
Jan

TwingTec in ‘Chasing the Jet Stream’

‘Chasing the Jet Stream’ follows the adventures of Marc Hauser from Switzerland, who wants to be the first skydiver in the world to jump into the jet stream at 8,000 to 10,000 meters of altitude...
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06
Nov

TwingTec on Canal Alpha ‘Eureka’

Eureka is a TV show about energy and sustainable development from Canal Alpha, a local TV channel from Western Switzerland. The topic of the latest show was the wind energy. After reporting about wind turbines...
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30
Oct

TwingTec on RTS ‘Le 12:45’

As seen on SRF, last week TwingTec demonstrated automated operation of our full proof of concept system, an important milestone on our commercialization roadmap! A journalist and film crew from RTS were also present on...
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24
Oct

TwingTec on SRF 10vor10

TwingTec was featured last night in Swiss National Television (SRF) in the nightly program 10vor10. Film crews and journalists were present on Chasseral to witness the demonstration of automated operation with our prototype system. This...
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15
Oct

TwingTec in SI Gruen

An article about TwingTec has been published in SI Gruen in the issue of the 12th of October, page 78. SI Gruen is a magazine from Schweizer Illustrierte about sustainable lifestyle. This issue has been...
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10
Sep

TwingTec in the Red Bulletin

TwingTec has been selected as the top innovative start-up from Switzerland from Red Bull’s ‘The Red Bulletin INNOVATOR’. The story was also picked up by media outlet NAU.CH. Click here to read the article on...
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21
Jun

TwingTec in the NZZ

An article in German has been published about TwingTec in the NZZ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) on the 18th of June. The NZZ is a Swiss daily newspaper published in Zürich. Click here to read the...
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02
Mar

TwingTec in Home & Smart

An article in German has been published about TwingTec on Home & Smart. Home & Smart is a leading online consumer portal for smart home, Internet of Things, energy and e-mobility. Click here to read...
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25
Jan

TwingTec at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi

The annual World Future Energy Summit, the foremost global platform dedicated to advancing renewable energy and clean technology, took place last week in Abu Dhabi. TwingTec was one of 28 companies which were selected out...
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27
Nov

TwingTec attends Energy and Mines World Congress in Toronto

TwingTec’s CEO Rolf Luchsinger and CTO Corey Houle attend the Energy and Mines World Congress in Toronto this week. Now in its 5th year, the Congress is firmly established as the global meeting place for...
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09
Oct

TwingTec presented at AWEC2017 in Freiburg im Breisgau

This year the Airborne Wind Energy Conference took place in Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany. The event started on Wednesday 4th of October with an outdoor public exhibition on a central square downtown Freiburg. This...
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22
Sep

TwingTec in Powernewz

An article in German has been published about TwingTec on Powernewz. Powernewz is the blog of the energy utility company EWZ, which provides electricity for the city of Zurich and a part of canton Grisons....
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22
Sep

TwingTec at EXPO 2017 in Astana

The world exposition 2017 was held in Astana, Kazakhstan from June 10th to September 10th. The theme of the EXPO was FUTURE ENERGY. TwingTec was presented at the Swiss Pavilion with a small scale model...
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25
Jul

TwingTec on swissinfo.ch

On July 24th an article about TwingTec has been published on the website of swissinfo.ch. Click here to read the full article
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27
Jun

New financing round closed

TwingTec has closed a financing round end of May. Current investors and new angel investors have contributed. Having recently reached the key power production milestone with a small scale prototype, the new funds will enable...
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10
May

Energy strategy 2050: TwingTec in the Swiss press

TwingTec has been featured in the latest Schweizer Illustrierte magazine (issue 18, 5th May 2017) as well as in the latest Sonntags Blick journal (7th May 2017). These two articles present Swiss CleanTech startups in...
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20
Mar

TwingTec at the 54th Swiss Venture Day

The 54th Swiss Venture Day will take place on the 5th of April at the Powerhouse Selnau in Zurich. This event is organized by Swiss Startup Invest and brings together companies and investors. TwingTec has been...
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20
Mar

TwingTec in the latest IDTechEx research report on electric UAV drones

IDTechEx conducts detailed examinations of emerging technologies based on extensive primary research carried out by technical analysts around the world. This year they released a report on the future of electric UAV drones. The report...
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06
Mar

TwingTec in the latest issue of Windtech International magazine

Windtech International is a worldwide magazine with a focus for technological developments and innovations within the wind industry. Its latest March issue (Volume 13, No. 2) features an article on TwingTec. Please click here to download the article.
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11
Jan

TwingTec in final of the UAE Drones for Good Awards

TwingTec has been selected together with 9 other international teams among 1000+ applications for the final of the UAE Drones for Good Award that will take place in February at Dubai Internet City, with a...
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23
Nov

TwingTec in the local newspaper “Tages Anzeiger”

On Monday 21st of November 2016 an article presenting Twingtec’s technology has been published in the Tages Anzeiger, a local newspaper edited in Zurich, in the “knowledge” section.
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11
Nov

TwingTec wins in ESA BIC competition

The European Space Agency (ESA) sets up a new business incubation center in Switzerland to foster the deployment of space technology on earth. During the opening event yesterday,  SERI State Secretary Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, ESA Director...
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04
Nov

TwingTec will be presented at EXPO 2017 in Astana

On October 27th, the international jury of the World contest #NEWENERGY global startup fest has selected among 780 initial participants the Top 30 start-up companies in the field of alternative energy and “green economy”. TwingTec...
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18
Oct

TwingTec at the New Energy Global Start-up Fest in Astana

TwingTec is selected out of 780 companies to attend the New Energy Global Start-up Fest on October 27th in Astana, Kazakhstan! http://newenergy.energy/news#top100  
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29
Sep

