Meet Ken Lee, SkySpecs’ Senior Solutions Blade Engineer

Hi Ken! Tell us who you are and what role you’re currently filling at SkySpecs. I’ve recently joined at the beginning of March, as Senior Solutions Blade Engineer at SkySpecs. I look forward to leveraging wind blade expertise to understand customers’ unique challenges/needs in managing their blade assets. Using SkySpecs’ technology and solutions that enable […]

Tips to Stay Productive During a Pandemic

Hello world; Keith from SkySpecs here to talk a bit about how our team has been trying to stay productive during this pandemic. Before we go too far, yes, this is a privileged post. We, SkySpecs, are affected significantly less by this pandemic than many others. Being able to talk about these topics is a […]

SkySpecs: Working Together to Automate Wind Energy

During this time, when COVID19 finds our team working from home to stay safe, SkySpecs’ employees connect virtually in all sorts of ways. We share lunch together with our co-workers and respective families; we participate in yoga, trivia, and card games together. We’ve held company-wide happy hours and lunch-and-learns. We’ve become more enterprising and creative […]

Profile of a Founder – Tom Brady of SkySpecs

Tell us the origin story of SkySpecs – what problem were you trying to solve and why? SkySpecs’ origin was a bit different from a typical startup company. In 2009, a core group of us started working together on a volunteer robotics research project at the University of Michigan, essentially seeking hands-on experience with the […]

SkySpecs Wind Turbine Inspection Drone Tech Now Operating In 19 Countries

“We recently closed on $17 million in funding, reinforcing our commitment to the wind industry,” says Danny Ellis, CEO of SkySpecs, a sustainable energy company in Ann Arbor that uses drones to inspect wind turbines. “We’ve doubled down our focus on the wind industry.” That growth comes along with massive recent growth in the sustainable energy industry in […]

Ann Arbor’s SkySpecs secures $17 million in Series C funding

SkySpecs, an Ann Arbor-based startup that specializes in operations and maintenance solutions for the wind farm industry, has secured $17 million in Series C funding. SkySpecs CEO Danny Ellis says he’s thrilled at the development, which is bringing on three new investors in addition to those who were already on board. “This round validates the […]

Standardization of Blade Damage Categorization: Critical to the Future of Wind Energy

Technology Pushes Blade Performance Technological development in the wind industry has been notable over the last decade. The industry is maturing, which ultimately brings down the cost of generated electricity. Offshore is booming and wind turbines are going “big.” Rated power has crossed 10MW, and blade length has reached 100m. All of this was made […]

Dr. Kyle Wetzel Joins SkySpecs as Vice President of Blade Services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SkySpecs is strengthening and expanding its software and full range of O&M solutions, optimizing wind farms through data-driven decision making and industry leading turbine expertise   ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — SkySpecs, leading provider of digital and robotic operations & maintenance solutions for the wind energy industry, is excited to announce […]

SkySpecs Welcomes Michael McQueenie to Serve as European Sales Manager

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE With over ten years of experience in wind energy, McQueenie seeks to grow SkySpecs’ services offerings   ANN ARBOR, Michigan – SkySpecs, provider of Operations and Maintenance automated solutions for the wind energy industry, welcomes Michael McQueenie to their European sales team. In his new role, McQueenie will leverage existing networks of […]