The Consumer Technology Association recently named Airloom Energy as its 2026 Honoree in Sustainability & Energy Transition for its annual CES convention. Part of the CES mission is to celebrate companies that use greener tech to make products and the industry more eco-conscious. In this feature, we cover the technology behind Airloom and how they’re innovation could change the way we gather wind energy.
The innovation behind Airloom
Airloom Energy designs and develops low-cost, utility-scale wind energy tech, designed to replace conventional 3MW horizontal-axis wind turbines. The design features a looping track and smaller wings that catch wind efficiently to generate electricity. Airloom systems can be installed almost anywhere and are easy to manufacture and transport.
Airloom’s goal is to equip more areas with simple energy generation, including those with height restrictions or minimal wind. The smaller, simple components of each model can be mass-produced and shipped by regular transport trucks, lowering the carbon footprint on the road. The team is all about reliable, clean electricity that’s affordable and accessible to nearby communities—a goal particularly timely as data center grid use continues to rise.
An Airloom Energy wind turbine uses 30-foot vertical airfoils that travel along an oval track roughly 80 feet above the ground to capture wind energy. Courtesy of Airloom Energy.
What makes Airloom different from other wind energy solutions
The engineering team at Airloom designed their system for maximum energy output per square kilometer. Compared to a conventional wind turbine, the Airloom has 40.3% less mass, 42.3% fewer parts, and 96.1% fewer unique parts, making production easier and greener.
The Airloom system is also built to be a 20-year energy asset and can withstand the harshest weather events. A more efficient site layout and a smaller wake mean the Airloom system produces more electricity while taking up significantly less space.
Traditional wind turbines are costly and, put simply, have hit a plateau in effectiveness. They are too large, too specialized, too difficult to transport, and the effort required to find an adequate place to install them exceeds their output. This cost and effort required has led many companies to seek alternatives ways of power generation outside of wind.
But with Airloom’s latest wind energy innovation, this could change. Since it uses low-cost, easily manufacturable components for its models, the site layout requires fewer roads, less cabling, and less upkeep.
In addition, many sustainable products and technologies are out of reach for the average consumer or small company. Airloom promises a cost effective way to generate clean energy that can be harnessed almost anywhere. Commercial demos for the Airloom are expected to begin in 2027.
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