TwingTec at the WindEnergy Hamburg 2016 fair

TwingTec was invited to present at the 1st Airborne Wind Energy Forum held at the wind energy fair in Hamburg on September 28th. Organized by the HWN500 network, first-hand insights and perspectives of this novel...
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16
Feb

Kick-off meeting of the new CTI project

A new CTI project has started this year in January, with the goal of optimizing the power production of TwingTec’s wind energy technology. On February 4th all the partners from ETH, EPFL, Empa, FHNW and...
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16
Feb

TwingTec in the article series #VLEADERS

On February 15th an article about TwingTec has been published on the startwerk online platform. The article is based on an interview with our CTO Corey Houle about his experience with the venture leaders program....
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22
Jan

TwingTec attends Energy and Mines Conference in London

TwingTec’s CTO, Corey Houle will attend the Energy and Mines Conference in London next week. Follow this link to a short article about TwingTec on the Energy and Mines webpage.  
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19
Jan

TwingTec to present at Green Tech Exchange in Canada

TwingTec’s business developer and Canadian off-grid market expert, Sonny Banjac, to present at Green Tech Exchange event in Vancouver, BC. The topic of the session is Wind Energy 2.0: Next Generation Wind Energy, and will...
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11
Jan

TwingTec in the latest issue of Resource World Magazine

In its latest issue (December/January 2016), the Canadian magazine Resource World Magazine presents TwingTec’s power system based on an interview with our CTO Corey Houle. The document is available for download here.  
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23
Dec

TwingTec closes financing round

TwingTec announces the closing of a financing round in December. Current investors and new angel investors have contributed. After successful demonstration of autonomous power production earlier this year, the equity will allow the optimization of...
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10
Jul

TwingTec takes part of venture leaders China

TwingTec has been selected with 9 other high-tech Swiss startups to participate to venture leaders in China, and therefore get a unique chance to give its technology and business a commercial boost. Corey Houle will...
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03
Jul

TwingTec finalist in the SwissInnovation Challenge

The SwissInnovation Challenge is a promotion programme in Switzerland to support the realization of innovative business ideas. It is an initiative of the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and its partners. The competition...
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26
Jun

TwingTec attends AWEC 2015 in Delft

The 6th International Airborne Wind Energy Conference took place in June 15th and 16th 2015 at The Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Over 200 participants discussed in 54 talks and 16 poster presentations the...
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18
Mar

5th annual Swiss Kite Power Workshop

On the 12th and 13th of March the annual Swiss Kite Power Workshop took place in Pontresina for the 5th time. All the teams collaborating on kite power research in Switzerland (Empa, FHNW, ETHZ and...
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02
Mar

TwingTec in the latest issue of Bilanz

In its latest issue (04/15), the Swiss economy magazine Bilanz gives a short presentation of TwingTec in the startup section. The content of this section is also available online: Link to the Bilanz website
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04
Dec

TwingTec pitches at Swiss Venture Day

On the 3rd of December 2014 the 48th Swiss Venture Day has been held at the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zürich, organized by CTI invest. Eight companies had the opportunity to pitch to investor members...
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04
Dec

TwingTec selected for the final of the Pionierpreis 2015

The Pionierpreis 2015 will be awarded next year in March. TwingTec belongs to the TOP 15 companies which are selected for the final. Official homepage of the Pionierpreis: http://www.pionierpreis.ch/
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28
Nov

TwingTec in the Zürich edition of “20 Minuten”

Today Friday 28th November 2014 an article presenting Twingtec’s technology has been published in the “20 Minuten” newspaper, in the “knowledge” category.
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23
Oct

TwingTec selected for the final of the Swiss Technology Award 2014

On the 20th November 2014 the 9th Swiss Innovation forum will take place in the Congress Center in Basel. At this occasion the Swiss Technology Award, the most important prize for innovation and technology transfer...
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16
Sep

TwingTec invited to present at Swiss Energy and Climate Summit

The Swiss Energy and Climate Summit in Bern brings annually key stake holders from politics, economics and science together. Held this year on Sept. 3 and 4,  Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard presented the progress of...
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09
Apr

TwingTec wins the CHF 130’000 final kick!!!

Winning this Businessplan competition is a great acknowledgement for our efforts in bringing this new windtechnology to the market. The venture kick procedure and their valuable kicker camps enhanced our business related understanding and pushed...
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21
Mar

Joining the Swiss National Startup Team

We are happy to announce that we where selected to join the venture leaders team and take part in a 10-day business development training. Corey Houle will travel to New York and Boston to participate...
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04
Oct

TwingTec in the Swiss TV News

Yesterday TwingTec appeared on Swiss television in the evening news (SF1 Tagesschau). Click here to watch on the SRF website
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03
Oct

TwingTec in the final round of Venture Kick

TwingTec has successfully passed the second round of Venture Kick and will receive an additional 20’000 CHF.
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01
Oct

Heuberger Prize selects TwingTec

TwingTec has been nominated for the Heuberger businessplan competition 2013. The 12 best start-ups out of 130 swiss applicants were selected.
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10
Sep

TwingTec attends AWEC 2013 in Berlin

On invitation of the German Airborne Wind Energy Association (BHWE Bundesverband Höhenwindenergie e.V.) the 5. International Airborne Wind Energy Conference took place in September 2013 at the Beuth University for Applied Sciences Berlin. Over 200...
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14
Jun

TwingTec in the Einstein Swiss TV show

Yesterday TwingTec appeared in a TV-documentary on Swiss television. Click here to watch on the SRF website
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24
Apr

TwingTec supported by Venture Kick

TwingTec AG has been selected for support by venture kick and will receive CHF 10’000 to develop its business idea.
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