HWS Concrete Towers

hwstowers.com ↗ ·San Sebastián ·Seed

HWS Concrete Towers is a Basque engineering company that develops patented precast-concrete substructures and installation systems for the wind energy industry, aiming to cut the levelised cost of onshore and offshore wind. Its three products are AirBASE (a modular, 'Lego-like' precast wind turbine foundation, also usable for repowering), AirCRANE (a self-climbing crane that installs and maintains turbines at effectively unlimited hub height) and AirTOWER (full and hybrid concrete tower concepts up to ~220 m). Founded in 2015 in San Sebastián with roughly 3-6 employees, it holds a portfolio of ~11 awarded patents and has been funded largely by public R&D grants (EU Horizon 2020 SME Instrument, ~€2.5M for the AirCRANE project, plus CDTI, SPRI and Gipuzkoa regional support) rather than by venture capital.

Founded

2015

Founders

Total funds raised

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SectorsWind Energy, Renewable Energy, Construction Technology, Precast Concrete, Industrial Equipment Start-up MapEnergy & Climate › Clean energy generation hardware

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Founders

Jesus Montaner

Co-Founder & Senior Advisor

Jose Manuel Sorazu Echave

Co-Founder & Sales Manager

Mariano Abadia

Co-Founder & CEO

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